You can be straight as a gun barrel theologically, and as empty as one spiritually.

A.W. Tozer (Pastor, Preacher)

This is the difference between religious people and people that have been born again and are full of the Holy Spirit. The religious person can know all sorts of correct doctrines and teachings, but be dead spiritually. For they do not have a personal relationship with the LORD. Where I have seen people who do not know all of the teachings in the Word of God (The Holy Bible) yet are full of the Holy Spirit and are alive spiritually doing the work of the LORD, loving on people.

I think that most Christians would be better pleased if the Lord did not inquire into their personal affairs too closely. They want Him to save them, to keep them happy, and to take them off to heaven at last, but not to be too inquisitive about their conduct or services.

A.W. Tozer (Pastor, Preacher)

I have found this statement to be very true. Most Christians want Jesus as their Savior, but not their Lord. For they want to go to heaven, but they do not want to do what their Lord has instructed them to do. They want to have the blessings without the obedience and as a Christian, I can tell you that this does not happen. God wants your obedience more than your sacrifice according to Micah 6:8, so next time you feel like you are not getting blessed the way that you think you should, you might want to seek real repentance and ask the Lord to speak to you about what He wants from you. I am sure He will speak to you about what needs to change in your life.

To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men. This is such a common truth that one hesitates to mention it, yet it appears to have been overlooked by the majority of Christians today.

A.W. Tozer (Pastor, Preacher)

What this means, is that when you are doing the will of God, you will upset people who want to use other people. Your righteousness upsets their plans and agendas and so they hate you for it. You squander their evil plans. Jesus did this constantly, that is why He was hated by the religious Jewish leaders.

If God gives you a few more years, remember, it is not yours. Your time must honor God, your home must honor God, your activity must honor God, and everything you do must honor God.

A.W. Tozer (Pastor, Preacher)

If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95 percent of what we do would go on and no one would know the difference. If the Holy Spirit had been withdrawn from the New Testament church, 95 percent of what they did would stop, and everybody would know the difference.

A.W. Tozer (Pastor, Preacher)

The poor quality of Christian that grows out of our modern evangelistic meeting may be accounted for by the absence of real repentance accompanying the initial spiritual experience of the converts. And the absence of repentance is the result of an inadequate view of sin and sinfulness held by those who present themselves in the inquiry room.

A.W. Tozer (Pastor, Preacher)

Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and he is instantly free. If we understand our first and sole duty to consist of loving God supremely and loving everyone, even our enemies, for God’s dear sake, then we can enjoy spiritual tranquility under every circumstance.

A.W. Tozer (Pastor, Preacher)

If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.

Joni Eareckson Tada (Evangelist, Author)

The success of God’s Word in our lives is linked intrinsically to our application of its truth.

Joni Eareckson Tada (Evangelist, Author)

God turns on its head one form of evil – suffering – in order to defeat another form of evil – that is, our transgressions. It happened at the cross, and it occurs in the lives of followers of Christ every day.

Joni Eareckson Tada (Evangelist, Author)