If the Church were not true, our enemies would be bored rather than threatened, and acquiescent rather than anxious. Hell is moved only when things move heavenward.

The authority of example and considerations of character, unlike pudding, are not whipped up in an instant.

If we are serious about our discipleship, Jesus will eventually request each of us to do those very things which are most difficult for us to do.

Let the scriptures refresh you.

The overwhelming joy of conversion or a new calling is often followed by feelings of being overwhelmed with duties and doctrines. The first joyous feelings are real and give one much-needed initial momentum. But the genuine exhilaration is soon followed by the need to perspire and to pedal.

We are in bondage to that which overcomes us. See also 2 Peter 2:19.

The imperfections of others never release us from the need to work on our own shortcomings.