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“It is one thing to be awakened to injustice and quite another to be willing to be inconvenienced and interrupted to do something about it.”
― Christine Caine, Undaunted: Daring to do what God calls you to do

“How easy it is to let the depth of the ditch or the severity of the brokenness stop a good work before we even stoop down to do it.”
― Christine Caine, Undaunted: Daring to do what God calls you to do

“You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society. That is why we must go on to think of the second thing: of morality inside the individual.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“worship is multiform, not uniform. God is not threatened by this reality—he ordained it; he expects it; he glories in it.”
― Paul Basden, Exploring the Worship Spectrum: 6 Views

“Rather than allowing the safety and familiarity of forms to permit our hearts to disengage, or allowing a hip beat or guitar rift to generate superficial emotion, it is imperative that our walk with God remain real, that our dialogue with his Spirit be moment to moment, that our communication of his truth be accurate, engaging, and authentic.”
― Paul Basden, Exploring the Worship Spectrum: 6 Views

“whatever we do, let us not default to one form of music as the apex of quality and religious acceptability. God is far too creative and God’s world far too diverse to be limited to a single cultural expression.”
― Paul Basden, Exploring the Worship Spectrum: 6 Views

“It is Scripture alone, not “conservative evangelical tradition” or any other human authority, that must function as the normative authority for the definition of what we should believe.”
― Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

“Theology tells us how we should think while ethics tells us how we should live.”
― Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

“the necessity of systematic theology for teaching what the Bible says comes about primarily because we are finite in our memory and in the amount of time at our disposal.”
― Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

“Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 2:14 that “the unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.” Studying theology is therefore a spiritual activity in which we need the help of the Holy Spirit.”
― Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

“Knowing about God is crucially important for the living of our lives.”
― J.I. Packer, Knowing God

“God is triune; there are within the Godhead three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and the work of salvation is one in which all three act together, the Father purposing redemption, the Son securing it and the Spirit applying it.”
― J.I. Packer, Knowing God

“We must seek, in studying God, to be led to God. It was for this purpose that revelation was given, and it is to this use that we must put it.”
― J.I. Packer, Knowing God

“human redemption was accomplished through Jesus’s death and resurrection.”
― Walter A. Elwell, Encountering the New Testament: A Historical and Theological Survey

“Leaders must draw the best out of people, and friendship does that far better than prolonged argument or mere logic.”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer

“Prayer is indeed the Christian’s vital breath and native air.”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer

“The church that worships will have many visitors who never come back, and a few who cannot stay away. Perhaps”
― David Hansen, The Art of Pastoring: Ministry Without All the Answers

“Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book.”
― Thomas à Kempis