Radical Commitment Quotes

The fanatic ... sacrifices his life to prove his worth.

Christ did not suffer and die to offer cheap grace. Jesus did not go willingly to the cross so we could have an easy life or offer a faith built on easy-believism. As someone once said, 'Salvation is free, but not cheap.' It cost Jesus His life.

Having a girlfriend was no longer my greatest need. Knowing and obeying Him was . I wanted to please Him in my relationships even if it meant looking radical and foolish to other people - even if it meant kissing dating goodbye.

If following Jesus Christ doesn't cost you anything, it's because you've bought into 'American Christianity.'

Every generation has to ask difficult questions about what does it mean to follow Jesus.

To the average professed Christian today, living so far below normal, New Testament Christianity would be a shock.

The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. God wishes, said Calvin, that one should put aside all humanity when it is a question of striving for His glory.

I want the presence of God Himself, or I don't want anything at all to do with religion... I want all that God has or I don't want any.

There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.

Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.

Lukewarm people call 'radical' what Jesus expected of all His followers.

There are very few people who have committed more to the pro-life discourse than Rob has. He's spent time in jail. He has really lived it. He has committed everything he's had to it. If in fact he believes that every human life was sacred, I knew that if he had his conscious awakened, I knew he wouldn't be able to close his eyes to it.

The only true worship is extreme worship, and only extreme worship brings extreme results – transformation.

I'd rather live dangerously for Jesus than exist safely for people's approval.