“The author sees Joseph of Genesis as a type of Christ s Pentecostal power. He who was thought dead has been raised in power, and the power is evident in the chariot he sends for his own.”
“The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord.”
“The heart of a Christian, who believes and feels, cannot pass the hardships and deprivations of the poor without helping them.”
“I was determined to get them away from the idea that their education is a private experience.”
“The cross is laid on every Christian. The first Christ-suffering which every man must experience is the call to abandon the attachments of this world. It is that dying of the old man which is the result of his encounter with Christ. As we embark upon discipleship we surrender ourselves to Christ in union with his death—we give over our lives to death. Thus it begins; the cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise god-fearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ. When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.”
“Many of your relationship problems are not really relationship problems. They re personal problems that spill over into relationships.”
“When God interrupts your life, He is calling you to follow Him in a new way. By breaking into your settled pattern, He is moving you to a new place where you can make fresh discoveries of His grace. Embracing God’s call is never easy, but this is where the pursuit of a God-centered life begins, and where the shame of a self-centered life is exposed.”
“A major element in Lincoln s greatness was the way in which he could hold a strong moral position without the usual accompaniment of self-righteousness.”
“Growing up is a ritual, more deadly than religion, more complicated than baseball, for there seem to be no rules. Everything is experienced for the first time.”
“The man who goes to the top is the man who has something to say and says it when circumstances warrant. Men who keep silent underdressed are moral cowards.”
“If we spend our days trying to avoid the landmines of stepping out of God s will, then will be afraid to take any risks for his kingdom. But when you know there is a net of grace, when you know that God will catch you and set you back on his path when you fall, then you ll feel the freedom to pursue the adventure that kingdom living is all about.”
“Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God. They are won where the way leads to the cross.”
“I suppose it s unfair, tricks of argument that leave wounds, but with this sort of thing that (C.S.) Lewis does, what I feel is a craftsman s joy at the sight of a superior performance.”
“When I was 25, I believed I could change the world. At 41, I have come to the realization that I cannot change my wife, my church, or my kids, to say nothing of the world. Try as I might, I have not been able to manufacture outcomes the way I thought I could, either in my own life or other people’s.”
“I m not trying to bleed you. I want to renew you.”