by Will Walker
More from Dr. John Hannah:
[Regarding preaching] … “You go for the jugular and then explore its grace.”
“We are simultaneously very mature and very immature. The change is accounted for by change of subject.”
“You gotta’ dance with the chick that brought you. Make the best of it.”
“There is a razor-thin line between godliness and presumption.”
“A mature person is one who ‘by constant use has trained himself to distinguish good from evil’” (Hebrews 5:14).
“There is always evidence for everything. It’s just whether or not the evidence is true.”
[Regarding his son-in-law’s fruit in evangelism] … “He asked me why God would so greatly bless his efforts. I told him that because he is so frail and weak, God simply must encourage him with fruit to keep him faithful in the ministry. Some of us are strong enough to stay faithful without the fruit.”
“The best thing about the postmodern world is that we can dump the apologetics. They didn’t prove. So go out and preach a Person, not answers.”
“If you accomplish the best you can do, that is sad. It means you never trusted God. Trust Him for what you can’t do and watch Him prosper you in your weaknesses. I don’t want to end my life and have people say of me, ‘that guy was talented.’ I want people to say, ‘you can’t account for that guy.’”
“I was taught that the function of the Holy Spirit was to apply the benefits that Christ procured on the cross. Now, I don’t think so. The Holy Spirit is the benefit.”
There are some gems in that list. Keep em coming, Will!
Posted by: Bob | June 23, 2005 at 12:26 PM