Quotes about Engagement

Every sentence, every word, was new to them and they listened to what he said like bright-eyed ravens, trembling in their eagerness to catch & interpret every sound in the universe.

Church is not for spectators.

Churches must extend their influence beyond the lives of church members to impact the broader community that they serve.

many men have come to view the church as a task to be done rather than a community to be in.

Even though a man's involvement with the church is so critical, it seems that in most churches, men are not taking an active role in any men's ministry or in transferring a kingdom worldview. What

Theology isn't really theology for us until we live it.

Jesus firmly and consistently reinforced human equality by spending a lot of time in the margins of society, most notably in relationships with women. He didn't simply bring relief and comfort to the down and out. He engaged, recruited, and mobilized for his kingdom people who didn't count for anything in the eyes of society or of religious leaders. His interactions with women violated patriarchal propriety and repeatedly shocked his disciples.

Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril of being judged not to have lived.

"So you want to become my son-in-law." "Not exactly. I just want to marry your daughter."

The most important thing in our lives is what we are doing now.

Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts.

Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.