Stuart

“And then on top of all of that, we are also entrusted with making new people, more immortals. We are bringing them into existence through biological conception, but the project hardly ends there. All day long, we are in varying degrees helping to form the kind of person who is aiming for everlasting glory or everlasting disgust.”
― Toby J. Sumpter, No Mere Mortals: Marriage for People Who Will Live Forever

“When the great Scottish Reformer John Knox prayed, he did not ask for enough Scots to enable him to get together a Bible study. He prayed for Scotland—and the Lord granted his request. Jesus said we were to disciple the nations, teaching them . . . (Matthew 28:16-20).”
― Douglas Wilson, Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education

“To get my hands up. To grope for the pillars. To saddle up the mustang and hang on tight. To live for this woman who is giving her life for me, for these little humans who are our love made flesh. Ride the roaring wave of providence with eager expectation. To search for the stories all around me. To see Christ in every pair of eyes. To write a past I won’t regret. To reach the dregs of the life I’ve been given and then to lick the bottom of my mug. To live hard and die grateful. And to enjoy it.”
― N.D. Wilson, Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent

“but we dare never count on legislation or political parties to accomplish what only God's people functioning as the church can do. We must seek a completely pro-life agenda, trying to prevent abortion and to avoid endorsing sexual sin or glamorizing dysfunctional family life, but at the same time we must work for the best quality of life for those already born, including adequate health care for the poor, housing for the homeless, jobs for the unemployed, fair treatment for immigrants, and positive alternatives for those lured by a life of crime.”
― Craig L. Blomberg, Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey