A man named Joseph, Mary, swaddling clothes, stable, manger, angels…a sword
Keeping our eyes on the prize at the end of the journey
Vance Havner, "If the Christian allows it, men will tone him down, steal the joy of his salvation, and reduce him to the dreary level of the general average. If the devil cannot keep us from being saved, he next endeavors to make average Christians of us."
John Stott on nominal Christianity, "They have allowed themselves to become somewhat involved; enough to be respectable but not enough to be uncomfortable. Their religion is a great, soft cushion. It protects them from the hard unpleasantness of life, while changing its place and shape to suit their convenience."