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I had escaped the snare of certitude that I welcomed so avidly at first and entered, via the name of Jesus, the wide and comprehensive company of Jesus.

I had rather have God for my banker than all the Rothschilds.

I had rather mistrust my own capacity than God's justice.

I have a pretty large experience of boys, and you're a bad set of fellows. Now mind!

I hope we can inaugurate a new humility in our use of religious language, which for me is the very proof that it is authentic.

I liked to put young and old in the same room, because they would certainly have different takes on the same problem.

I knew that (job) had to be a humbling role for my dad, but he never allowed it to become humiliating work.

I hated the flashcards and I hated the multiplication tables, but I did enjoy the fact that my dad took time out of his schedule to help me in the areas in which I needed it.

I love the quaint saying of a dying man, who exclaimed, "I have no fear of going home; I have sent all before me; God's finger is on the latch of my door, and I am ready for Him to enter.

I'm listening to my son right now.

I'm not trying to bleed you. I want to renew you.

I’m feeling very thin and vulnerable, in a good way.

I'm perfectly willing to be perfectly human.

In brokenness comes beauty, divine fragility.

I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share a lifelong passion for the subject.

Increasingly we confused the pursuit of happiness with the pursuit of pleasure.

I'm the only English thing they can vent their anger on.

In his late forties, an age when men settle to comforts and seek a firm base, Paul began his roughest travels.

In his book The Soul of Black Folks, W.E.B. DuBois writes about always feeling "his twoness-- an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; to warring ideals in one dark body.

Innovators "view failure not as a fatal character flaw but as a learning experience.

In Martin Luther's life and behavior is very courteous and friendly, and there is nothing of the stern stoic or grumpy fellow about him. He can adjust to all occasions. In social gathering he is gay, witty, ever full of joy, always has a bright and happy face, no matter how seriously his adversaries threatening him. One can see that God's strength is within him. – Petrus Mosellanus

In the face of Jesus’ dogged steadfastness, how could we but offer him our own loyal allegiance? As we have seen, our decision to serve Jesus should be made not in order to earn Jesus’ grace but as a response to it. He who has given so much for us can rightly call us to lay down our lives for him. Recognizing that we will continue to stumble and fall short of his impeccable standard, we nonetheless strain onward out of gratitude for his mercy and kindness to us. Why do we serve the poor or preach the Gospel? Why do we continue with the otherwise foolish work of peace-making or justice-seeking? Not out of some neurotic fear of losing God’s favor but precisely because we have tasted that favor and would do anything for the one who died to win it for us.

In fact, second lieutenants were primary-school teachers. Sure, teachers with guns, but a platoon commander was, nonetheless, the guy who sorted out the working day for 30 men under his command, taught their lessons, helped them with their homework, sorted out their petty squabbles and put plasters on their knees when they fell over in the playground.

In the context of today, this WAS heroism.

In the time of to Augustine, the conversation in the West mostly had been a Christian reaction to outside ideas. After Augustine, the Great Conversation would be about his ideas for centuries.

In the old days, it had been talent and style and brilliance and now it was more and more productivity.

In the sympathy of Christ we find a sustaining power.

I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while.

It is an EVIL thing to be an expert in the weaknesses of our brothers and sisters. We need to be experts in the strengths of our brothers and sisters.

I should not mistake her calm probing for the absence of anger.

It is a pity that we cannot persuade all ministers to be men, for it is hard to see how other was they can be truly men of God.

It doesn't follow that the riots mean permanent hostility toward him.

It is by suffering that Christ brings it in to the kingdoms of this world

It is no accident that the words discipline and disciple resemble each other in the English language. The most common word in the Gospels for a Christian is disciple.

It is in my internal and external struggles, when it feels like someone is river-dancing on my last nerve, that the fruit of the Spirit is developed.

It is hard to hear God, but it is even harder not to hear God. The pain one brings upon oneself by living outside of evident reality is a greater and longer-lasting pain than the brief pain of facing it head on.

It is one thing being disciplined to plan and it is another thing being a disciple of great work. Be your own disciplinarian.

It is not loving to impose our own grid onto others. We need to understand their situation and their needs accurately, and this comes from listening to them, not coming in with our own assumptions.

It is only when you suffer that you truly understand.

It is not great counts God blesses so much as likeness to Jesus.

It’s easy to give God a list of excuses for not feeling worthy or as capable as someone else, in our service to him. The problem is that God doesn’t call those who are unprepared or incapable. He calls those who have the talent and ability to serve. He has it all planned out for us. Our challenge is to accept his calling and move out in faith believing in his promises of help and support.

It is the doom of the Christian church to be always distracted with controversy. John Quincy Adams

It is the heaven-born instinct of a gracious soul to seek shelter from all ills beneath the wings of Jehovah. A hypocrite, when afflicted by God, resents the infliction, and, like a slave, would run from the Master who has scourged him

It’s not what we know that will change the world; it’s how we love others and share the gospel (good news) that will ultimately win back the effectiveness of missional outreach.

It is possible to feel angered by the compromises all around us, while remaining apathetic to the compromises inside us.

It takes a while for revelry to turn to reverence, and much repetition of truth to eventual turn young zeal into habitual channels for good.

It's remarkable how very many things there are that a king may not do.

It takes courage to seek God, and courage to wait for His reply.

It's too late to leave the future to the futurists.

It takes practice to stand with others facing pain of death, and it helps if you don't have to do it all alone. We should practice on the small stuff so that we will be better able to stand together for what we believe and for what we love, who may someday need our support.