47 quotes
American Christian evangelist (1918–2018)
“As life hits us head-on we can respond with resentment, resignation, acceptance, or welcome. We are the living examples of our responses.”
"We want to be relevant . . . However, the more relevant we become to a sin-dominated world, the more irrelevant we actually are to God."
on Faith
"A suffering person does not need a lecture—he needs a listener."
on Wisdom
"The world may argue against a creed, but it cannot argue against changed lives."
"The most remarkable thing about suffering is that God can use it for our good."
"Our sufferings may be hard to bear, but they teach us lessons which, in turn, equip and enable us to help others."
on Compassion
"Why are our inner lives so important? One reason is because our thoughts determine our actions."
on Psychology
"Loneliness is no respecter of persons. It invades the palace as well as the hut."
on Life
"I am never lonely when I am reading the Bible. Nothing dissolves loneliness like a session with God’s Word."
"With Christ as your Savior and constant Companion, you, although alone, need never be lonely."
"The Bible teaches that we are to be patient in suffering. Tears become telescopes to heaven, bringing eternity a little closer."
"Jesus Christ said the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the way is broad, but the gate which leads to life is straight and the way narrow."
"I am still learning, for the Christian life is one of constant growth."
"Some day our journey through this life will be over and we will embark on another journey—one that will last forever."
on Death
"The legacy we leave is not just in our possessions, but in the quality of our lives."
"We live in an upside-down world, in which people hate what they should love and love what they should hate."
on Social Justice
"Though cultures differ and times change, the Word of our God stands forever as an unchanging source of answers to all of life’s problems."
"Many a life has come forth from the furnace of affliction more beautiful and more useful than before."
"The way we live often speaks far louder than our words."
"If anything has been accomplished through my life, it has been solely God’s doing, not mine, and He—not I—must get the credit."
"Many people have just enough natural religion to make them immune to the real thing."
