Tyler Edwards > Quotes

“Love only fails when we fail to love.”
― Tyler Edwards, Zombie Church: Breathing Life Back into the Body of Christ

“God doesn't expect us to be a walking encyclopedia of biblical knowledge. He wants us to know Him, to be in a relationship with Him. This means not only hearing but allowing our understanding of God to change the way we live. Like the wise builder who laid the foundation of his house on the rock, we learn to let our knowledge of God change us.”
― Tyler Edwards, Zombie Church: Breathing Life Back into the Body of Christ

“Bombs have kill-radiuses; churches should have love-radiuses--anyone within twenty miles of a church should know it.”
― Tyler Edwards, Zombie Church: Breathing Life Back into the Body of Christ

“When we neglect our Bible study we often feel guilty. When you skip a meal do you feel guilty? No, you feel hungry. The Bible is food for our soul. When we fail to read it we should not feel guilty, we should feel hungry. Guilt is fueled by obligation hunger is fueled by desire.”
― Tyler Edwards

“The problem that we are facing in the church today is that we have so many Christians who have made a decision to believe in Jesus but not a commitment to follow Him. We have people who are planning to, meaning to, trying to, wanting to, going to, we just don't have people who are doing it.”
― Tyler Edwards, Zombie Church: Breathing Life Back into the Body of Christ

“The truth is, the Devil's job is easy.”
― Tyler Edwards, Zombie Church: Breathing Life Back into the Body of Christ

“We are called to service in the kingdom of God. The Christian life is not about what you claim. It is about what you believe. True belief cannot be separated from what we do.”
― Tyler Edwards, Zombie Church: Breathing Life Back into the Body of Christ

“Get plugged in at your church. Find a way to invest yourself. Let's change the church's problem from 'Where do we find the help we need?' to 'What do we do with all the help we have?' The revolution begins now; and it starts with you.”
― Tyler Edwards, Zombie Church: Breathing Life Back into the Body of Christ

“Hope is a powerful thing. But be mindful. It’s only as good as the object you place it in. Hope can bring you through the darkest night. When that hope is in an impossible dream, it will bring only despair.”
― Tyler Edwards, The Outlands

“Unity comes from a diverse people who work together for a common goal. Uniformity comes from everyone trying to be the same. Unity makes us strong. Uniformity makes us sheep—sheep who are docile, easy to control.”
― Tyler Edwards, The Outlands

“Their focus was firstly on God and the kingdom through their personal connection to the church, and everything else came later. If God is the most important thing in your life, then the church is right there with Him as your top priority.”
― Tyler Edwards, Zombie Church: Breathing Life Back into the Body of Christ

“You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life. John 5:39–40”
― Tyler Edwards, Zombie Church: Breathing Life Back into the Body of Christ

“He had a mental disorder called idealism. He was stupid enough to try and share it with others.”
― Tyler Edwards, The Outlands

“Why does the person singing off key keep us from worshipping God?”
― Tyler Edwards, Zombie Church: Breathing Life Back into the Body of Christ

“Boredom comes from a lack of purpose. When someone without Christ gets bored, it makes sense; they are living life with no purpose. But what about the bored Christian? I think the reason we get bored in the church is not because we do not have a purpose but because we have forgotten our purpose. When a church exists without purpose, it slowly turns into a Zombie church.”
― Tyler Edwards, Zombie Church: Breathing Life Back into the Body of Christ

“Boldness plus ignorance is a dangerous kind of foolishness.”
― Tyler Edwards, The Outlands

“Aye, revolution is grand idea. It’s nothing more than a spinning wheel. In the end, there will be rich and poor. There will be luxury and struggle. Bad things will happen. Innocent people will die. For all yer fighting, killing, dying, the world’s going to have the same problems. Brotha, revolution doesn’t change the world. It just changes who runs it.”
― Tyler Edwards, The Outlands

“Expression is arrogance. Duty is devotion. Conformity is virtue.”
― Tyler Edwards, The Outlands