If we are to better the future we must disturb the present.
– Catherine Booth –
Modern Church
Christianity Must Be More Than a Theory – Hannah Whitall Smith
If Christianity is to make any headway in the present time, it must be proved to be more than a theory.
– Hannah Whitall Smith –
The Underground Christian – Richard Wurmbrand
Christianity has become dramatic with us. When Christians in free countries win a soul for Christ, the new believer may become a member of a quietly living church. But when those in captive nations win someone, we know that he may have to go to prison and that his children may become orphans. The joy of having brought someone to Christ is always mixed with this feeling that there is a price that must be paid. We had met an entirely new type of Christian—the Christian of the Underground Church.
– Richard Wurmbrand –
from Tortured for Christ
What Are We Winning People To? – AW Tozer
Any objection to the carryings on of our present gold-calf Christianity is met with the triumphant reply, “But we are winning them!” And winning them to what? To true discipleship? To cross-carrying? To self-denial? To separation from the world? To crucifixion of the flesh? To holy living? To nobility of character? To a despising of the world’s treasures? To hard self-discipline? To love for God? To total committal to Christ? Of course the answer to all these questions is no.
– AW Tozer –
Amazed or Amused – Leonard Ravenhill
In the New Testament Church it says they were all amazed—and now in our churches everybody wants to be amused.
– Leonard Ravenhill –