Joel Toppen

“If we proclaim a gospel that doesn’t emphasize transformation, we end up with a deficit of clean containers, which consequently creates a shortage of God’s manifest presence on the earth.”
― John Bevere, Good or God?: Why Good Without God Isn't Enough

“Like so many other French generals in the Peninsula, he was soon to find that victory is not the same thing as conquest.”
― Charles William Chadwick Oman, A History of the Peninsular War, Volume II January to September 1809: From the Battle of Corunna to the End of the Talavera Campaign [Illustrated Edition]

“Humility is the key to finishing well and passing the torch on to our successors.”
― Hans Finzel, The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make

“The political parties were no longer organizations concerned with administering the country’s affairs. They were election-winning machines.”
― Kyle Mills, Red War