The first and most basic task required of the minister of tomorrow therefore is to clarify the immense confusion which can arise when people enter this new internal world. It is a painful fact indeed to realize how poorly prepared most Christian leaders prove to be when they are invited to be spiritual leaders in […]
Quotes
Quotes on “From Eternity to Here” by Frank Viola (Ch 1-4)
May God bless you with new insights as you contemplate the mystery of Christ’s passionate love for His church. Chapter 1: The Hidden Romance of the Bible In Genesis 1 and 2, the Bible opens up with a woman and a man. In Revelation 21 and 22, the Bible closes with a woman and a […]
C.S. Lewis Quote on Niceness and Transforming a Horse into a Winged Creature (Mere Christianity)
“Niceness” — wholesome, integrated personality — is an excellent thing. We must try by every medical, educational, economic, and political means in our power, to produce a world where as many people as possible grow up “nice”; just as we must try to produce a world where all have plenty to eat. But we must […]
C.S. Lewis Quote on Making You into a Palace, not a Little Cottage
…Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently he […]
C.S. Lewis Quote on a Believer's Sanctification or Perfection (Mere Christianity)
Dozens of people go to Him [God] to be cured of some one particular sin which they are ashamed of (like cowardice) or which is obviously spoiling daily life (like bad temper). Well, He will cure it all right: but He will not stop there. That may be all you asked; but if once you […]
C.S. Lewis Quote on the Purpose of Church (Mere Christianity)
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity It is easy to think that the Church has a lot of different objects — education, building, missions, holding services. Just as it is easy to think the State has a lot of different objects — military, political, economic, and what not. But in a way things are much simpler than […]