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“Jesus says, “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:5). You see these dynamics when David arrives at King Saul’s camp, bringing food for his older brothers. David is surprised to hear Goliath taunting the Israelites and their God. He is shocked that no one has the courage to challenge Goliath and blurts out, “Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?” (1 Samuel 17:26). David reacts to the split between Israel’s public faith and its battlefield...”
Paul Miller“This chapter is an attempt to share with you some insights about story listening and how to do it.”
John S. Savage, Listening and Caring Skills in Ministry: A Guide for Groups and Leaders“we have quoted freely from the Scriptures and have sought to furnish proof-texts for every statement we have advanced.”
Arthur W. Pink“Juniper laughed for real, but one of those fake smiles he considered a plague of the Caucasian race followed. If you’re sad, be sad, he wanted to say.”
Jo-Ann Mapson, Solomon's Oak“Although unanswered prayer is indeed a theme of the book, it is not the heart of the book, for unanswered prayer describes a problem but offers no solutions.”
Gerald L. Sittser, When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayer“The craving today is for something light and spicy, and few have patience, still less desire, to examine carefully that which would make a demand both upon their hearts and”
Arthur W. Pink“And there he lay in his bed, a broken man, worn out by a way of life which had been thrust upon him because of the antics of a wayward pig.”
Jean Plaidy, The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine“plans if you were going to go with this woman? come here.”
Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Wench“They were not bound to regard with affection a thing that could not sympathise with one amongst them; a heterogeneous thing, opposed to them in temperament, in capacity, in propensities; a useless thing, incapable of serving their interest, or adding to their pleasure; a noxious thing, cherishing the germs of indignation at their treatment, of contempt of their judgment. I know that had I been a sanguine, brilliant, careless, exacting, handsome, romping child—though equally dependent and friendless—Mrs. Reed would have endured my presence more complacently; her children would have entertained...”
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre“Truth by definition is exclusive. If truth were all-inclusive, nothing would be false.”
Walter Ralston Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults