Ryan Doherty

“The God of the Bible is the God with whom we have to do in life and death, in time and eternity, the God to whom we must all give an account and whom no one can escape. Every human being, Calvin says, has negotium cum deo, “business with God.” (Ibid., 160)”
― Daniel L. Akin, Exalting Jesus in Revelation

“Honest evaluation is essential for spiritual restoration. Spiritual compromise and complacency are “spiritual cataracts” that shut out the light of spiritual sight. Regularly, daily, we need to ask the Lord—in prayer and by the Word—“Show me my true spiritual condition. Reveal to me my spiritual blind spots and areas of sin where I no longer see. Help me, Lord, to see myself as You see me!”
― Daniel L. Akin, Exalting Jesus in Revelation

“Any church that is not seriously involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission has forfeited its biblical right to exist” (Newell, Mission Quotes, 257).”
― Daniel L. Akin, Exalting Jesus in Revelation

“We would never really get over the extent of casual alcoholism in the Congo, but as we went further into our journey it made more and more sense. Life for most was backbreaking and devoid of any hope. In those circumstances, many of us would turn to alcohol.”
― Mike Martin, Crossing the Congo: Over Land and Water in a Hard Place