Too many are not willing to give the Gospel a fair trial. They are too ignorant to speak wisely but not wise enough to speak ignorantly. A man is not a sinner because he is a skeptic; he is a skeptic because he is a sinner.

To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements.

An old minister explained the smudges on his sermon outlines by saying they were caused by sweat and tears. And without those two marks, a sermon is not a sermon.

There are no trivial assignments in the work of the Lord.

The only way to meet the modern demon-stration of the powers of darkness is by a demonstration of the power of God.

Not everyone who has made peace with God has realized the peace of God.

People get so used to the dark that they think it is growing brighter.