( Classic bureaucratise talk) After the nuclear disaster in Japan, a Japanese government official was quoted as saying: "We have somewhat prevented the situation from turning worse. But the prospects are not improving in a straight line and we are expecting twists and turns "
( Charles Swindoll) Have you forgotten the great works God has done in your life? Perhaps your difficult circumstances are overpowering your faith
( Adrian Rogers) Moral earthquakes are caused by secret faults
( Ray Stedman) Jesus Christ has come to save us from our sins, not to help us comfortably accomodate ourselves to them
( Ray Stedman) A scandal erupts, then widespread disillusionment. People shake their heads in bewilderment and ask, " How could that happen so suddenly? What caised this abrupt change in this person? " I'm convinced that in almost every case, there was nothing sudden about their behavior. Long before the seemingly sudden moral implosion took place, there was a long period of inner deterioration, gradual compromise, secret sin, " little sins". They took their toll, day by day, until a major moral collapse became inevitable
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