Never give up in freedom what we would never give up in persecution.
– Underground Church –
from Insanity of God
Evangelism
Holiness would transform the world – CS Lewis
How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing … it is irresistible. If even 10% of the world’s population had it, would not the whole world be converted and happy before a year’s end?
– CS Lewis –
from Letters to an American Lady, 1967
Christ and Him Crucified – David Brainerd
I never got away from Jesus and him crucified. When my people were gripped by this great evangelical doctrine of Christ and him crucified, I had no need to give them instructions about morality. I found that one followed as the sure and inevitable fruit of the other.
– David Brainerd –
Regardless of how you feel – Charles Spurgeon
If we never do any work for Christ except when we feel up to the mark, we shall not do much. If we feel that we will not pray because we cannot pray, we shall never pray.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from The Soul Winner
When you’re on fire, everyone knows it – Leonard Ravenhill
You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there’s a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Lifeboat or a Cruise Ship? – Leonard Ravenhill
The Church used to be a lifeboat rescuing the perishing. Now she is a cruise ship recruiting the promising.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
The Church needs to move the world – GK Chesterton
We do not want a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world.
– GK Chesterton –
Living not for self – William Temple
The Church is the only society that exists for the benefit of those who are not its members.
– William Temple –
Called to Missions or to Stay at Home? – Hudson Taylor
It will not do to say that you have no special call to go to the mission field. With these facts before you and with the command of the Lord Jesus to go and preach the gospel to every creature, you need rather to ascertain whether you have a special call to stay at home.
– Hudson Taylor –