Quotes about Relevance
Culturally appropriate evangelism answers the actual questions being asked by a given culture rather than those questions the church believes the culture should ask.
— Ed Stetzer
No longer representative of the dominant culture, Christians need to rethink the way we understand cultural engagement, mission, and evangelism in a newly post-Christian society.
— Ed Stetzer
Trigonometry is a sine of the times.
— Anonymous
The fact that a book or publication is popular does not necessarily make it of value.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently.
— Elias Canetti
Who are you to say whether she is of use? She is alive! That is statement enough.
— Francine Rivers
The Bible is not an antiquated text. The scriptures are the text that will lead us into the future.
— Erwin McManus
I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young.
— Amy Grant
Why does anybody tell a story? It does indeed have something to do with faith. Faith that the universe has meaning, that our little human lives are not irrelevant, that what we choose or say or do matters, matters cosmically.
— Madeleine L'Engle
If the artist reflects only his own culture, then his works will die with that culture. But if his works reflect the eternal and universal, they will revive.
— Madeleine L'Engle
And When is not what matters. It's what happens in the When that matters. Are you ready to go?
— Madeleine L'Engle
The early Christians had the great advantage of believing that the world would soon come to an end. That was a sort of miracle in their favour because it prevented them occupying their minds with irrelevant matters.
— Malcolm Muggeridge