Quotes From Other Christians
Leonard Ravenhill:
“Our pulpits have more puppets then prophets. It seems to me that the average preacher today is a cross between a junior executive of IBM and a manager of a McDonald’s restaurant. There are few with a real burden.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“We live in a world that has lost its way and a church that has lost its vision.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“I doubt if 5% of professing Christians are born again.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“I’d rather have 10 people who want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“The king of America is sport, and his wife is entertainment.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“There is one reason we don’t have revival: we are content to live without it.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“The most horrible thing I know that happens in evangelism today is that we don’t value the human soul. When are we going to get serious about being serious about the most serious thing in the world – the birth of people at the altar? I watched the close of a service in Dallas a few weeks ago. At the end about 15 people came, and in 4 minutes they said a prayer and left. My reaction to that, brother, was this: I can’t get my car through a car wash in 4 minutes! Can they pass from death unto life – can they put off the old man and put on the new man – can they get married to Christ – in 4 minutes? Of course not!”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“You see some bumper stickers ‘Christians Aren’t Perfect, Just Forgiven’; they say Christians are not sinless, they just sin less. Well, I got news for you; if you’re a Christian, you don’t sin! You’ve got victory over sin! The Lord Jesus Christ came to purify us unto holiness and nothing but purity will satisfy Him!”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“The world out there is not waiting for a new definition of Christianity; it’s waiting for a new demonstration of Christianity.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“Entertainment is the devil’s substitute for joy. The more joy you have in the Lord the less entertainment you need.”