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“The more people trust in God, the less will they trust their own judgments, or interfere with the ordering of events.”
― MacDonald George, 365 Meditations from George MacDonald's Fiction

“COME TO ME with your gaping emptiness, knowing that in Me you are complete. As you rest quietly in My Presence, My Light within you grows brighter and brighter. Facing the emptiness inside you is simply the prelude to being filled with My fullness. Therefore, rejoice on those days when you drag yourself out of bed, feeling sluggish and inadequate. Tell yourself that this is a perfect day to depend on Me in childlike trust.”
― Sarah Young, Jesus Calling, with Scripture References: Enjoying Peace in His Presence (A 365-Day Devotional)

“Experienced Christian, boast not in your experience; you will trip yet if you look away from him who is able to keep you from falling. Ye whose love is fervent, whose faith is constant, whose hopes are bright, say not, "We shall never sin," but rather cry, "Lead us not into temptation.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, Christian Classics: Six books by Charles Spurgeon in a single collection, with active table of contents

“May infinite wisdom cure us of the madness of self-confidence.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, Christian Classics: Six books by Charles Spurgeon in a single collection, with active table of contents

“A Christian counts sorrow lighter in the scale than sin; he can bear that his troubles should continue, but he cannot support the burden of his transgressions.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, Christian Classics: Six books by Charles Spurgeon in a single collection, with active table of contents

“By nature sparks fly upward, but the sinful souls of men fall downward.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, Christian Classics: Six books by Charles Spurgeon in a single collection, with active table of contents

“He is divine to me, if he be human to all the world beside.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, Christian Classics: Six books by Charles Spurgeon in a single collection, with active table of contents

“Just as to a man with a hammer, everything is a nail, so in the age of science and technology, everything is a scientific and technical matter to be solved by scientific and technical means.”
― Os Guinness, Fool's Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion

“But there is no McTheory when it comes to persuasion. There is no such thing as McApologetics, though it is significant that the nearest one-size-fits-all approach—the Four Spiritual Laws—was also created at the same time and in the same place as the first flourishing of McDonald’s as we know it and the first theme park run by Walt Disney: 1950s California.”
― Os Guinness, Fool's Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion

“There is no question that the Four Spiritual Laws have been remarkably fruitful as a way of evangelism, but they are not good for everyone.”
― Os Guinness, Fool's Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion

“use questions to raise questions,”
― Os Guinness, Fool's Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion

“the story of Issa, the eighteenth-century Haiku poet from Japan. Through a succession of sad events, his wife and all his five children died. Grieving each time, he went to the Zen Master and received the same consolation: “Remember the world is dew.” Dew is transient and ephemeral. The sun rises and the dew is gone. So too is suffering and death in this world of illusion, so the mistake is to become too engaged. Remember the world is dew. Be more detached, and transcend the engagement of mourning that prolongs the grief. After one of his children died, Issa went home unconsoled, and wrote one of his most famous poems. Translated into English it reads,      The world is dew.      The world is dew.      And yet.      And yet.”
― Os Guinness, Fool's Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion

“67“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.y     68Simon Peter answered him,z “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.a 69We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”b”
― Anonymous, Life Application Study Bible: NIV

“sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, Christian Classics: Six books by Charles Spurgeon in a single collection, with active table of contents

“Yale philosopher Harry Frankfurt writes, “One of the salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.”
― Os Guinness, Fool's Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion

“Don’t trust anyone over thirty,” the 1960s radicals cried. “Don’t trust anyone under three hundred,” came Thomas Oden’s wise reply.”
― Os Guinness, Fool's Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion

“Does meaning matter? Philosopher Ronald Dworkin’s cheap dismissal is often quoted, “Philosophers used to speculate about what they called the meaning of life. (That is now the job of mystics and comedians.)”2 But that of course is too cynical. “Man cannot stand a meaningless life,” Carl Gustav Jung claimed.3 Anthropologist Clifford Geertz agreed. “The drive to make sense out of experience, to give it form and order, is evidently as real and pressing as the more biological needs.”4 But if meaning is so important, what accounts for the striking carelessness in pursuing it?”
― Os Guinness, Fool's Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion

“Do not be afraid to dwell upon this high doctrine of election. When your mind is most heavy and depressed, you will find it to be a bottle of richest cordial.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Christian Classics: Six books by Charles Spurgeon in a single collection, with active table of contents

“Hostility and hunger: that’s what you’ll find as you tell others about Jesus. And,”
― Rico Tice, Honest Evangelism: How to talk about Jesus even when it's tough

“There is great urgency—there are sheep without a shepherd, unprotected from death—let’s pray. There is great opportunity—there is a harvest waiting to be brought in, if only there are harvesters to do it—let’s pray.”
― Rico Tice, Honest Evangelism: How to talk about Jesus even when it's tough

“The heroes of the faith usually have feet of clay—sometimes thighs, hearts, and heads as well. The”
― Mark A. Noll, Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity

“Post-Modernism (n.): That period that comes between Modernism (q.v.) and Post-Post-Modernism. Modernists think that Science makes it possible for us to know everything perfectly and objectively, and that therefore all claims to know anything that can't be put into a test tube or under a microscope are illusory. Post-Modernists think that Modernism was wrong and that therefore we can't know anything at all. This is considered a great advance in human knowledge. Modernists think that anyone (except a Scientist) who makes a universal truth claim is a great fool; Post-Modernists think that anyone at all who makes a universal truth claim is a sly devil who is trying to gain power over you. Both are relativists, but while the Modernist is absolutely relative, the Post-Modernist is relatively more relative. The Post-Modernist also uses more jargon, like "metanarrative," "totalizing discourse," "sexual politics," and "hegemonic power structure," words which, when fully "deconstructed," all basically mean "My, look how devilishly clever and up to date I am!”
― Donald T. Williams, The Devil's Dictionary of the Christian Faith

“True spirituality breaks down the walls of our souls and lets in not just heaven, but the whole world.”
― Teresa of Ávila, Let Nothing Disturb You: 30 Days with Teresa of Avila