Yosemite Sam

“Gradually there crept into my mind the realization that God sees this all the time. He sees it, experiences it, knows it from every possible point of view, this and billions of other scenes like and unlike it, in this and billions of other worlds. Great tidal waves of joy must constantly wash through his being. It is perhaps strange to say, but suddenly I was extremely happy for God and thought I had some sense of what an infinitely joyous consciousness he is and of what it might have meant for him to look at his creation and find it “very good.”
― Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: A Study of Spiritual Reality in Christian Thought

“God's passion is to rig the world so that we are compelled to deal with whatever blocks us from being like His glorious Son.”
― Dan B. Allender, The Cry of the Soul: How Our Emotions Reveal Our Deepest Questions about God

“Men despise religion; they hate it, and fear it is true. To remedy this, we must begin by showing that religion is not contrary to reason; that it is worthy of reverence and respect; then we must make it attractive, to make good men wish it were true; and then prove that it is true. Worthy of reverence because it really understands human nature. Attractive because it promises the true good. BLAISE PASCAL”
― Travis Dickinson, Wandering Toward God: Finding Faith amid Doubts and Big Questions

“It was the evangelicals who led the fight against slavery, child labor, poor factory conditions, and the abuse of the poor and the insane. Much of what we value in modern social legislation, and perhaps take for granted, grew out of the ministry of Wesley and Whitefield and their successors.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, 50 People Every Christian Should Know: Learning from Spiritual Giants of the Faith