Quotes From Other Christians
Leonard Ravenhill:
“The church right now has more fashion than passion, is more pathetic than prophetic, is more superficial than supernatural.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there’s a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“You can’t help what you hear, but you can help what you say. You’re going to be accountable for every word you speak.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“The greatest preacher America ever had in my judgment is Charles Finney and he did not believe in original sin. He believed that every child was born innocent and acquired depravity in the time he decided to run his own life.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“‘Oh, I’m just a saved sinner.’ That’s like saying you’re a married bachelor. That’s like saying you’re an honest thief, or a pure harlot. You can’t be a saved sinner. You’re either saved or you’re a sinner.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“The early church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the church is married to prosperity, personality, and popularity.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“Many pastors criticize me for taking the gospel so seriously. But do they really think that on judgment day, Christ will chastise me, saying, ‘Leonard, you took Me too seriously?’”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“It’s a tragedy when you try and prove your spirituality by things you don’t do rather than proving it by the things you do.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“One of these days some simple soul will pick up the Book of God, read it, and believe it. Then the rest of us will be embarrassed. We have adopted the convenient theory that the Bible is a Book to be explained, whereas first and foremost it is a Book to be believed (and after that to be obeyed).”