Lord Jesus, I pray that this day I may take up my cross and follow you.

The truth is that there are such things as Christian tears, and too few of us ever weep them.

There is something inherently inappropriate about cherishing small ambitions for God.

Pride is more than the first of the seven deadly sins; it is itself the essence of all sin.

His authority on earth allows us to dare to go to all the nations. His authority in heaven gives us our only hope of success. And His presence with us leaves us with no other choice.

[Christian rebellion] arises from the doctrine of mankind made in the image of God, and therefore protests against all forms of dehumanization. It sets itself against the social injustices which insult God the Creator, seeks to protect human beings from oppression and longs to liberate them… it protests against every authoritarian regime, whether of the left or of the right, which discriminates against minorities, denies people their civil rights, forbids the free expression of opinions or imprisons people for their views alone.

The chief reason people do not know God is not because He hides from them but because they hide from Him.