No man can be a Christian by knowingly and willfully taking Christ on the installment plan, as Savior now, and Lord later.

Before we can strengthen believers or win the lost, we must be converted from the self-life to the Christ-life. . . "Not I, but Christ."

We are the salt of the earth, mind you, not the sugar. Our ministry is to truly cleanse and not just to change the taste.

There is great need today for the New Testament prophet who speaks to edification, exhortation, and comfort, a strengthening, stirring and soothing ministry.

The detour is always rougher than the main road

Some ministers preach from notes and some don't. They have argued about it for centuries. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. Two Welsh preachers were on their way to a meeting. One noticed that the other carried written outlines. 'Ah,' he remonstrated, 'you cannot carry fire on paper.' 'True,' replied his companion, 'but you can use paper to start a fire!'

Today I am one day nearer Home than ever before.