Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
– JC Ryle –
Knowledge – Understanding
Satan’s greatest weapon – AW Tozer
Satan’s greatest weapon is man’s ignorance of God’s Word.
– AW Tozer –
from A Man of God
Dying of Starvation – AW Tozer
A man can die of starvation knowing all about bread, and a man can remain spiritually dead while knowing all the historic facts of Christianity.
– AW Tozer –
from A Man of God
The importance of thinking – Ichabod Spencer
Thoughtlessness is the common origin of unconcern. We do a far better office for men when we lead them to think, than when we think for them. A man’s own thoughts are the most powerful of all preaching. The Holy Spirit operates very much by leading men to reflection—to employ their own mind. I should hesitate to interrupt the religious reflections of any man in the world, by the most important thing I could say to him. If I am sure he will think, I will consent to be still. But men are prone to be thoughtless, and we must speak to them to lead them to reflection.
– Ichabod Spencer –
from A Pastor’s Sketches
Highest form of thought – GK Chesterton
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
– GK Chesterton –
Seeking God’s Mind – Watchman Nee
[Don’t] spend more time in analyzing, in collecting materials, and in hard thinking than on prayer, on seeking God’s mind, and on waiting for the power from above.
– Watchman Nee –
Treasures of Wisdom – HB Charles Jr.
The treasures of wisdom and knowledge that are found only in Christ have been cashed in for the worthless trinkets of sinful folly. Many are playing marbles with diamonds.
– HB Charles Jr. –
We need more Holy Spirit power – John Stott
What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.
– John Stott –
Christianity is more than head knowledge – AW Tozer
A man can die of starvation knowing all about bread, and a man can remain spiritually dead while knowing all the historic facts of Christianity.
– AW Tozer –
from A Man of God