M. J. Denning

“Seminary is for men who are seriously considering the ministry; it is a place where a man may test his gifts and calling in the service of the Word...Uncertainty about a call to the ministry may indicate with certainty a call to theological training. Even when God does not call a man to pastoral work, he often leads through seminary study to other ministries of teaching and to informed leadership in the work of the church.”
― Edmund P. Clowney, Called to the Ministry

“The call of the Word of God to the gospel ministry comes to ALL those who have the gifts for such a ministry.”
― Edmund P. Clowney, Called to the Ministry

“Christ's suffering was redemptive not because suffering itself is redemptive, but because Christ himself is the Redeemer”
― Edmund P. Clowney, Called to the Ministry

“Sometimes Christians speak of each decision of their lives as though they were launching a moon-shot where a single miscalculation would send the capsule into a trackless void. Even space scientist do better than that, correcting the flight of their space-probes by radioed signals. God does much better. He knows that we are often incapable of distinguishing trivial decisions from momentous ones, and that we are foolish and imperceptive. He knows---- and keeps us in his hand.”
― Edmund P. Clowney, Called to the Ministry