"The consciousness that we are alike in our need of redemption is liberating." ~ Elisabeth Elliot
"When the Holy One smites his own Son, his wrath against sin is evident to all." -
Charles Spurgeon
"This great blessing of pardoned sin is always connected with the renewal of the heart. It is not given because of the change of heart, but it is always given with the change of heart." -
Charles Spurgeon
"The law is never honored by fallen man till he comes from under its condemning rule, and walks by faith, and lives under the covenant of grace." - Charles Spurgeon
"My brother said to me, the other day, when he had been seeing one of our members pass away, “Brother, we can say to one another what the two Wesleys said, ‘Our people die well.’” -
Charles Spurgeon
“If you’re thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you, you’re embarking on something, which will take the whole of you.” - C.S. Lewis
Christ has all sufficiency in Himself to be all that the soul desires. Is the soul dead? Christ is its life. Is the soul weak? Christ is its strength. Is the soul ignorant? Christ is its wisdom. Is the soul guilty? Christ is its righteousness and justification. — John Owen
“If any ruler… commands you to do something God forbids or forbids you from doing something God commands, not only may you disobey, but you must disobey.” — R.C. Sproul, What Is the Relationship between Church and State, 53.
Truth is what God thinks; it is what God does; it is what God is; it is what God has revealed of Himself in the Bible. Truth is found in its fullest form in God, for He is truth; He is the very source and origin of all truth. - Tim Challies
“One of the blessings of church history is that believers who have gone before us have thought long and hard about the difficult questions of the Christian life.” — Guy Prentiss Waters, Facing the Last Enemy, 43.
"Sharing a loaf of bread with others across the dining table creates opportunities to share the Bread of Life with them." -Christina Fox, on hospitality as a means to evangelism and discipleship.
“Priceless as the gift of speaking may be, the practice of silence in some aspects far excels it.” — Charles Spurgeon
If we displease God, does it matter whom we please? If we please Him does it matter whom we displease? -Leonard Ravenhill
How completely satisfying to turn from our limitations to a God who has none. -A.W.Tozer
There has never been a man or woman of God who has been singularly used of God in this world, but that they spent much time in prayer. - Martyn Lloyd-Jones
The Christian yearns for the day in which Christ will make all things new and vanquish Satan, sin, and evil forever.
"God puts away many in anger for their supposed goodness, but not any at all for their confessed badness." John Trapp
Every action you do changes you, making it easier to do it again next time. Eventually, it becomes so natural that you cannot rest until you are doing it. 'Sow a thought, reap an action; so an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character.'
"Human history is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy." CS Lewis
"Christ wants to give you hope for the future. He wants you to learn what it means to walk with Him every day. When you come to Christ, God gives you eternal life—which begins right now when you open your heart to Him." Billy Graham
I went home & up into the attic. There in earnest prayer I gave my heart & life to Jesus Christ. ... I have been a Christian ever since that moment." —AW Tozer
"If there is no God, then the man and the universe are doomed. Like prisoners condemned to death, we await our unavoidable execution. And what is the consequence of this? It means that the life we have is without ultimate significance, value, or purpose.” ― William Lane Craig
“This is a reality that everyone in ministry and leadership must understand. If you abide in your Christ-given identity, then your activity for Christ will be healthy. However, if your identity is outside of Christ, then your activity for Christ will be unhealthy. Who you are will determine what you do.” - Shane Pruitt
Pg. 38 of “Calling out the Called”
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