Rachel Starr Thomson > Quotes

“When they see beyond the sky,
When they know beyond the mind,
When they hear the song of the Burning Light;
Take these Gifts of My Outstretched Hand,
Weave them together.
I shall come.”
― Rachel Starr Thomson, Worlds Unseen

“If you get up to fight a battle, you might lose. But if you choose never to fight, the loss is guaranteed.”
― Rachel Starr Thomson, Fearless: Free in Christ in an Age of Anxiety

“Do you do this often?” Maggie asked. “Rescue people, I mean.” “Is that what we did?” Nicolas asked. He seemed amused. “Can’t say we’ve done much of it before, but after this we might have to make a habit of it. More fun than I’ve had in a while.”
― Rachel Starr Thomson, Worlds Unseen

“You Have a Gift, and It Is Immensely Valuable”
― Rachel Starr Thomson, Fearless: Free in Christ in an Age of Anxiety

“I long for a ruler. One who will be merciful and just. Who will be good, truly good. Life would be so small if we were all we had. We need something—someone—to make us look up.”
― Rachel Starr Thomson, Worlds Unseen

“The kingdom has come.
It is no longer far off, it is no longer future. It is at
hand—reachable, touchable, present.”
― Rachel Starr Thomson, When God Walked in Galilee: Discovering Jesus and the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth

“Victory requires a fight. But the greatest risk of all is that you won’t fight—that you’ll allow fear to keep you on the couch, with your talent buried in the ground and all of its multiplying effects dormant and dead.”
― Rachel Starr Thomson, Fearless: Free in Christ in an Age of Anxiety

“In Scripture, obedience is heavily relational. It’s about allegiance and learning to share God’s mind. Even the word for obedience comes from a root that indicates “to hear.” Only someone who is in relationship with God and is listening to him can obey.”
― Rachel Starr Thomson, Fearless: Free in Christ in an Age of Anxiety

“Every person—including you—has been given a gift by God. Every gift is of immense value, no matter how it might compare to someone else’s gifts. No one got a cheap or valueless gift from God. Every gift has the capacity to multiply (and is meant to do so). The gifts are essentially “on loan,” meant to be stewarded.”
― Rachel Starr Thomson, Fearless: Free in Christ in an Age of Anxiety

“Salvation is not simply a matter of escaping the
world after death. It is holistic, and it is now (and
also later).”
― Rachel Starr Thomson, When God Walked in Galilee: Discovering Jesus and the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth

“It’s simply to point out that biblical holiness has no inherent connection to oldness, or tradition, or even particularly to rules. It’s an identity, a fundamental self-concept, a core understanding of one’s self and one’s place in the world: I am not my own; I am set apart for God.”
― Rachel Starr Thomson, Fearless: Free in Christ in an Age of Anxiety

“In my life, and in yours, may the graven images
crumble before the Great I Am.”
― Rachel Starr Thomson, When God Walked in Galilee: Discovering Jesus and the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth

“Fear and unbelief are actually correlated: if we allow fear to control our lives, it is a choice not to trust God.”
― Rachel Starr Thomson, Fearless: Free in Christ in an Age of Anxiety