Daniel Coe > Daniel's Quotes

“It isn’t the hurts, blows, and bruises that rob us of the freshness of Christ’s beauty in our lives. More likely, it is careless ease, empty pride, earthly preoccupations, and too much prosperity that will put layers of dirty film over our souls.”
― Joni Eareckson Tada, A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God's Sovereignty

“The most important thing that a child could ever learn about is the existence, character, and plan of God.”
― Paul David Tripp, Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family

“Such Christological preaching feeds the soul and builds faith. Faith is not built by preaching introspectively (constantly challenging people to question whether they have faith); faith is not built by preaching moralistically (which has exactly the opposite effect of focusing attention on the self rather than on Christ, in whom our faith is placed); faith is not built by joining the culture wars and taking potshots at what is wrong with our culture. Faith is built by careful, thorough exposition of the person, character, and work of Christ.”
― T. David Gordon, Why Johnny Can't Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers

“I am a great sinner," said the dying Newton, "but Christ is a great Savior.”
― Jonathan Aitken, John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace

“Godly wisdom understands that God has purposes but they are deeply hidden. This keeps us from either the smugness of the moralist or the hardness of the cynic—and from the despair that both such approaches can bring to the sufferer.”
― Timothy J. Keller, God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs

“One of the most painful tasks pastors face is trying to undo the damage of false converts who have been too quickly and thoughtlessly assured by an evangelist that they are indeed Christians”
― Mark Dever, Nine Marks of a Healthy Church