If Jesus is not God, then there is no Christianity, and we who worship Him are nothing more than idolaters. Conversely, if He is God, those who say He was merely a good man, or even the best of men, are blasphemers. More serious still, if He is not God, then He is a blasphemer in the fullest sense of the word. If He is not God, He is not even good.

I'm not sure I'll ever fully understand why some Christians get mad when we say that the ultimate hero in the Bible is not Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Paul, etc... but Jesus.

Anyone who doesn't focus on Jesus Christ and His finished work has neither the wisdom of God nor the power of God.

Nobody can call himself a Christian who does not worship Jesus.

Does our Gospel presentation make men excited about what God can do for them on this earth, or about whom God is?

Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.

We know of no cure for the love of evil in a Christian like daily communion with the Lord Jesus.

How often do we Christians "take the Lord's name in vain" during our worship? It matters to God if we lie, even if we're singing, and even if everybody around us is singing the same thing. Music can make us feign a commitment that just isn't there, causing us to become callous, insincere believers.

20, 51; 1 Thess. 4:13—17). Sleep is an excellent analogy.

I'm amazed sometimes by the Christians who don't really believe that God wants to help them and bless them.

It is certain that the truth of the Christian faith becomes more evident the more the faith itself is known. Therefore, the doctrine should not only be in Latin but also in the common tongue, and as the faith of the Church is contained in the Scriptures, the more these are known in the true sense, the better.

The danger is that we can begin to read the Bible through the eyes of America rather than read America through the eyes of the Bible. We just want Jesus to be a good American.