England will do well when it transfers its affections from poodles and terriers to poor and destitute children.
– Catherine Booth –
Hardship
November 18, 2011
Let us not glide through this world and then slip quietly into heaven without having blown the trumpet loud and long for our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Let us see to it that the devil will hold a thanksgiving service in hell when he gets the news of our departure from the field of battle.
– C. T. Studd –
November 17, 2011
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
– John Calvin –
November 8, 2011
We always admire those who stand up when everyone else ducks or bows down. You may be the only one in your generation, but never bend your knee [to difficulties or the culture]. . . . Your knee is to bend solely to Jesus Christ.
– Eric Ludy –
October 4, 2011
If you want a religion to make you feel comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.
– C.S. Lewis –
August 26, 2011
There is no such thing as a Christianity without a cross. There is no such things as a Christianity without a cost. It costs everything.
– Nick Thompson –
August 25, 2011
God has made me as bread for His chosen ones, and if it is necessary for me to be ground in the teeth of lions in order to feed His children, then blessed be the name of the Lord.
– St. Ignatius, Early Christian Martyr –
(quoted in Cowman, Streams in the Desert, 1996, pg 238)
August 10, 2011
Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little in comparison with eternal realities.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
August 4, 2011
God’s time for revival is the very darkest hour, when everything seems hopeless. It is always the Lord’s way to go to the very worst cases to manifest His glory.
– Andrew Gih –