Brennan Manning quotes a note found in the office of a young pastor in Zimbabwe, Africa, following his martyrdom for his faith in Jesus (from “Signature of Jesus”, p.31-32):
I’m part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have the Holy Spirit’s power. The die has been cast. I [...]

From “The Signature of Jesus” by Brennan Manning (p.9-10):
The greatest need for our time is for the church to become what it has seldom been: the body of Christ with its face to the world, loving others regardless of religion or culture, pouring itself out in a life of service, offering hope to a frightened [...]

I’ve always wondered about the accuracy of Wikipedia..(from “The Starfish and the Spider, p.74)
“…an investigation led by Nature magazine found that Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Britannica are almost equally accurate. ‘The average science entry in Wikipedia,’ concluded the experts, ‘contained around four inaccuracies; Britannica, about three.’ Like concerned and thoughtful neighbors, members of the Wikipedia [...]

Some more from the book, “Wild Goose Chase” (p.58)…
One of the greatest dangers we face spiritually is learning how and forgetting why.

I’m enjoying reading “Wild Goose Chase” by Mark Batterson (see picture link on the right), as he talks about taking up the life-adventure of following God. I loved this story about from the book about Agnes Gonxha Bojax – better known as Mother Theresa (p.38)…
Agnes Gonxha Bojax felt called to ministry when she was a [...]

In Judges 1:1-3, the tribe of Judah was to take the land that was given to them by the Lord, trusting God as they fight for the land. Judah, however, instead of taking the land by itself, asks for the tribe Simeon to help in taking the land given to Judah.
Interestingly, Judah was one of [...]

I’m finishing a paper on Abraham’s process of learning faith. A great example of faith in Abraham’s life was the dividing of the land with Lot in Genesis 15.
The herdsmen of Abraham and Lot were in conflict. The solution to the conflict was for Abraham and Lot to divide the land. Abraham’s faith in God [...]

from Hamilton, 382-3:
“When Moses lists the forms of graven images prohibited in Caanan in Deut. 4:16-19, his sequence is exactly the opposite of the creation sequence in Genesis 1-2:4a.”
The point is that for Israel to abandon the the Lord and engage in idolatry is, in a sense, reversing God’s creation and purpose for their lives. [...]

“People who believe in the resurrection, in God making a whole new world in which everything will be set right at last, are unstoppably motivated to work for that new world in the present.” -N.T. Wright, “Surprised by Hope,” p.214.

Quoted in “Handbook of the Pentateuch” by Hamilton, p.343:
Faith is “the gaze of the soul upon a saving God.” – A.W. Tozer

Ed Stetzer’s tweets seem to be supplying my blog updates lately…good stuff yet again:
“Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.” ~ Charles Spurgeon.

from one of my seminary professors, Dr. James Allman:
“We have a God who is faithful, but His faithfulness is always shown at time when we think His faithfulness isn’t possible – because that is when He gets the most glory.”

Leonard Bernstein was once asked which instrument was the most difficult to play. He replied, “The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinsts, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm — that’s a problem. And if we have no second fiddle, we have no harmony.”

“What God has done in the past is a model and promise for what He will do in the future. And He’s too creative to do it the same way.” – Dr. James Allman

Courage is not the absence of fear, but doing the right thing in spite of fear. -James Earl Massey

Charles Spuregon told his students to read good books until the students were saturated by them. In this category, I’ll share various things that I am learning from the books that I’m currently reading.