Quote Collection
Time for Discipleship – Dallas Willard
We are coming into a time when many churches and Christians who are in leadership positions will be able to say, “It’s all about discipleship and transformation into Christlikeness.”
– Dallas Willard –
As we grow in holiness – Jerry Bridges
As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.
– Jerry Bridges –
Discipleship as a revolution and strategy – Bill Hull
Discipleship is at the same time a character revolution and a worldwide strategy. It is a strategy that requires depth as a perquisite for reproduction and multiplication.
– Bill Hull –
Prosperity knits us to the world – CS Lewis
Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that is “finding his place in it,” while really it is finding its place in him.
– CS Lewis –
Working for God without knowing God – Billy Graham
In the end there will be people who did the work of the Lord. They were busy in the church. They had done many wonderful works. But Jesus Himself says, “I never knew you” [Matthew 7:23].
– Billy Graham –
Affliction of the godly and wicked – Thomas Watson
Affliction of the godly is like bruising spices, which are most sweet and fragrant. Affliction of the wicked is like pounding weeds, which makes them more unsavory.
– Thomas Watson –
Revival comes through desperation – Al Whittinghill
Revival will come only to a desperate church, not a contented one. He is ever the rewarder of those who “diligently seek Him,” not the mere casual inquirer.
– Al Whittinghill –
True conversion changes your life – Charles Spurgeon
If the man does not live differently from what he did before, both at home and abroad, his repentance needs to be repented of, and his conversion is a fiction.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Suffered from cheap grace – Vance Havner
We have suffered from the preaching of cheap grace. Grace is free, but it is not cheap. People will take anything that is free, but they are not interested in discipleship. They will take Christ as Savior but not as Lord.
– Vance Havner –