If you have no sense of the worth of souls, and of the preciousness of that blood which was shed for them, and of the glory to which they are going, and of the misery of which they are in danger, you are not Christians.
Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor, p. 219
God is more passionate about spreading His gospel than we are. We need only to be passionate about following His lead and trusting Him for His provision.
Mike McKinley, Church Planting Is for Wimps, p. 84
The name of God is at stake in how we treat our missionaries. God is glorified when we support them substantially with our prayers, our money, our time, and myriad other practical ways. God is not glorified when our missionaries are simply a name on the back of the church bulletin or a line item in the budget.
Tom Steller in John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad, p. 236
If souls are not won, if saints are not matured, our ministry itself is vain.
Horatius Bonar, Words to Winners of Souls, p. 4
We are given an unbelievable mission to take an unbelievable message about an unbelievable Messiah to unbelieving men and make believers out of them.
As conversion work doth cease, so religion doth die away; though more insensibly, yet most irrevocably.
Samuel Torrey (1632-1707) in a sermon preached on May 16, 1683 at a church in Boston
To win souls is not a work we do for Christ with His mighty help; it is a work He does through us by His omnipotent power.
J. E. Conant, Soul-Winning Evangelism, p. 7
The more immediate and personal one’s knowledge of Christ, the more natural it is to share Him with others.
R. Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man, p. 195
He thought it worth while to die for the sake of redeeming the souls of men; what sacrifices are we prepared to make in contributing to the same end? He gave His life; will we give up our ease, our effort, our money? It was because He believed every single soul was more precious than a world that He died to save the souls of men. Are they precious in our eyes? Does their fate haunt us? Does their sin grieve us? Would their salvation fill us with aught of the joy that thrills the angels in heaven when one sinner is converted?
James Stalker, Imago Christi, p. 52
As the heart’s holiest mission is to love the Christ, so the tongue’s holiest mission is to proclaim the Christ.
William A. Quayle, The Pastor-Preacher, p. 55
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