Lisa Morrow

“How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“The operation of His life in us is in a true sense spontaneous, that is to say, it is without effort of ours. The all-important rule is not to “try,” but to “trust,” not to depend upon our own strength, but upon His. For it is the flow of life which reveals what we truly are “in Christ.” It is from the Fountain of Life that the sweet water issues.”
― Watchman Nee, Sit, Walk, Stand: The Process of Christian Maturity

“Sitting describes our position with Christ in the heavenlies. Walking is the practical outworking of that heavenly position here on earth.”
― Watchman Nee, Sit, Walk, Stand: The Process of Christian Maturity

“Rodney Stark confirms the point, saying, For far too long, historians have accepted the claim that the conversion of the Emperor Constantine (ca. 285–337) caused the triumph of Christianity. To the contrary, he destroyed its most attractive and dynamic aspects, turning a high-intensity, grassroots movement into an arrogant institution controlled by an elite who often managed to be both brutal and lax.… Constantine’s “favor” was his decision to divert to the Christians the massive state funding on which the pagan temples had always depended. Overnight, Christianity became “the most-favoured recipient of the near limitless resources of imperial favors.” A faith that had been meeting in humble structures was suddenly housed in magnificent public buildings—the new church of Saint Peter in Rome was modeled on the basilican form used for imperial throne halls.”
― Frank Viola, Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity