My People, the Amish Quotes

“It’s the Jesus way.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“Mom always made our bread.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“the Bible, it tells men thirty-three times to love their wives? But it tells wives only twice to love their husbands.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. (Matthew 17:20)”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek [Amish and non-Amish]: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:12-13)”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“complete opposites found themselves attending the same church. In the book of Ephesians, the apostle Paul explains how God brought the Jew and Gentile together through Christ. The same could be said for the Amish and English believers. For he [Christ] is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“lay awake in bed, praying for wisdom and God’s protective hand to cover us. God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints (1 Corinthians 14:33).”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“Samuel, salvation does not come from belonging to a certain culture; it’s not a list of dos and don’ts that makes the heart of a human being right with God. Salvation only comes by God’s grace through faith,” I said. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:8-”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“God just wants willing hearts who fully surrender themselves to Him. He’ll take it from there. Esther and I are living proof! Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. (Acts 4:13)”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“God just wants willing hearts who fully surrender themselves to Him. He’ll take it from there. Esther and I are living proof! Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“Going into ministry meant my salary would be cut in half, but Esther and I knew, without a doubt, we were following God’s call and approached the change in faith and did our part. Esther worked a full-time job so we could have insurance, because my salary wasn’t enough to afford that expense.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. (3 John”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“spite of our differences, I want to tell you that I love you.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“Even today, I am reminded that 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 is not something that takes place beyond the grave; it’s happening now: But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“as time went on, one shared the biblical account in 1 Corinthians 5:5-7 of the young man who had committed incest with his father’s wife. In that case, the apostle Paul wrote to the church and asked them To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. . . . Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“wasn’t something Esther and I had to do to become Christians but was something we wanted to do because we were Christians. Colossians 2:12 says that we are Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, Who hath raised him from the dead.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“about the Son. I remember thinking, The Father must be offended. But after hearing many different sermons, I realized the importance of the Son’s role, and how He, through death, burial, and resurrection, was able to bridge the huge gulf between us and God the Father.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“My eyes were opened to the Bible like never before. The Sunday school teacher was Jerry Gess, and he taught our class verse by verse through the Bible. Those first three years were almost like a honeymoon. Esther and I just soaked it all in and grew continually stronger in our faith.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“This promise has held true for us many times since that first experience with the car owner. God has blessed our family a hundredfold, and then more.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“keys to his car over to me and not charge a penny? Later, Esther reminded me of Jesus’ promise in Mark 10:29-30: Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“The passage of Scripture that challenged us as much as any is Luke 14:26-33, where Jesus challenges all believers: If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“into our hands (1 Samuel 17:47, emphasis added).”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“What God did for King Jehoshaphat, the tribe of Judah and Samuel, He will do for you and me. Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s (2 Chronicles 20:15b, emphasis added). And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’S, and he will give you”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“To this day, Esther loves to share the story of how God took over the moment she let go. It was as if someone flipped a light switch. It was that quick! It was that real for both of us. The truth is, there are times we think we let go of the battle in our lives,”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“As long as you have ahold of your battle, God will let you fight it on your own.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“Esther finally decided it wasn’t going to work for her to force me to leave the Amish, so she handed everything over to God and walked away. She had finally concluded that this battle she was in fully belonged to the Lord, not her.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“Jesus had this to say about hypocrisy: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. (Matthew 23:27-28)”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“Jesus had this to say about hypocrisy: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son

“it would break the second commandment, Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.”
― Joe Keim, My People, the Amish: The True Story of an Amish Father and Son