Sunday, September 11, 2011

Challenging the Status Quo

"One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organization do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team." -- A.W. Tozer

"We live in a day of itching ears but I have no commission from God to scratch them." -- Leonard Ravenhill

"A true love of God must begin with a delight in his holiness." -- Jonathan Edwards

"Religion today is not transforming people; rather it is being transformed by the people. It is not raising the moral level of society; it is descending to society's own level, and congratulating itself that it has scored a victory because society is smilingly accepting its surrender." -- A. W. Tozer

"The early church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the church is married to prosperity, personality, and popularity." -- Leonard Ravenhill

"Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you." - Corrie Ten Boom.

"We put men into pulpits because they have degrees. But you can have 32 of them and still be frozen!" -- Leonard Ravenhill

"We're so far removed from God's way of doing things- we think a man is a good man if he can draw a crowd these days. Do you know what Finney did? Finney preached sometimes, and the whole congregation got up and walked out on him. That's a good meeting! He sent them out horrified! I only preach for two reasons these days: either to send people out that door blazing mad at me or blazing with the peace of the Holy Ghost! That's all!" -- Leonard Ravenhill

"If you're going to be a true Christian, I'll tell you one thing amongst others: it'll be a lonely life." -- Leonard Ravenhill.

"If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest." -- Corrie Ten Boom

"Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart." -- Corrie Ten Boom