I wonder if there was ever a time when true spiritual worship was at a lower ebb. To great sections of the church, the art of worship has been lost entirely, and in its place has come that strange and foreign thing called the “program.
“I wonder if there was ever a time when true spiritual worship was at a lower ebb. To great sections of the church, the art of worship has been lost entirely, and in its place has come that strange and foreign thing called the “program.” This word has been borrowed from the stage and applied with sad wisdom to the public service which now passes for worship among us”
– A. W. Tozer
Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience
“If we haven’t learned to be worshipers it doesn’t really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience”
– Erwin W. Lutzer
Therefore, whenever holiness of life does not accompany a confession of conversion, it must be understood that this individual is not a Christian
“True salvation always produces an abiding change of nature in a true convert. Therefore, whenever holiness of life does not accompany a confession of conversion, it must be understood that this individual is not a Christian”
– Jonathan Edwards
“Faith, without trouble or fighting, is a suspicious faith; for true faith is a fighting, wrestling faith”
“Faith, without trouble or fighting,
is a suspicious faith;
for true faith is a fighting,
wrestling faith”
Ralph Erskine
“New Year’s Day is a good time to fix one’s eyes on the only One who knows what the year is to hold.”
“New Year’s Day is a good time to fix one’s eyes on the only One who knows what the year is to hold.”
– Elisabeth Elliot
Wisdom of the Ages 