discipleship

It takes a long time to grow an old friend, so I figure I better get moving.

A question is far more subversive, biblically, than a statement.

We entertain God's Truth not as a guest but as master of the house.

As soon as (Teddy Roosevelt) received an assignment for a paper or project, he would set to work, never leaving anything to the last minute. Prepared so far ahead "freed his mind" from worry and facilitated fresh, lucid thought.

Leviathan laughs at the javelin, but he trembles at prayer. Sword and spear need furbishing, but prayer never rusts, and when we think it most blunt it cuts the best. Prayer is an open door which none can shut. Devils may surround you on all sides, but the way upward is always open.

The struggle against the weakness in yourself is never a solitary struggle. No person can achieve self-mastery or his or her own.

Even in a hostile press conference with hostile questions there was drama, and he could benefit from the drama and the hostility. He mastered the greatest art of television, appearing to be spontaneous without in fact being spontaneous.

He could tune her, bringing out her better instincts and filtering out her lesser ones.

Freedom from anxiety is characterized by three inner attitudes. If what we have we received as a gift, and if what we have is to be cared for by God, and if what we have is available to others, then we will possess freedom from anxiety.

Youth and age touch only the surface of our lives.

In healthy churches, the pastors life, not just his words, sets the tone for the church.

That's the whole point of being 20. You could be a lot of things. I am much older than you are. I AM things.

Mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults that we would like. It's the only way we grow.

He was so much the humblest one that Wendy was especially gentle with him.

Any counseling that does not pursue spiritual formation through an intimate relationship with Jesus by faith as one of its chief goals is not worthy to be called BIBLICAL counseling.

The more the world commits to programs for poverty and education, the greater the gap for those with intellectual disabilities. That__ because money goes where results are quick and quantifiable, which is not likely for people with intellectual disabilities.

I have traveled millions of miles, speaking to Christians. I have counseled privately with hundreds of them about their beliefs and lifestyles. What I have found has to be one of the most tragic ironies of all time: A tiny group of believers who have the Gospel keep mumbling it over and over to themselves. Meanwhile, millions who have never heard it once fall into the flames of eternal hell without ever hearing the salvation story.

The web of trust is built at eye level, peer to peer.