Amanda Betts’s Reviews > Pastors and Their Critics: A Guide to Coping with Criticism in the Ministry > Status Update

There are situations when it is a waste of time to defend yourself before men. The best defense is to appeal to God and keep on working. If people have sincere and significant questions about a project, then by all means answer them honestly and courteously, but if they are only out to slander and obstruct, don't let them slow you down. Don't be distracted. Keep your eyes on the Lord and your hands busy in His work.

"Martin Luther, who was often criticized on every side, said letting God be God is more than half if all true religion!"
William Blaikie said, "It was better to bear the wrong, and leave the rectifying of it in God's hands; for God detests unfair dealing, and when His servants receive it He will look to it and redress it in His own time and way ."