"A Christian is one who does what the Lord Jesus tells him. Neither more nor less than that makes a Christian. It is not even understanding the Lord Jesus that makes one a Christian. It is doing what he tells us that makes us Christians, and that is the only way to understand him."- George MacDonald
"Dull are those—at least they can have little of Christian imagination—who think that where all are good, things must be dull. It is because there is so little good yet in them that they know so little of the power and beauty of the merest life divine."- George MacDonald
"The reward of the American dream is safety, security, and success found in more comfort, better stuff, and greater prosperity. But the reward of Christ trumps all these things and beckons us to live for an eternal safety, security, and satisfaction that far outweigh everything this world has to offer."- David Platt
"We are, by nature, receivers. Even if we have a desire to learn God's Word, we still listen from a default self-centered mind-set that is always asking, What can I get out of this? But as we have seen, this is unbiblical Christianity. What if we changed the question whenever we gathered to learn God's Word? What if we began to think, How can I listen to his Word so that I am equipped to teach this Word to others?"- David Platt
"What does it mean to love God 'with all your mind?'" I take it to mean that we direct our thinking in a certain way; namely, our thinking [as Christians] should be wholly engaged to do all it can to awaken and express the heartfelt fullness of treasuring God above all things."- John Piper*
"We are giving in to the dangerous temptation to take the Jesus of the Bible and twist him into a version of Jesus we are more comfortable with.- David Platt
A nice, middle-class, American Jesus. A Jesus who doesn't mind materialism and who would never call us to give away everything we have. A Jesus who would not expect us to forsake our closest relationships so that he receives all our affection. A Jesus who is fine with nominal devotion that does not infringe on our comforts, because, after all, he loves us just the way we are. A Jesus who wants us to be balanced, who wants us to avoid dangerous extremes, and who, for that matter, wants us to avoid danger altogether. A Jesus who brings us comfort and prosperity as we live out our Christian spin on the American dream."
"One of the greatest handicaps the church has is the witness of unsatisfactory lives of professing Christians. And of the greatest arguments for Christianity is the evidence of obedience in genuine Christian lives. The world has nothing to compare to the beauty, joy and fellowship of a truly Christian home."- Kay Smith
"Indeed, historians are virtually unanimous in holding that the whole science versus religion story is a nineteenth century fabrication."- Dinesh, D'Souza
"The passion of Christ is not only infinite and almighty, but it is perfect. The atonement in Jesus Christ's blood is perfect; there isn't anything that can be added to it. It is spotless, impeccable, flawless. It is perfect as God is perfect. The holy suffering there on the cross and the resurrection from the dead cancels our sins and abrogates our sentence."- A.W. Tozer
"The passion of Christ is not only infinite but almighty. It's possible for good men to 'almost' do something or 'almost' be something. That is the fix people get in because they are people. But Almighty God is never 'almost' anything. God is always exactly what He is. he is the Almighty One. When the God the Almighty Maker died, all the power there is was in that atonement. You can overstate the efficaciousness of the atonement. You never can exaggerate the power of the cross."- A.W. Tozer
"The paradox of the cross is the consummation of perfect peace and perfect justice became united in one death on a Friday afternoon some two thousand years ago. The death of Christ is timeless and timelessness. The moment Christ died was an actual point in time in the past. He presently offers to live within us and promised to return."- Ravi Zacharias
"Be a Christian - and a visible and audible one. The world needs you so badly."- John Piper
"Yet when they [pastors and ministers] fail to preach the Scriptures, they abandon their authority. No longer do they confront their hearers with a word from God. That is why most modern preaching evokes little more than a wide yawn. God is not in it."- Haddon W. Robinson
The cross of Christ is the most revolutionary thing ever to appear among men. We must do something about the cross, and one of two things we can do - flee from it or die upon it."- A.W. Tozer
"Our most important vision system is not our physical eyes. We can be physically blind and live quite well. But when we are spiritually blind, we cannot live as God intended. That is why so many Old Testament prophecies say that the Messiah would come to open blind eyes. That is why he is called the Light. Physically blind people are always aware of their deficit and spend much of their lives learning to live with its limitations. But the Bible says that we can be spiritually blind and yet think that we see quite well. The reality of spiritual blindness has important implications for the Christian. If I am going to see myself clearly, I need to hold up the mirror of God's Word in front of me to open my eyes."- Paul David Tripp
"When it [Christianity] tells you to feed the hungry it does not give lessons in cookery. When it tells you to read the Scriptures it does not give you lessons in Hebrew or Greek, or even in English grammar. It was never intended to replace or supersede the ordinary human arts and sciences: it is rather a director which will set them all to the right jobs, and a source of energy which will give them all new life, if only they will put themselves at it's disposal."- C.S. Lewis
