Conversion is essential, but it is a beginning, not an end. The believer in Jesus Christ is not simply rescued from the penalty of his sin; he is redeemed to love God and his neighbor so that others might come to know him.

It is sometimes easier to trust God in a life-threatening battle than in the small challenges of daily life.

Many people find spiritual growth possible only when times are hard; prosperity tends to promote complacency.

God ought to be given the choice portion of our wealth and not its dregs.

Kindness that allows barriers to one's relationship with God to spring up is self-destructive.

Love is one factor - but not the only on - that God uses to promote the permanence of the marriage bond.

Prosperity is often the enemy of spiritual development.