G. Mark James

“Creation is about the spreading, the diffusion, the outward explosion of that love. This God is the very opposite of greedy, hungry, selfish emptiness; in his self-giving he naturally pours forth life and goodness. He is, then, the source of all that is good, and that means he is not the sort of God who would call people to himself away from happiness in good things. Goodness and ultimate happiness are to be found with him, not apart from him.”
― Michael Reeves, Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith

“For whether the Trinity is compared to shrubbery, streaky bacon, the three states of H2O or a three-headed giant, it begins to sound, well, bizarre, like some pointless and unsightly growth on our understanding of God, one that could surely be lopped off with no consequence other than a universal sigh of relief.”
― Michael Reeves, Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith

“When God intends a man for eminent usefulness in the ministry, he leads him through deep waters, and causes him to drink freely of the cup of spiritual sorrow, that he may be prepared, by a long course of afflictive experiences, to sympathize with tempted and desponding believers; and may learn how to administer to them that consolation by which his own heart was at last comforted.4”
― Dave Harvey, Am I Called?: The Summons To Pastoral Ministry

“Serving in obscurity can do more to shape a future leader than a dozen years of combing evangelicalism for the perfect position.”
― Dave Harvey, Am I Called?: The Summons To Pastoral Ministry