Ryan Dent

“In that moment, I learned a simple lesson about being awesome: always play to the size of your heart, not to the size of your audience. Awesome”
― Jon Acuff, Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work That Matters

“Here’s what I’ve noticed in these times of erosion: Our natural inclination toward self-preservation makes us want to get out of the pit as soon as possible. Of course, that’s a natural, instinctive, human reaction. But I’d suggest we can take a different posture. You see, as more and more of us is stripped away, what is lying at the bottom of the pit are gold bars that will shape the rest of our lives. They are often the most important things that God is looking to teach us. So instead of a posture that says, “God, get me out of here as quickly as possible,” we step fully into the process and say, “God, don’t let me leave this place until I’ve learned what it is you have to teach.”
― Mike Breen, Leading Kingdom Movements

“If you ask fear if something is going to work, the answer will always be no. Fear”
― Jon Acuff, Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work That Matters

“The life of Martin Luther King Jr. was one that typified the pursuit of justice, both spiritually and socially. He said these words: A religion true to its nature must also be concerned about man’s social conditions.… Any religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them, and the social conditions that cripple them is a dry-as-dust religion.7”
― Eugene Cho, Overrated: Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?