I am afraid of only one thing—that I should become a grain of wheat not willing to die.
– Young Missionary Girl –
(as told by Corrie ten Boom)
The Cross
All Topics Should Be Studied Through the Lens of the Gospel – CJ Mahaney
The gospel isn’t one class among many that you’ll attend during your life as a Christian—the gospel is the whole building where all the classes take place! Rightly approached, all the topics you’ll study and focus on as a believer will be offered to you “within the walls” of the glorious gospel … [Nothing in the Christian life] can be rightly understood apart from God’s grace through Jesus’ death. They, and indeed all topics, should be studied through the lens of the gospel.
– CJ Mahaney –
The Modern Rendition of Carrying the Cross – Eric Ludy
It would seem that we have designed a modern-day rendition of carrying the Cross that doesn’t give us splinters, revilement, and death. We want the benefits of the Cross but we don’t want to carry it.
– Eric Ludy –
Christianity Rubs The World The Wrong Way – Vance Havner
Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates. Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way.
– Vance Havner –
Give Up My Life Out of Love For Him – Girolamo Savanarola
My Lord was pleased to die for my sins; why should I not be glad to give up my poor life out of love for Him.
– Girolamo Savanarola –
(1452-1498 AD)
A Social Gospel – Vance Havner
If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
– Vance Havner –
There Is No Life or Victory Outside of Jesus
There’s no life or victory outside the Person of Jesus Christ. Before God is able to fill us with His Spirit, we must be emptied of “self.”
– Unknown –
A Revival to Cleanse and Revive – Mary Booth
How we have prayed for a revival — we did not care whether it was old-fashioned or not — what we asked for was that it should be such that would cleanse and revive His children and set them on fire to win others.
– Mary Booth –
The Old Cross vs. The New Cross – AW Tozer
The old cross slew men; the new cross entertains them. The old cross condemned; the new cross amuses. The old cross destroyed confidence in the flesh; the new cross encourages it.
– AW Tozer –