The only thing more important than ministry is being ministered to.
It is our confidence in the sovereign grace of God that gives us any hope of success in missions.
To run hard after holiness is another way of running hard after God.
Plain horse sense ought to tell us that anything that makes no change in the man who professes it makes no difference to God either, and it is an easily observable fact that for countless numbers of persons the change from no-faith to faith makes no actual difference in the life.
If the gospel is old news to you, it will be dull news to everyone else.
As Christians living in changing times, we must keep three things open: our heads, our hearts, and our Bibles.