"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me."-Philippians 2: 12

“No life can surpass that of a man who quietly continues to serve God in the place where providence has placed him.”-Charles Spurgeon “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you’." 1 Thessalonians 4:11

“If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.”-G.K. Chesterton

"I could never myself believe in God, if it were not for the cross. . . . In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it?"-John Stott

“When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.”-G.K. Chesterton

“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant subject to all.”-Martin Luther on the paradox of the Christian life in the Gospel.

The good news for followers of Jesus is NOT that God won’t give us more than we can handle, rather the good news is that He won’t give us more than HE can handle.

The head of the Secret Service and the leader of this security detail should resign

Live out the truth of the Gospel through your actions at all times, and because at some point explanation is necessary, include words.