Spurgeon knew that the power of the cross of Christ led the people of God to be on mission for God.

When you slow-read Edwards, you have time to see the masterpiece take shape–the poetry and the brilliance that is there but seen only after a long gaze.

The more bored you are with the things of God, the more vulnerable you will be when difficulty comes.  

We have to choose – give or take, selflessness or selfishness. We’re given an incredible opportunity to be sacrificial and submissive and Christ-like. Here is what The Prosperity Gospel has done: it has eliminated the choice.