Amanda Ellen

“Part of the terrible irony of war is that it enlists the best in human nature for purposes of mutual destruction.”
― Lesslie Newbigin, Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture

“True freedom from the bondage of technology comes not mainly from throwing away the smartphone, but from filling the void with the glories of Jesus that you are trying to fill with the pleasures of the device.”
― Tony Reinke, 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

“In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

“If God opens the door for you to do something you know is good or necessary, be thankful for the opportunity. But other than that, don’t assume that the relative ease or difficulty of a new situation is God’s way of telling you to do one thing or the other. Remember, God’s will for your life is sanctification, and God tends to use discomfort and trials more than comfort and ease to make us holy.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will