Quotes about Importance

Truth is more important, freedom is more complex, and Jesus is more liberating than you think.

Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?

If we do the little things like they are big things, then God will do the big things like they are little things.

This book attempts to provide such careful instruction so that we might understand and recover faithfulness to God's Word on something that is not essential for salvation but that is both important and necessary for obedience—what the local church is to be and to do.

Too often Christians today have only two gears on their theological bike: essential and unimportant.

Too often Christians today have only two gears on their theological bike: essential and unimportant. If something is not essential for salvation, it is treated as unimportant and therefore dismissable. But the Bible presents us with a number of matters that are not essential for salvation but which nonetheless are important, even necessary, for obedience to God's Word.

We want a crowd to make us feel important and liked. But why is getting a crowd our focus? Jesus never suggested that crowds were the goal. He never addresses getting your church to grow. Never.

The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

Teaching is of more importance than urging.

If you consider this subject unnecessary for Christians, then please quit the field; you and I have nothing in common, for I consider it vital.