“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.”
“In that most burdensome moment of all human history, with blood appearing at every pore and an anguished cry upon His lips, Christ sought Him whom He had always sought—His Father. “Abba,” He cried, “Papa,” or from the lips of a younger child, “Daddy.” This is such a personal moment it almost seems a sacrilege to cite it. A Son in unrelieved pain, a Father His only true source of strength, both of them staying the course, making it through the night—together.”
“It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt.”
“A sermon without Christ in it is like a loaf of bread without any flour in it. No Christ in your sermon, sir? Then go home, and never preach again until you have something worth preaching.”
“Religious or not, identity based on someone’s personal performances is characterized by a lonely life, to say the least.”
“Maybe he is the second coming of Christ. Maybe we all are.”
“Without Christ, there is no Christianity.”
“There is coming a time when many disasters will come, saith the Lord! In my vision, the Lord said, Surely, they will look to Me to change things around. But I am looking for them to change their minds to come to Me and be saved, so I can be their God and Savior.”
“There are two ways to live the Christian life. You can live it either for the heart of Christ or from the heart of Christ. You can live for the smile of God or from it. For a new identity as a son or daughter of God or from it. For your union with Christ or from it. The battle of the Christian life is to bring your own heart into alignment with Christ’s, that is, getting up each morning and replacing your natural orphan mind-set with a mind-set of full and free adoption into the family of God through the work of Christ your older brother, who loved you and gave himself for you out of the overflowing fullness of his gracious heart.”
“The lion of Judah is the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“These are the days of the war, so rise up warriors of Christ! You, who are children of God, rise up! Take up your sword and fight a good fight! Our hope and our future are in Christ. Let that seed be planted upon your children. Our reward is not of this Earth, because the things of the world are temporary. Our reward is great; our reward is with our Father in heaven. This is the hope that we have in the future. So take a stand, finish strong in faith in Jesus. Put your hope in Jesus, for He holds our future.”
“Our children are the future of our family, our bloodline. And the only hope we can offer them to survive the evil days to come is to introduce Jesus. The hope of a Christian is anchored only in Jesus Christ.”
“I choose Christ.”
“Tu puñal de acero ha rasgado mi blanco pecho; pero he apoyado contra la herida a mi niño y lo he lavado con mi sangre caliente. Con eso la herida ha cicatrizado sin hierbas ni raíces. No he temido a la muerte; tampoco la temerá mi niño valiente”
“The true church is a community of Christ followers who obey His commands.”
“Only Christ can change your heart.”
“The unfortunate thing is that [Christ] left us alone, to carry on, whatever happens, even when we are lodged in that little-ease, knowing in turn what he knew, but incapable of doing what he did and dying like him.”