^{What are you doing right now that requires faith?
~ Francis Chan}

Reflect, Resonate, Reevaluate, Respond

Our confidence in Christ does not make us lazy, negligent or careless, but, on the contrary, it awakens us, urges us on and makes us active in living righteous lives and doing good. There is no self-confidence to compare with this.
~ Huldrych Zwingli, 1484-1531, Leader in Swiss Reformation

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.
~ Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865

Exodus 5:1-2; 7:14-18; 10:21-29

Give me all of you!!! I don’t want so much of your time, so much of your talents and money, and so much of your work. I want YOU!!! ALL OF YOU!! I have not come to torment or frustrate the natural man or woman, but to KILL IT! No half measures will do. I don’t want to only prune a branch here and a branch there; rather I want the whole tree out! Hand it over to me, the whole outfit, all of your desires, all of your wants and wishes and dreams. Turn them ALL over to me, give yourself to me and I will make of you a new self—in my image. Give me yourself and in exchange I will give you Myself.
~ C. S. Lewis, 1898-1963, Mere Christianity

Throughout two thousand years of history, Christians, both whole churches and individual believers, have consistently been able to ignore many of Jesus’ key commandments and invitations. We have either been too weak to follow his counsels or we have rationalized them away in some way.
~ Ronald Knox, 1888-1957, English priest, theologian, author, radio broadcaster

In the moral realm, there is very little consensus left in Western countries over the proper basis of moral behavior. And because of the power of the media, for millions of men and women the only venue where moral questions are discussed and weighed is the talk show, where more often than not the primary aim is to entertain, even shock, not to think. … When banality is mistaken for profundity because [it’s] uttered by a movie star or a basketball player, it is not surprising that there is less thought than hype.
~ D.A. Carson, 1946- , The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism