Tag: Chrestomathy

“We always have the resources for doing what we are supposed to be doing at that moment. If we don’t have the resources for going forward, we have the resources for waiting. If we are supposed to go forward, we will have the resources to do so . . . God doesn’t steer parked cars. If there is no motion, it doesn’t matter how much the steering wheel is turned back and forth.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 119

“An amazing amount of work can be accomplished through diligent plodding. But please note that I said plodding, not shuffling.”

Ploductivity, p. 92

“When congregations build church buildings, this is either a testimony or a mask. It is either a declaration of what we are all becoming in Jesus Christ, or it is an attempt to substitute with blocks of stone what God will only receive from tender hearts.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 117

“We are not to teach what the Bible says in bits and pieces, but rather are to gather it all up in a systematic whole.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 107

“We do not give ten percent so that God will leave us alone with our ninety percent. That would just be an ecclesiastical extortion racket. Rather, we give ten percent as tribute, a ten percent that says in a very tangible way that one hundred percent belongs to God. And it does not really matter how much of it there is. What matters is what percentage of it is blessed.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 106

“The Bible does tell us that God loves a cheerful giver (2 Cor. 9:7), but it does no good to harangue everybody with this glorious truth if the leadership of the church insists on doubling down on all the things that make cheerful giving impossible.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 101

“You cannot love God whom you have not seen, if you do not love your brother, whom you have not paid.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 103

“A poet who has mastered (by imitation) all the classic forms of poetry might be in a good position to develop a new and challenging form. But if he passes by all that, and sits down to write poetry that just expresses himself, then he is likely only to achieve a form of free verse that was invented by junior high girls who had just finished sobbing.”

Ploductivity, p. 82

“Loose living can take many forms—raunchy movies, corrupt friends, ungodly parties, envious snark and complaining, and all the rest of that unsightly crew.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 100

“Work for the work, not the award. Those who work for the work, and not the award, are—get this—more likely to win the award.”

Ploductivity, p. 81