Somehow the idea has gotten around that it is unchristian to take a stand against heresy. Some of us need to read the New Testament again.

If you can't pray as you want to, pray as you can. God knows what you mean.

People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared and a brazen generation with no fear of God before its eyes mocks at sin. We are so fond of being called tolerant and broadminded that we wink at sin when we ought to weep.

We are not to be isolated but insulated, moving in the midst of evil but untouched by it.

I remember when the Titanic sank in 1912, it was the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable. The only thing it ever did was sink. When it took off from England, all kinds of passengers were aboard - millionaires, celebrities, people of moderate means, and poor folks down in the steerage. But a few hours later when they put the list in the Cunard office in New York, it carried only two categories - lost and saved. Grim tragedy had leveled all distinctions.

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "shake well before using." That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.

The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.