"Even though there are plenty of models for the argumentative style displayed on the various television networks, and even though this worldly spirit has found a place in many of today's pulpits, passing itself off in the guise of "apologetics" — this is not what the Lord wants us to be: combative, belligerent, self-exalting know-it-alls. Rather, He tells us that by being winsome, we just might win some." ---James Ryle
"What Western Christianity needs first and foremost is not more Christians, but for Christians to be much more Christian than they are. Our world does not need to hear more people talk about God or even about Jesus if those people do not have a lifestyle that reinforces every word they utter. The interesting thing is that the closer we walk in intimacy with God, the less we have to say. Our very lives become a bold and beautiful testimony to the purity, the freedom, and the beauty of the Lord Jesus." ---Dennis Kinlaw in This Day With the Master
"William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, said, 'The greatness of a man's power is in the measure of his surrender.' Nothing is more powerful than a surrendered life in the hands of God. Regardless, surrendering is never just a one-time event. Paul said, 'I die daily.' There is the moment of surrender, and there is the practice of surrender, which is moment-by-moment and lifelong. The problem with a living sacrifice is that it can crawl off the altar, so you may have to resurrender your life fifty times a day." ---Rick Warren in The Purpose Driven Life
in The Purpose Driven Life
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