There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough—a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice—which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.
– JC Ryle –
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Don’t Despair of the Future – JC Ryle
I do not despair of the future. God forbid that I should do so. I believe in the almighty power of God to deliver us, even in the darkest hour … what He has done in time in the past He may do again. For this let us all agree to pray. A praying, interceding people are the very backbone of the church.
– JC Ryle –
Awakening Demands Prayer – Carter Conlon
There has never been an awakening without someone willing to pray.
– Carter Conlon –
Church should be our teacher of theology – Herman Bavinck
The church is the natural soil of theology.
– Herman Bavinck –
The Church and World Can’t Hold Hands – Catherine Booth
When the church and the world can jog comfortably along together, you can be sure something is wrong. The world has not compromised—its spirit is exactly the same as it ever was. If Christians were equally as faithful to the Lord, separated from the world, and living so that their lives were a reproof to all ungodliness, the world would hate them as much as it ever did. It is the church that has compromised, not the world.
– Catherine Booth –
Don’t sacrifice truth for peace – JC Ryle
Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
– JC Ryle –
Playing Marbles with Diamonds – Vance Havner
Playing marbles with diamonds, thats what we are doing in the church today.
– Vance Havner –
Importance of Community – George Swinnock
Satan watches for those vessels that sail without a convoy.
– George Swinnock –
1627-1673
Revival of Spiritual Life – Andrew Murray
There is need of a great revival of spiritual life, of truly fervent devotion to our Lord Jesus, of entire consecration to His service. It is only in a church in which this spirit of revival has at least begun, that there is any hope of radical change …
– Andrew Murray –