Christianity spread rapidly during the first century because all Christians saw themselves as responsible for disseminating the gospel.
Erwin W. LutzerBetter to love God and die unknown than to love the world and bea hero; better to be content with poverty than to die a slave towealth; better to have taken some risks and lost than to havedone nothing and succeeded at it.
Erwin W. LutzerGod in His sovereign goodness often uses the painful and at times debilitating injury of a spear thrower to make us readier for His service. ... One thing you discover about spear throwers is that though itโs not necessary for them to be good, itโs essential for them to appear good.
Erwin W. Lutzer