Quote by Charles Stanley
“Will there be times when we step back and do some of the very things that once brought heartache to our lives? More than likely we will. However, there is a difference now. We are no longer under the powerful influence of sin unless we choose to be. Sin’s power has been broken in our lives. Jesus did this for us on Calvary’s cross. We have done nothing to deserve God’s wondrous grace. It is a gift, and it is the very thing that transforms our lives from being filled with guilt and shame to being reflections of His love, mercy, and forgiveness. He set us free from the bondage of sin so we do not have to live life in reverse. We can live moving forward and not backward.”
― Charles Stanley ,
from Stuck in Reverse
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Charles Frazier Stanley was born September 25, 1932, in the small town of Dry Fork, Virginia. The only child of Charley and Rebecca Stanley, Charles came into the world during a time when the entire nation felt the grip of the Great Depression. To make matters worse, just nine months later, his father Charley died at the young age of 29.
However, Charles refused to let the Great Depression or the difficulties of his life define him. Instead, like his father and grandfather before him, he clung to God’s Word and took up the mantle to preach the gospel to whoever would listen.
Dr. Stanley’s motivation is best represented by the truth found in Acts 20:24, “Life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about God's mighty kindness and love.” This is because, as he says, “It is the Word of God and the work of God that changes people’s lives.”
Dr. Stanley’s teachings can be heard weekly at First Baptist Church Atlanta, daily on “In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley” radio and television broadcasts on more than 2,800 stations around the world, on the Internet at intouch.org, through the In Touch Messenger, and in the monthly, award-winning In Touch magazine.