Eric Carlsen

“I tell you the truth, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” John 12:24–25.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“I told them that God controlled all things, not fate, and that our lives were determined by him and by the choices we make to obey or disobey his Word. I used this opportunity to tell them what the Bible says,”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“Christmas means: the infinitely self-sufficient God has come not to be assisted but to be enjoyed.”
― John Piper, The Dawning of Indestructible Joy: Daily Readings for Advent

“If there is a problem somewhere,” he said with his dry chuckle, “this is what happens. Three people will try to do something concrete to settle the issue. Ten people will give a lecture analyzing what the three are doing. One hundred people will commend or condemn the ten for their lecture. One thousand people will argue about the problem. And one person—only one—will involve himself so deeply in the true solution that he is too busy to listen to any of it.”
― Elias Chacour, Blood Brothers: The Dramatic Story of a Palestinian Christian Working for Peace in Israel