Als Jesus an das jenseitige Ufer abfahren wollte, kam ein Schriftgelehrter herzu „und sprach zu ihm: Lehrer, ich will dir nachfolgen, wohin irgend du gehst.“...

Vielleicht geht es Dir auch manchmal so, dass Du das Gefühl hast, es vergeht ein Tag nach dem anderen und nichts tut sich. Immer wieder dieselben Aufgaben...

We should be ready, without bravado, modestly and humbly—yet boldly, to admit that we are Christians...

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...