In this sermon Building And Battling, Every man who gives a whim about his financial responsibilities will always be concerned about the cost. Any man who is intent on making any kind of purchase will be concerned about the price tags to greatness. Half of the battle is won when a man will sit down and count the cost. The man who counts the cost earnestly will show a brilliant callousness to the magnetic pulls of the world. As He hung on the Cross, calm calculation was clearly at the hand of the Lord. In all of the highest courage, there is the element of quiet calculation. The truest heroes always count the cost. Others before me have had that quiet contemplation. The building of the soul is imperative. The first building of a tower in Genesis came to naught. The Bible is full of builders who want to eliminate God from their life. Babel of Genesis is traced right through to Babylon of Revelation.