Tag: Chrestomathy

“We have a perennial temptation to locate sin as resident in the stuff. Some refuse to see sin in the stuff, and therefore conclude there must not be any sin. Those are the technophiles. Others see clearly that there is sin, and so they conclude that it must be in the stuff, though maybe it is not in the earlier stuff. These are the technophobes . . . Maxwell’s silver hammer did come down upon somebody’s head, but we go astray when we blame the silver hammer. The problem was in Maxwell.”

Ploductivity, p. 10

“When the saints start to come in for the service, the building should say, ‘Shhh . . . the church is here now.’ The saints should not say, ‘Shhh . . . you’re in church now. The building is not God’s mausoleum”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 9

“Is it possible to be both relaxed and driven? People who are only relaxed are frequently slackers, and much of the book of Proverbs would appear to apply to them. But people who are driven give a diligent work ethic a bad name. Nobody wants to be like that. We might admire the house they can afford, but nobody wants to be like the people who live in it.”

Ploductivity, p. 7

“If we are to put on the white robe called Jesus, there are certain foul rags that we have to take off in order to do so.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 7

“A basic truism of modern design is that form follows function. This is self-evidently true, but the reason modern men have found themselves living, working, and worshiping in overgrown shoeboxes is that we have allowed ourselves to drift into a truncated and reductionist view of what our actual function as human beings truly is.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 7

“What we do need to do is go over the temptations faced by people who live in the proximity of money. Teaching on this is also found in Scripture, but we are not nearly enough on our guard about it. If someone in our congregation received a windfall inheritance of 100 million dollars, the chances are pretty good that this person would receive scores of warnings not to let it go to his head. All the people around that guy will not receive any warnings, and they are the ones who really need it.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 5

“We need to remember that money will do what money always wants to do.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 4

“One danger is the obvious one of calling it cultural engagement when we are just drifting along with whatever it is the world is dishing up.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. x

“The principle is that you should take up the hard task of counting your shekels before undertaking the relatively easy task of spending them.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 2

“Our evangelism is not an attempt to helicopter victims out of a disaster area, but rather is the work of rebuilding a disaster area.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. x