Michelle

“The followers of Jesus, though, did not kill their offspring, even when it would have made economic or social sense to do so.6 This is still distinctively Christian in a world that increasingly sees children as, at best, a commodity to be controlled and, at worst, a nuisance to be contained.”
― Russell D. Moore, Adoption: What Joseph of Nazareth Can Teach Us about This Countercultural Choice

“Christ has loved us in our great need. He asks us to lift up our eyes and show a little of this love to those around us.”
― Jerram Barrs, Learning Evangelism from Jesus

“While none of us will ever speak to anyone with Jesus’ full knowledge of people, we are to pray for the gift of discernment; and we are to give ourselves to the task of loving people well enough that we will desire to get to know them and so be able to speak with wisdom to their struggles, hurts, weaknesses, failings, and needs.”
― Jerram Barrs, Learning Evangelism from Jesus

“We teach our children to be undefiled and separate rather than to show mercy—then, when they grow up, we wonder why they find evangelism to be so difficult.”
― Jerram Barrs, Learning Evangelism from Jesus