Yet so often it seems that victory eludes us. It is when our self-confidence is finally destroyed and is replaced with dependence upon God that we have victory.

Why do we insist on building the largest and most impressive structures in our city when people on the other side of town are hungry, jobless and worshipping in storefronts?

We must pay a price to touch godliness through daily decision to die to self and embrace the cross.

To obey the Lord unseen—in secret—is the foundation of genuine godly service.

If something fit in with what God had said to me, then I considered it. If not - no matter how attractive it appeared - I refused. The secret of following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.

All too often, it seems, we're willing to be students of Christianity rather than disciples of Christ.

Part of the sin of Pride is a subtle but deep racism.