David Pawson on the Trinity

"[And] we have been saved from our sins by all three persons in God, working together in perfect harmony but with different contributions and all for our sake. The God above us, the God beside us and the God within us has acheived what we could never have accomplished for ourselves... Quite simply, the Trinity lies at the heart of the gospel. Without this reality, the relationship disintergrates. Without this good news, religion becomes bad news, an extra burden to be borne, extra duties to perform, something we have to carry rather than something that carries us, emphasising what we need to do for God rather than what God can do for us."

David Pawson - "The Challenge of Islam to Christians" - Hodder and Stoughton, London (2003) - (p132)

Mother Teresa on God's Trust

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much."

Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)

F. F. Bruce on Mark 2:17

"I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." (Mark 2:17)
"Nineteen centuries and more Gospel preaching and New Testament reading, have familiarised us with the idea that Jesus's ministry was specifically directed at sinners. Not simply to sinners in the sense in which most people will admit 'we are all sinners', but sinners in the sense that their lives offended the accepted moral code of their community."

F. F. Bruce - "The Hard Saying of Jesus" - London (1983) (Chapter 1)

Michael Green on the Incomparable Jesus Christ

"Jesus of Nazareth remains the most important individual who has ever lived. Nobody else has had comparable influence over so many nations for so long. Nobody else has so affected art and literature, music and drama. Nobody else can remotely match His record in the liberation, the healing and the education of mankind. Nobody else has attracted such a multitude not only of followers but of worshippers."

Michael Green (Series Editor, "The Jesus Series") - "The Hard Sayings of Jesus" by F. F. Bruce - London (1983) (Introduction)

Samuel Rayan on the Spirit in the Early Church

"The experience of the Holy Spirit was THE great Christian experience"

Samuel Rayan - "Breath of Fire" - London (1979)

Samuel Rayan on the Spirit in the Book of Acts

"It is a fact not always noted that uppermost in the conciousness of the early church, was the reality of the Holy Spirit. The very first paragraph of the Acts of the Apostles mentions the Holy Spirit. It would seems as if the church could not begin to speak about its life without making mention of the Spirit"

Samuel Rayan - "Breath of Fire" - London (1979)

Samuel Rayan on the Job of the Holy Spirit

"He is no tranquilizer. The unity he brings is no cover up for divisions. He means to deal with divisions and His peace is nothing cheap, born as it is of clear options to grapple with the injustice and with all brutal and subtle mechanisms of oppression."

Samuel Rayan - "Breath of Fire" - London (1979)

Samuel Rayan on Defining the Holy Spirit

"The Spirit is not apart from the uplifting of Jesus on the cross and his struggle unto death in defense of people's dignity, freedom, and future, of the dispossessed in particular. The Spirit is not only dove. He is fire and wind. He comes with a sound like the roar of a hurricane"

Samuel Rayan - "Breath of Fire" - London (1979)

Roger Haight on Translating the Word Grace

"The word Grace is the english equivalent of the latin 'gratia', which in turn translates the Greek word 'charis'; and the New Testament authors used 'charis' to render several Hebrew words conveying meanings reducible to three main ideas: condescending love, conciliatory compassion and fidelity. As a result, the word grace has the special connotation of everyting that pertains to a gift of love; it totally gratuitous or unmerited and undeserved."

Roger Haight - "The Experience and Language of Grace" - London (1979) (Introduction)

Roger Haight on the Use of the Word Grace

"The word "grace" is one of the most common in the Christian vocabulary. At the same time, it is probably the most slippery word to define... Grace refers to the most basic and fundemental of Christian realitiessince it indicates the presupposition of all Christian spirituality"

Roger Haight - "The Experience and Language of Grace" - London (1979)
(introduction)

David Devenish on Making Disciples

"Never look at where new Christians are now, look at where they
have come from."

David Devenish, Understanding Islam Training Track 3, Together on a Mission 2007

Steve Bell on Muslims coming to Christ

"Make friends with a Muslim, and help that Muslim become a follower of Jesus... not a Christian."

Steve Bell, Understanding Islam Training Track 2, Together on a Mission 2007.

Colin Chapman on Witnessing

"People may argue with your doctrine, but they can never argue with
your testimony"

Colin Chapman, Understanding Islam Training Track, Together on a Mission 2007