A truth that’s told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.
~ William Blake
Reflect, Resonate, Reevaluate, Respond
God has not promised to bless our good motives, dreams, and innovation. He has promised to bless his plan; that plan is that disciples make other disciples—everything else is a sideshow.
~ Bill Hull, 1946- , Author, speaker, focus on discipleship
We live in a culture where a new beginning is far more attractive than a long follow-through. Images are important. Beginnings are important. But an image without substance is a lie. A beginning without a continuation is a lie.
~ Eugene Peterson
This is God’s universe, and God does things his way. You may have a better way, but you don’t have a universe.
~ J. Vernon McGee, 1904-1988, minister, radio, Thru the Bible
A church that doesn’t provoke any crisis, a gospel that doesn’t unsettle, a word of God that doesn’t get under anyone’s skin, a word of God that doesn’t touch the real sin of the society in which it is being proclaimed — what gospel is that? Very nice, pious considerations that don’t bother anyone, that’s the way many would like preaching to be. Those preachers who avoid every thorny matter so as not to be harassed, so as not to have conflicts and difficulties, do not light up the world they live in.
~ Oscar A. Romero, 1917-1980, The Violence of Love, Bishop—El Salvador
You cannot be in the presence of God and be bored at the same time. For that matter, you cannot be in the will of God and be bored at the same time.
~ Mark Batterson, 1969- , Going All In: One Decision Can Change Everything
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
~ Charles H. Spurgeon, 1834-1892, English Baptist Preacher
The glory of Christ is such, that it is of a transforming nature. It’s of a powerful nature: it changes all that behold it into the same image; it reaches to the bottom of the heart, to the most inner soul; it is a sight that purifies and beautifies.
~ Jonathan Edwards, 1703-1758, A Sight of the Glory of Christ, preacher, philosopher
The reason we are not able to see God is the faintness of our desire.
~ Meister Eckhart, 1260~1328, theologian, philosopher, mystic