"We are never more safe, never have more reason to expect the Lord's help, than when we are most sensible that we can do nothing without Him." - John Newton
“Care for the elderly in your family, and in your church, not grudgingly but out of love and a sense of privilege. Where they are walking, you will walk, too.” - Russell Moore
"People sometimes think our world is awash in relativism, but it is just the opposite. We live in an age extremely certain of right and wrong. The problem is our moral categories are limited, and forgiveness and redemption are nowhere to be found." - Kevin DeYoung
People sometimes think our world is awash in relativism, but it is just the opposite. We live in an age extremely certain of right and wrong. The problem is our moral categories are limited, and forgiveness and redemption are nowhere to be found.
"Genuine repentance is more fundamentally a matter of the heart’s attitude toward sin than it is a mere change of behavior. Do we hate sin and war against it, or do we cherish it and defend it?” - Greg Gilbert
“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others...They offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing...to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” - V. Frankl
“The lowness of most people’s virtue, the imperfections of their piety and the disorders of their passions...is generally owing to their imprudent use and enjoyment of lawful and innocent things." - William Law
"When you are conscious of your weakness, you become strong. How? You become more prayerful and more dependent on God. Thus, God’s strength comes to your aid, fortifying you in the area where you are most vulnerable.” - Conrad Mbewe
"The question of individual identity is always a question of community, from family and church, school and business. Community creates the paths we walk." - Raymond Van Leeuwen
“Most certainly father and mother are apostles, bishops, and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel.” - Martin Luther
“Cultures can be judged in many ways, but eventually every nation in every age must be judged by this test: how did it treat people?...The final measure of mankind’s humanity is how humanely people treated one another." - Francis Schaeffer
God moves in a mysterious way,
his wonders to perform;
he plants his footsteps in the sea,
and rides upon the storm.
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
the clouds ye so much dread
are big with mercy,
and shall break in blessings on your head.
William Cowper
“We are never neutral, never static, never directionless. We are always in gear, always in motion, always heading somewhere...If we are going bad, we can turn and reverse direction. The gospel of grace turns us around.”
- David Powlison
“As human creatures, we want to share our lives with other people...And witnessing another person's life requires more than simply sending them strings of letters via an electronic device. It requires time. It requires physical presence. It requires affection." - Jake Meador