"Never do what others could or would do, when there is so much of importance to be done that others can’t or won’t do." (Dawson Trotman)
"So let us not take this for granted.
Let us not waste the second hand.
But let your love rage like a lion,
And let your heart break like a lamb."
(Andrew Osenga, from the song "Early in the Morning")
"Grace is God's acceptance of us. Faith is our acceptance of God's acceptance of us." (Adrian Rogers, from the sermon "Freedom from the Performance Trap")
"We are more sinful than we ever dared believe, but through Christ we are more accepted than we ever dared hope.” (Timothy Keller, from the article "The Centrality of the Gospel")
"So Jesus, also, in order to purify the people by his own blood, suffered outside the city gate. So then, let us go to him, outside the camp, and suffer the hate and disgrace he suffered." (Hebrews 13:13)
"Money is used to show that Christ is more valuable than money. Food is used to show that Christ is more valuable than food is. Houses and lands and cars and computers are used to show that Christ is more valuable than they are. Family and friends and your own life are a place to show that Christ is more valuable than any of them. The way we display the supreme worth of Jesus in our lives is by treasuring Christ above all things, and then making life choices that show that our joy is not finally in things or even in other people, but in Christ." (John Piper, from the article "Don't Waste Your Life")
"Every system is perfectly designed to produce the results it is getting." (Frederick Taylor)
"We have to really step up to the challenge to run as fast as our character is deepening, and not as fast as our talent is expanding." (Erwin McManus)
"People destroy with their character what they build with their gift, unless transformation has occurred.... [God] releases his blessing in proportion to the character you have allowed him to develop." (Graham Cooke)
"Let God be true, and all men liars." (Romans 3:4)
"We must not come to the Bible looking for the answers we really hope to find; we must come to the Bible looking for the answers to the questions God bothered to answer." (Larry Crabb)
"If it's not a hill you're willing to die on, don't set up camp there."
"Help me, Jesus, to believe you. Because I do not want to insult you."
"Radical changes require radical choices."
