Solving a problem created by debt. . . by creating more debt is a fool's errand.
If you are not offending people, then you are not an evangelist.
Correct division should be preferred over corrupt unity.
We do live best in this world when we keep the next in mind.
The church arises only from the gospel. And a distorted church usually coincides with a distorted gospel.
For a Christian, our fears about the future are rooted in those places where our will differs from God's will.
Worldliness in the church is a lot more pervasive than a lack of passion for evangelism. Nevertheless, one of the results of worldliness is a waning enthusiasm for evangelism.
Look, see, learn, become a citizen of Mankind, not just Hannibal, Missouri. That is the message of [Mark] Twain.
Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land.
I am a stranger, learning to love the strangers around me
Some relate. . . that the eagle tries the eyes of her young by turning them to the sun; which if they cannot look steadily on, she rejects them as spurious. We may truly try our faith by immediate intuitions of the Sun of Righteousness. Direct faith to act itself, immediately and directly on the incarnation of Christ and His mediation; and if it be not the right kind and race, it will turn its eyes aside to anything else.