Paul Baker

“The second sign that the Samaritan woman had been saved was the change that occurred in her life. According to the Bible, a bare confession of faith is not in itself enough to demonstrate a new birth. The reason is that a confession of faith is not credible unless it is accompanied by a changed life. It is one thing to recite "the sinner's prayer" or give verbal assent to the gospel, but a true conversion will lead to a living faith-not a dead faith-that bears the spiritual fruit of change in one's life.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“the world is so charged with God’s grandeur that, if we had but eyes for it, we would discover his glory—and his grace—breaking out in the most ordinary of situations.”
― Anne Bradley, For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty

“Likewise, if we care for others' salvation, we will expend ourselves in ministry to them-in prayer, in service, and in witness. If we are not willing to be wearied-if we do not find ourselves sometimes needing a rest from our labors-then we are not likely to accomplish much in Christian ministry.”
― Richard D. Phillips, Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John

“Need-love cries to God from our poverty; Gift-love longs to serve, or even to suffer for, God; Appreciative love says: “We give thanks to thee for thy great glory.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves