J.R. Vassar > Quotes

“Personally, on a big-picture level, I know and delight in the preeminence of Jesus and have yielded my life to that reality. But on a granular level, I still find myself competing with Jesus for glory. I do things Jesus desires with motivations Jesus despises.”
― J.R. Vassar, Glory Hunger: God, the Gospel, and Our Quest for Something More

“In 1966 John Lennon commented to the American press that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. He may have been right. There is a difference between being preeminent and being popular.”
― J.R. Vassar, Glory Hunger: God, the Gospel, and Our Quest for Something More

“Giving glory is a natural human response to witnessing greatness, which is why our world is infatuated with celebrities. We are addicted to greatness. And when we see it, we ascribe worth and value to it. Our”
― J.R. Vassar, Glory Hunger: God, the Gospel, and Our Quest for Something More

“God will make a way to renew his commendation over us, restore his image in us, and reclaim lost greatness for us. But our reaching for glory will not bring about this transformation. No, God will come to us, and it will be his work, not ours. It is reaching that robbed us of this glory in the first place. Grasping for glory is the one sure way to miss it.”
― J.R. Vassar, Glory Hunger