Becoming Worldly Saints Quotes

“JESUS MAY CALL YOU TO CHANGE CAREERS AND BECOME A MISSIONARY . . . BUT IN THE MEANTIME YOU ANSWER HIS CALL BY DILIGENTLY DOING WHATEVER IT IS YOU DO.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“Do what you enjoy doing, do what you’re good at doing, and do what the world needs doing.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“A flourishing human life is the best advertisement for the gospel, and the gospel in turn empowers us to become better people.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“We learn what it means to be human from Scripture’s opening act of creation and what it means to be Christian from its closing act of redemption. If redemption restores creation, then the point of being a Christian is to restore our humanity.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“We must love God more than the world, yet if we truly love God, we will also love the world, on his behalf. God matters more than the world, but because he loves it, the world now matters.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“Faithful Christian living involves a paradox: our faith is both world-affirming and world-denying. World-affirming”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“And that’s a problem. This excellent emphasis on the higher purpose of heaven often stifles the simple pleasures of earth.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“Redemption restores rather than obliterates creation.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“If redemption restores creation, then creation counts for more than I had ever suspected.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“As you grasp for the next rung, remember that ultimately it doesn’t matter if you rise or fall. The only thing that was ever meant to satisfy you is God.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“We must see God’s gifts of creation as windows into his glory and opportunities to praise him. But we must also find pleasure in them. We should thank God for our day on the lake, but we don’t need to say, “Praise you, Jesus!” with each cast. We must thank God for our daily bread, but it’s okay to focus on the flavors of our sandwich while we’re eating it.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“A good life is like good jazz: it has rhythm.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“EVERYTHING COUNTS, BUT SOME THINGS COUNT MORE. THEY JUST DO. I want my children to flourish in every way. I hope they read broadly, eat well, exercise, and get along with others. But most of all, I pray that they love Jesus. Everything counts, but some things count more. They just do. If God is the source of all value, then everything matters, and those activities that focus most on him matter most of all.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“Our Christian and human lives are united because redemption restores creation.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“DON’T DIVIDE YOUR LIFE INTO SACRED AND SECULAR, HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY, CHRISTIAN AND HUMAN REALMS. DEVOTE THEM ALL TO CHRIST.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?

“DIVIDE YOUR LIFE INTO SACRED AND SECULAR, HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY, CHRISTIAN AND HUMAN REALMS. DEVOTE THEM ALL TO CHRIST.”
― Michael E. Wittmer, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?