God has already told you in His Word how to find your greatest source of strength—it's your closeness to Him. It is in this location—right next to Christ—that you are supposed to "stand firm.

a man is defined biblically as "a male who has learned to submit his maleness to the lordship of Jesus Christ.

This is not a time for secret-agent Christians or covert Jesus operatives. We need kingdom men who will step up and change the world.

A kingdom man is the kind of man that when his feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, "Oh crap, he's up!

It's about becoming men of character, commitment, power, and influence for Jesus Christ.

Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us — and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.

Never tell me the odds!

We must learn not to be afraid, we must rediscover a spirit of hope and a spirit of trust.

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.

The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unforeseen attack.

I decline to accept the end of men... I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.