Quotables

I love my smart phone because it enables me to save so much time! I like being able to take a 'screenshot' of many things I find on the internet. I no longer have to scramble for a piece of paper and some writing utensil in order to remember facts or ideas, because with technology I can just take a picture of it. 😉

Here are the last few months of screenshots that I've collected featuring quotes from modern and not-so-modern theologians. I'd like to hear from you as to which ones you found most inspiring/memorable/convicting/thought-provoking.

I favor #2, #4, #7, #8, #9, and #11. What about you?

1. "God is more worthy of interest, attention, admiration, and enjoyment than all other realities, including the entire universe."
     John Piper

2.  "I have given God a million reasons not to love me.  None of them changed His mind."
     Unknown

3.  "If you're a Christian, you believe in a sovereign Creator God who created the entire cosmos as the theater of His glory, and there is not one atom or molecule that is outside His sovereignty in the universe."
     Al Mohler

4.  "To expose our minds constantly to ungodly thinking is a great danger."
     Alistair Begg

5.  "It is utterly crucial that in our darkness we affirm the wise, strong hand of God to hold us, even when we have no strength to hold Him."
     John Piper

6.  "You can love without agreeing with someone. You can disagree without hating them."
     Tim Keller

7.  "God only uses imperfect people: Noah got drunk, Moses was angry, Rahab was a a prostitute, Abraham was a liar, David was a murdering adulterer, Elijah was depressed, Jonah was self-righteous, Peter was cowardly, Paul was a persecutor, Thomas doubted. God's grace is greater than all our sin."
     Garrett Kell

8. "The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal. To deny that loss is to deny the love."
     C.S. Lewis  (This is the one quote that I always share with my GriefShare friends.)

9.  "I know the resurrection is a fact, and Watergate proved it to me. How? Because 12 men testified they had seen Jesus raised from the dead, then they proclaimed that truth for 40 years, never once denying it. Every one was beaten, tortured, stoned, and put in prison. They would not have endured that if it weren't true. Watergate embroiled 12 of the most powerful men in the world - and they couldn't keep a lie for three weeks. You're telling me 12 apostles could keep a lie for 40 years? Absolutely impossible."
     Charles Colson

10.  "He foresaw my every fall, my every sin, my every backsliding; yet, nevertheless, fixed his heart upon me."
     Arthur W. Pink

11. "We forget that God's primary goal is not changing our situations or relationships so that we can be happy, but changing us through our situations and relationships so that we will be holy."
     Paul David Tripp

12.  "The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us."
     Tim Keller