Quotes about Relevance

I'm not afraid of failure; I'm afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter.

Our business is to present the Christian faith clothed in modern terms, not to propagate modern thought clothed in Christian terms... Confusion here is fatal.

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

Christ ought to be preached with this goal in mind--that we might be moved to faith in him so that he is not just a distant historical figure but actually Christ for you and me.

Not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom.

It will take away a man's usefulness in his generation.

It's true, isn't it? Then what else really matters?

Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting.

All Scripture is equally inspired, but not all Scripture is equally applicable or relevant to every stage of life.

What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

What good is much discussion of involved and obscure matters when our ignorance of them will not be held against us on Judgment Day? Neglect of things which are profitable and necessary and undue concern with those which are irrelevant and harmful, are great folly.

Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.