“If we are ever in doubt about what we should do, we should ask ourselves what on the morrow we will wish we had done.” – John Liebbock
“The greatest cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips but deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.” - Brennan Manning
“Being saved is better than being ‘better than.’ Being better puts us in with the Pharisees; being saved puts us in the company of sinners.” – John Fischer
“The secret of success is constancy to purpose.”
“There is no excellence without great labor.”
“It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.”
“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.”
“But dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.” – Ben Franklin
“Joy is the flag we fly from the tower of our hearts when the King is in residence there.”
“I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of His face.” – Elizabeth Clephane
“If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.” – Ben Franklin
“Let’s agree to disagree”? Try telling that to God on Judgement Day and see how far you get! – Dean Gotcher
“God will see to it that we are in circumstances best designed by His sovereign love to give us opportunities to bear fruit for Him.” – Elisabeth Elliot
“Christ says, ‘Give me all. I don’t want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want you. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. No half-measures are any good. “ - C. S. Lewis
“Pure Christianity and serious godliness fear not the scrutiny of a free thought, but despise the impotent malice of a prejudiced one.” – Matthew Henry
“If people talk negatively about you, live so that no one will believe them.”
“If my life is broken when given to Jesus, it is because pieces will feed a multitude, while a loaf will satisfy only a little lad.” – Ruth Stull
“We have all of eternity to celebrate the victories we have won for Christ and only a few hours before sunset to win them.” – Amy Carmichael
“We are not as good as we make ourselves out to be, but we aren’t exactly getting that point across to the world. Well believe it or not, this is the point we need to be making. Our sins and doubts and mistakes are no threat to our witness: they are an intregal part of it. In its simplest form, our greatest witness to the world is to show and tell how much we need Jesus. (Yes, the pronoun is right.) Though our job may seem to have been to show people how much they need Jesus, we now, as recovering Pharisees, have a new job description: to show people how much we need Jesus.” – John Fischer
“It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”
“I think that when friends marry, they are safe.” - O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
“A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.”
“The farmer believed in God—that is, he tried to do what God required of him, and thus was on the straight road to know him. He talked little about religion, and was not one to take sides on doctrinal issues. When he heard people advocating or opposing the claims of this or that party in the church, he would turn away with a smile such as men yield to the talk of children. He had no time, he would say, for that kind of thing. He had enough to do in trying to faithfully practice what was beyond dispute.” – George MacDonald in The Minister’s Restoration
Originally published in Issue #30, Spring 2001
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