Quotes From Other Christians
Leonard Ravenhill:
“Entertainment is the devil’s substitute for joy. The more joy you have in the Lord the less entertainment you need.”
Leonard Ravenhill:
“The church right now has more fashion than passion, is more pathetic than prophetic, is more superficial than supernatural.”
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 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.”