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Another kind of religious leader must arise among us. He must be of the old prophet type, a man who has seen visions of God and has heard a voice from the Throne.

It was the belief in the accountability of man to his maker that made America a great nation. Among those earlier leaders was Daniel Webster whose blazing eyes and fiery oratory often held the Senate spellbound.

One of my lifelong loves has been reading great books. I lament the decrease in the number of Christians who are avid readers. We seem to be more interested in television, movies, popular culture, and all kinds of trivia than in great books. And we are leading our children and grandchildren into functional illiteracy, shallowness, and superficiality.

Edwards is widely acknowledged to be America’s most important and original philosophical theologian.

...what are you doing to pour yourselves into our future church leaders who will set examples, for better or for worse, for generations to come?

Nineteenth century London pastor, preacher and writer Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a Calvinist. As such, he was opposed by anti-Calvinists and a variety of non-Calvinists. He recognized their salvation and sincerity, but believed their view of God was often too small, and hence their view of man too big.

It has been said that “the proper study of mankind is man.” I believe it is equally true that the proper study of God’s elect is God; the proper study of a Christian is the Godhead.

Our days are few, and are far better spent in doing good, than in disputing over matters which are, at best, of minor importance. 

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church.” — Ephesians 5:25 What a golden example Christ gives to His disciples! 

"Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous--how well I know it." Psalm 139:14    

Most people show by their priorities and their casual approach to spiritual things that they believe we are in peacetime, not wartime.

If there ever was an hour in which the church needed courageous men of prophetic vision, it is now. 

I say this because it is possible to run a church and all of its activity without the Holy Spirit.

Christianity today is man-centered, not God-centered. God is made to wait patiently, even respectfully, on the whims of men.