“No awesome thing in creation was meant to give you what only the Creator is able to give. Every awesome thing in creation is designed to point you to the One who alone is worthy of capturing and controlling the awe of your searching and hungry heart.”
― Awe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do
― Awe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do
“Never feel shame for trying and failing for he who has never failed is he who has never tried.”
― The Greatest Salesman in the World
― The Greatest Salesman in the World
“Our preaching is not the reason the Word works. The Word is the reason our preaching works.”
― On Preaching: Personal & Pastoral Insights for the Preparation & Practice of Preaching
― On Preaching: Personal & Pastoral Insights for the Preparation & Practice of Preaching
“Of all the men I have ever known, Eric Liddell was the one in whose character and life the Spirit of Jesus Christ was pre-eminently manifested.” And all of us who were privileged to know him with any intimacy echo this judgement. ‘What was the secret of his consecrated life and far-reaching influence? Absolute surrender to God’s will as revealed in Jesus Christ.”
― Complete Surrender: Eric Liddell
― Complete Surrender: Eric Liddell
“There are, in the end, only two ways to read the Bible: Is it basically about me or basically about Jesus? In other words, is it basically about what I must do or basically about what he has done?”
― Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
― Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
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