We honor God by asking for great things when they are a part of His promise. We dishonor Him and cheat ourselves when we ask for molehills where He has offered mountains.

What our Lord said about cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of the contract.

Most people would not want to live where there are no churches but many people live as though there were no churches.

If the fire of hell is not literal, it is worse than actual fire, and if the gates of the Celestial City are not actual gold, they are far finer.

Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain, we died before we started.'

If you are what you've always been, you are not a Christian. A Christian is a new creation.

We've learned how to lengthen life, but we don't know how to deepen it.