Jason Chan

“He was saying that mixing church and state corrupted the church. He was saying that when one mixes religion and politics one gets politics.”
― John M. Barry, Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty

“The more one sees of the beauty of God, the more one longs for it—yet the seeing and the longing are themselves joy-generating. Indeed, such longings not only generate joy; they themselves are a joy. The wanting is the joy; they themselves are a joy. The wanting is the having. To long for God is to enjoy him.”
― Dane C. Ortlund, Edwards on the Christian Life: Alive to the Beauty of God

“My wife and I were present at this congress. Sabina told me, Richard, stand up and wash away this shame from the face of Christ! They are spitting in His face.' I said to her, 'if I do so, you lose your husband. She replied, 'I don't wish to have a coward as a husband.' Then I arose and spoke to this congress, praising not the murderers of Christians, but Jesus Christ, stating that our loyalty is due first to Him. The speeches at this congress were broadcast and the whole country could hear proclaimed from the rostrum of the Communist Parliament the message of Christ! Afterwards I had to pay for this, but it was worthwhile.”
― Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured for Christ

“There will, one day, be an existence for us that will be the ultimate in reality and experience, and we can understand this truth only by faith. What we see by faith is true reality.”
― Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni: An Unforgettable Story