The Road to Excellence

Badness you can get easily, in quantity: the road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and ...

Faithfulness and Success

Some mistakenly conclude that faithfulness and success are diametrically opposed.

The Road Less Traveled

Within the New Testament, there is no indication that Christians should expect to be healthy, wealthy, and successful in this present age. ... Christ ...

The Failure of Immediate Victory

There is nothing so weak, for working purposes, as this enormous importance attached to immediate victory. There is nothing that fails like success.

No Success without God

Nothing fails quite so totally as success without God.

Success Is Doing God's Will

Doing God's will--faithfully, zealously, despite the absence of tangible rewards--is a worthy goal and a colossal success in itself.

Jesus' Unique Success

At the end of the life of Jesus, he cried out from the cross, "It is finished." So it must have been a success. But by human standards, his ...

Real Meaning in the Cross

[Somehow] we never see God in failure, but only in success--a strange attitude for people who have the cross as the center of their faith.

The Danger of Moderate Success

Moderate success in ministry is a spiritual hazard. It can make us content to live without the manifest presence of God.

When Good Business Is Bad Business

The church appears to be adopting the principles and practices of big business and finding these practices very effective.

Now there is nothing wrong with ...