It is my studied judgment that some future generation will deem this to be the darkest century, in spiritual depth and spiritual experience, in church history – that is, unless something very radical happens along… soon.
– Gene Edwards –
Miscellaneous Quote
Dead Men Preaching – Gilbert Tennent
For I am verily persuaded the generality of preachers talk of an unknown and unfelt Christ; and the reason why congregations have been so dead is, because they have had dead men preaching to them.
– Gilbert Tennent –
The Most Commercial Materialistic Christians Ever – Gene Edwards
More corrupt than the dark days before Luther; more impotently intellectual than during the heyday of Calvinism; more financially perverted than the days that caused John the Baptist to explode; more intoxicated with the drive for spiritual power than any age, yet exercising that outward power with less internal transformation than anyone since King Saul; enamored with the gifts, yet hardly knowing the Giver, our age has produced the most commercial, materialistic, fad-oriented people ever to claim His name.
– Gene Edwards –
Only God Can Satisfy The Heart – Richard Chenevix Trench
None but God can satisfy the longings of an immortal soul; that as the heart was made for Him, so He only can fill it.
– Richard Chenevix Trench –
1807-1886
Love is a Commitment – Ravi Zacharias
Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us.
– Ravi Zacharias –
The Kryptonite of Worry – Matt Chandler
Thanksgiving is worry’s kryptonite.
– Matt Chandler –
The Necessity of Prayer in Ministry – Chip Brogden
Unless we have invested a great deal of time in our secret ministry to the Lord then the shallowness of our public ministry will be very evident. Today it is abundantly clear that not enough time is spent ministering to the Lord, and way too much time is spent ministering to people; hence, most of what is done in the name of ministry is performed in a fleshly, human way which never bears any lasting fruit.
– Chip Brogden –
Don’t Eat Spiritually Predigested Food – Donald Whitney
Don’t settle only for spiritual food that’s been “predigested” by others. Experience the joy of discovering biblical insights firsthand through your own Bible study!
– Donald Whitney –
from Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
Make Me Less Like Jonah – Colin S. Smith
Lord, make me less like Jonah and more like Jesus. Save me from being the kind of person who cares more about my comfort, my reputation, and my success than I do about the people You are calling me to serve. Help me to keep all of my dreams on Your altar and be ready at all times to respond with faith and obedience to Your call.
– Colin S. Smith –