Kyle Truman > Kyle's Quotes

“It’s as if Jesus is saying to him, “Give what you have to the poor; I’ll give you something better.” In the end, Jesus is not calling this man away from treasure; he’s calling him to treasure. When we understand the passage in this way, we begin to realize that materialism is not just sinful; it’s stupid.”
― David Platt, A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography

“no teachers (including Jesus) in the New Testament ever promise material wealth as a reward for obedience.”
― David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

“The war against materialism in our hearts is exactly that: a war. It is a constant battle to resist the temptation to have more luxuries, to acquire more stuff, and to live more comfortably. It requires strong and steady resolve to live out the gospel in the middle of an American dream that indentifies success as moving up the ladder, getting the bigger house, purchasing the nicer car, buying the better clothes, eating the finer food, and acquiring more things.”
― David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

“Money is a great servant but a bad master.”
― Francis Bacon

“It sounds so spiritual to say something like, “We should only worry about the depth of our ministries, and let God worry about the width.” But disregarding the width of your ministry is blatantly unfaithful to the Great Commission.”
― J.D. Greear, Gaining By Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches that Send

“The Christian life is a call to risk. You either live with risk or waste your life.”
― J.D. Greear, Gaining By Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches that Send

“Now in the new-paradigm churches, it is generally assumed that ministry is the province of the laos, the whole people of God.”
― Greg Ogden, Unfinished Business: Returning the Ministry to the People of God

“It has been broadly observed that the first Reformation of the early 1500s placed the Bible in the hands of the people and that the Second Reformation will place the ministry in the hands of the people.”
― Greg Ogden, Unfinished Business: Returning the Ministry to the People of God