More often than not, it is what you are rather than what you say that will bring an unbeliever to Christ. This, then, is the ultimate apologetic. For the ultimate apologetic is: your life. Author: William Lane Craig |
Above all, we [as parents] must make sure that the open book of our lives - our example - demonstrates the reality of our instruction, for in watching us they will learn the most. Author: R. Kent Hughes Source: Disciplines of a Godly Man, p. 53. |
Christ's kingdom people are not to reflect the world but they are to influence the world; they are to be in it but not of it. Author: John MacArthur Source: Matthew 1-7, p. 236. |
You are the only Bible some unbelievers will ever read, and your life is under scrutiny every day. What do others learn from you? Do they see an accurate picture of your God? Author: John MacArthur |
Children take more notice of what their parents do, than what they say. Actions speak louder than words. Author: William Tiptaft |
We are too apt to look and see how others walk, which is not faith, and to allow our own steps to be more or less affected by the walk of others around us. But in so doing, my soul is not carrying out the spirit of life in my walk. Author: G.V. Wigram |
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Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear... Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told. Author: J.C. Ryle Source: The Duties of Parents. |
We shall draw the world to Christ when we are filled with religion. Author: D.L. Moody |
Remain side by side with Him who loved us, and gave Himself for us, and you too will become a permanent magnet, a permanently attractive force; and like Him you will draw all men unto you, like Him you will be drawn unto all men. That is the inevitable effect of Love. Any man who fulfils that cause must have that effect produced in him. Author: Henry Drummond Source: The Greatest Thing in the World, p. 45. |
We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst. Author: John Calvin |