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“I realized how little I knew of what makes a true missionary statesman; of a faith that never staggers at the promise of God, no matter how incredible to the natural man its fulfillment seems; of a trust in the Unchanging One, who keeps the heart at rest and unperturbed in a changing world; of a burning love that counts not life dear unto itself, but is expendable for God; and of a vision that is never dimmed.”

“Today’s seas are still subject to the Christ of Galilee.”

“Sociological studies find that committed Christian men make the most loving and engaged husbands and fathers.”

“Surprisingly, research has found that nominal Christian men have the highest rates of divorce and domestic violence. Even higher than secular men.”

“Unless a church teaches doctrines like the Trinity and the incarnation of Christ, their children’s religious experience is formed in a way that is less and less distinctively Christian.”

“Since the focus is on a person, not a way of life or an experience, the crucial thing to say is not how to live or what the rules are, as in other religions, but rather what the story is about this one person, Jesus Christ.”

“The preacher’s job is not making Christ relevant to us but helping us to see his beauty—so that we may know what is glorious, wonderful, and joyous about our Beloved.”

“For we belong to our Beloved, and we will not find who we really are by looking at our lives first and then trying to fit Christ into them. That gets things backward.”