Hebrews Quotes

“Again, the emphasis of the language warns against regression, for it literally reads, “You have become having need of milk, not solid food.”4 They had begun to eat solid food early on but were now back on the bottle. The truth is, there is simply no such thing as a static Christian. We either move forward or fall back. We are either climbing or falling. We are either winning or losing. Static, status quo Christianity is a delusion!”
― R. Kent Hughes, Hebrews (Vol. 1): An Anchor for the Soul

“Our experience of rest is proportionate to our trusting in him.”
― R. Kent Hughes, Hebrews (Vol. 1): An Anchor for the Soul

“Few have lived as stressful and frenetic a life as Hudson Taylor, founder of China Inland Mission. But Taylor lived in God’s rest, as his son beautifully attests: Day and night this was his secret, “just to roll the burden on the Lord.” Frequently those who were wakeful in the little house at Chinkiang might hear, at two or three in the morning, the soft refrain of Mr. Taylor’s favorite hymn [“Jesus, I am resting, resting in the joy of what Thou art”]. He had learned that for him, only one life was possible — just that blessed life of resting and rejoicing in the Lord under all circumstances, while He dealt with the difficulties, inward and outward, great and small.6 Fellow-Christians, there is a rest for you. It is not beyond your capacity. You can have it if you wish.”
― R. Kent Hughes, Hebrews (Vol. 1): An Anchor for the Soul