Quotes about Decline

Governments grow as God declines, in both Europe and the United States.

The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.

When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined.

After half a millennium of dominance, the West is being eclipsed in the global era, the United States as the lead society in the West stands on the verge of relative if not absolute decline, and much of the Christian Church in both Europe and North America is in a sorry state of weakness, confusion, unfaithfulness and cultural captivity.

One of the surest marks of spiritual decline is a decreased interest about the souls of others and the growth of Christ's kingdom.

There is no doubt that nations come to an end when they have ceased to fulfill the function that God meant for them.

The central conclusion is that the American church is dying due to lack of strong spiritual leadership. In this time of unprecedented opportunity and plentiful resources, the church is actually losing influence. The primary reason is the lack of leadership. Nothing is more important than leadership."

Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

The love of God is like himself — equal, constant, not capable of augmentation or diminution; our love is like ourselves — unequal, increasing, waning, growing, declining. His, like the sun, always the same in its light, though a cloud may sometimes interpose; ours, as the moon, has its enlargements and straightenings.

“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,

The dregs of Romulus.

And when the angel orders the resurrection of Christ to be announced to the disciples, he wants it to be made known to Peter in particular, because he was in the greatest distress. Peter knew how to decline the word !