Temptation is not his (Satan’s) strongest weapon. Despair is.

Most men wait to move until victory is guaranteed.

learning to live in the spirit of prayer hour by hour decorates your life with insight and blessings

Music originated from God and was created solely for his worship, his glory, and his pleasure.

Another part or piece,’ said Diabolus, ‘of mine excellent armour, is a dumb and prayerless spirit, a spirit that scorns to cry for mercy, let the danger be ever so great; therefore be you, my...

We have invented a moral sense which is rotting now that we can’t give it employment, and when a moral sense begins to rot, it is worse than when you had none. I suppose that...

Potter is mocked by a faculty member for the idea that there is evil in the world from which even children need to learn to defend themselves by the actual practice of doing so rather...

After defending the value of prepared prayers, the author cautions against over-reliance on them. Just as David could not fight in the armor of King Saul, we are called to fight in the way God...

But because though art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth” (Rev. 3:16).

With the weapons that God has made available to you, he expects you to capture and hold captive every thought and idea that comes into your mind, and to examine these against the backdrop of...

If all the world were Christian, it might not matter if all the world were educated. But a cultural life will exist outside the Church whether it exists inside or not. Good philosophy must exist,...

Many will argue that there is nothing remotely spiritual in combat. Consider this. Mystical or religious experiences have four common components: constant awareness of one’s own inevitable death, total focus on the present moment, the...

The truly Christian imagination never lets Jesus Christ out of her sight.

It is Satan’s constant effort to misrepresent the character of God, the nature of sin, and the real issues at stake in the great controversy. His sophistry lessens the obligation of the divine law and...

Successful resistance to temptation may result in an increase of moral muscle, but that is because one is going to need it. A temptation resisted may become more, not less, fierce.

Even Satan can quote scripture out of context why are we surprised when men do it.

There can be no substitute for a personal study of the Word of God! Daily devotionals, Bible commentaries, and recorded messages by anointed preachers and teachers are wonderful and useful. However, they cannot take the...

The expression on her face was noble. It was a great deal TOO noble.

I heard her scream one night while she was sleeping.Heard but didn’t see.When I turned, there was nothing.No one.Only darkness.But I know what I heard.

Thomas Merton writes that if we have meditated on the events of the Passion but have not meditated on Dachau and Auschwitz, our perception of God at work in present times is incomplete.