Könnte das Fehlen der ersten Liebe ein Grund dafür sein, dass so wenig passiert?...

Jedes mal, wenn Furcht über uns kommt und uns schwankend macht, sind wir in Gefahr, in Sünde zu fallen. Den Dünkel müssen wir scheuen, aber auch die Feigheit.

Before engaging in any activity, we should be able to bow our head and ask the Lord to glorify Himself in what we are about to do. If God cannot be honored by it, then we should refrain from doing it.

I remember when a boy, I used to go to a certain school in New England, where we had a quick-tempered master, who always kept a rattan. It was, "If you don't do this, and don't do that, I'll punish you."...

Mr. John Wannamaker, superintendent of probably one of the largest Sunday schools in the world, had a theory that he would never put a boy out of his school for bad conduct...

J. N. was drawn to confess publicly that Christ was his Savior. He did this in the face of the bitterest opposition of a widowed mother and relations. Then they tried a more subtle plan: they began to please him...