Aiden Wilson Tozer Quotes

Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced; they genuinely cling to basic Christian orthodoxy but do not want to engage in serious Bible study; they value moral probity, especially of the public sort, but do not engage in war against inner corruptions; they fret over the quality of the preacher's sermon but do not worry much over the quality of their own prayer life. Such Christians are content with mediocrity.

If churches around the world would grasp the revolutionary truth that Christ's transforming power always comes through sacrifice and weakness, it would dramatically alter the landscape of the global church.

The next challenge for Christianity is to remind Europeans that we are called to seek the truth.

So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born.

He’s so dumb, he actually believes what he is saying. J. J. from Goode Times could run this company better than he can…. Why do people call him Christian. Christ cared more for the poor people than he did for Halliburton.

He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.

It is truth alone that capacitates any soul to glorify God.

I'm convinced that a large percentage of people that we call worldly Christians are perhaps not Christian to begin with and that may be the trouble.

May Christ be our joy, our confidence, our all. May we daily be made more like to Him, and more devoted to His service.

The problem with Western Christians is not that they aren't where they should be but that they aren't what they should be where they are.

A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth.

Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe.

Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.

A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you're weak.

If we do not show love to one another, the world has a right to question whether Christianity is true.

It appears that too many Christians want to enjoy the thrill of feeling right but are not willing to endure the inconvenience of being right.

It struck me that many Christians flash around their 'no trans fat' label, trying to convince everyone they are healthy and good. Yet they have no substantive or healthful elements to their faith. It's like the Laodiceans, who thought they had everything until Christ told them they were poor and wretched.

We have no cause to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; but the Gospel of Christ may justly be ashamed of us.

A nominal Christian often discovers in suffering that his faith has been in his church, denomination, or family tradition, but not Christ. As he faces evil and suffering, he may lose his faith. But that’s actually a good thing. I have sympathy for people who lose their faith, but any faith lost in suffering wasn’t a faith worth keeping.

Men often stumble onto the truth but then quickly dust themselves off and hurry away.

If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true happiness and joy. Faith does not run counter to your highest ideals; on the contrary, it elevates and perfects those ideals. Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than Christ.

You stopped looking for the truth...I'd guess that's a sin we've all been guilty of.

The religion of both Old and New Testaments is marked by fervent outspoken testimonies against evil. To speak smooth things in such a case may be sentimentalism, but it is not Christianity. It is a betrayal of the cause of truth and righteousness.

No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid, and however unpleasant the truth may be, it is better to face it once and for all, to get used to it, and to proceed to build your life in accordance with it.

Disciples of Christ abide in His Word. Those who abide in His Word know the truth and are free.