Tags: quoteable

• essential Piper: 2of6 hedonism

  In this little mini-series from one of my helpers in the faith, the inimitable John Piper. This entry looks at Christian Hedonism, which at it’s core, is the truth that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. An immense and punchy truth!! ” We praise what we enjoy because the delight is incomplete until it is expressed in praise. If we were not allowed to speak of what we value and celebrate what we [...]

• essential Piper: 1of6 purpose

  ,….and nothing of the Pied-piper sort! “Don’t waste your life!” is pure-spiritual-adrenalin and a call-to obedience by one of my favourite authors, John Piper. Definitely a Top-Fifty book of all time for me…. Despite Julie not being a big fan, I’m going to aim for a six-entry-weekly-taster from Piper’s best books and key thinking. ” It is possible to waste your life. Few things make me tremble more than the possibility of taking this onetime gift of life and wasting [...]

• quoteable quote: perspective

  “If you attempt to talk with a dying man about sports or business, he is no longer interested. He now sees other things as more important.  People who are dying recognize what we often forget, that we are standing on the brink of another world.” – William Law, 18th-century British theologian

• quoteable quote:- serve!

  “I don’t know what your destiny will be but one thing I do know: The only ones among you who will be happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” -French physician Albert Schweitzer

• quoteable quote:- your song

  A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. ~ Maya Angelo

• quoteable quote:- change

  You and I are, changed by who and what we love! jwd

• quoteable quote:- leaders communication

  ‘Great leaders create movements by empowering the tribe to communicate.’ Seth Godin

• quoteable quote:- a gem

  A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a person perfected without trials – Chinese Proverb