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The power of the Gospel comes in our weakness, not in our strength, not in our greatness, but in the fact that we are clay pots — and cracked ones at that!

The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.

One does not expect that we should get all of our information and knowledge about important world events from young European females who are often featured in the media. BUT, if I had to choose between the two of them, I know which one I would rather run with.

The important thing is to always be living as if this were your last day on earth. In one sense we should always live as if eternity is just around the corner – even today.

Now, after four long years, it seems she finally has been vindicated. After years of grief and turmoil, she is now hopefully finished with this ugly secular witch-hunt. In my books, Päivi Räsänen is a real champion. We certainly need more bold and sold-out Christian politicians like her.

Being fully man as well as fully God, Jesus did have an emotional side to His life. Knowing that the God of the universe is fully aware of what we are going through, and has also known fully about suffering and hardships, means that we can endure whatever it is we are going through.

I will continue to promote the importance of sound doctrine and good theology. And I will also continue to avoid unedifying arguments and debates, staying clear of those who just want to argue.

In good measure, your view of life will determine what you do – or don’t do. If you have a very bleak and gloomy worldview or philosophy, you may not be too keen to invest time and energy into much of anything.

When our elites do not have to pay for the consequences of their faulty thinking and grand schemes, the downward spiral of their damaging policies is simply perpetuated. It is us mere peons who have to pay the price – who have to pick up the tab.

Engage in “friendship evangelism” and the like. But do not think that just being nice and “being there” will ultimately cut it. Please make sure that you eventually SAY something!

Too many in the church are abandoning truth and embracing the lies of the surrounding culture. In dealing with these various lies, Butterfield brings plenty of biblical, historical and intellectual firepower to bear on the mass deception we find everywhere.

If no human boss ever knows about us and what we are going through, and how we nonetheless keep working away, our heavenly undercover boss most certainly does know all about us.

Terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah do NOT want to live at peace with Israel — they want Israel completely obliterated.

Hopefully, if you are a Christian, you are reading Scripture every day. As I say so often, if you read a little over three chapters a day, you can get through the entire Bible in a year.

As soon as you start to live a radical and sold-out life for Christ, you will quickly discover opponents and resistance. It goes with the territory of being a believer.

Elisabeth was such an absolutely incredible woman of God, and she stood strong in her faith despite so much adversity and hardship thrown her way.

The modern welfare state, first designed to help out the deserving poor, has mushroomed into a massive bureaucratic nightmare, causing as much harm as good – perhaps more.

We can rest assured that evil rulers and bloodthirsty nations will NOT endure. They will come to their appointed end. But God and HIS kingdom will most certainly last.

It is pretty much impossible to fully proclaim what you are for without at the same time proclaiming what you are against. The two almost always go together – of necessity

You are entitled to your own opinions, tastes and preferences, but you are not entitled to your own truth or facts. Truth is truth, and facts are facts, regardless of how you feel about them or think about them.