We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit humbly under its judgment instead.

God must speak to us before we have any liberty to speak to him. He must disclose to us who he is before we can offer him what we are in acceptable worship. The worship of God is always a response to the Word of God. Scripture wonderfully directs and enriches our worship.

Persecution is simply the clash between two irreconcilable value-systems.

The symbol of the religion of Jesus is the cross, not the scales.

These then are the marks of the ideal Church - love, suffering, holiness, sound doctrine, genuineness, evangelism and humility. They are what Christ desires to find in His churches as He walks among them.

Do not be content with a static Christian life. Determine rather to grow in faith and love, in knowledge and holiness.

The chief occupational hazard of leadership is pride.