Inspirational Quotes by Lee Strobel

“LET YOUR SPEECH ALWAYS BE WITH GRACE, SEASONED, AS IT WERE, WITH SALT, SO THAT YOU MAY KNOW HOW YOU SHOULD RESPOND TO EACH PERSON. (COLOSSIANS 4:6) — Paul , the apostle”

“supernatural being exist?” after first excluding the possibility of anything supernatural. Like Alan, I came to a particular conclusion because I started with it as my premise. This is the truest definition of bias, isn’t it? Starting”

“The task of evangelism looks different if we think in this transformed way. Rather than trying to learn all of the right words, have all of the right booklets, anticipate all of the right questions, and memorize all of the right intros and Scripture, we should approach evangelism with wisdom. This means that we become people who incarnate the gospel and speak of it freely because our hearts and minds have been captivated by it. Becoming people of wisdom and compassion is the prerequisite for any evangelistic technique.”

“When Christians avoid principled conflict on things that matter because they fear disunity or division, they cripple the church in three ways. First, Scripture commands that we guard the truth within our ranks. But where arguments are few, error abounds. Second, believers are denied the opportunity to learn how to argue among themselves in a fair, reasonable, and gracious way. Third, the outcome for fight-phobic churches is often not genuine oneness but a contrived unanimity, a shallow and artificial peace.”

“all of us have a point of view; all of us hold opinions and ideas that color the way we see the world. Anyone who tells you that he (or she) is completely objective and devoid of presuppositions has another more important”

“People don’t know what they mean much of the time. Often they’re merely repeating slogans.”

“The first is the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps: Semper Fi. This is short for semper fidelis, a Latin phrase that means “Always faithful”

“What has gone wrong here? The problem is with the premise, “Faith is believing things we cannot know.” This is not a biblical understanding of faith. Faith and knowledge are not opposites in Scripture. They are companions. The opposite of faith is not fact but unbelief. The opposite of knowledge is not faith but ignorance. Neither unbelief nor ignorance is a virtue in Christianity.”

“When arguments are done well, they honor God. But”

“The mind, not the Bible, is the very first line of defense God has given us against error.”

“After all, he is the great evangelist; we’re merely the tools that he uses to fulfill his mission of redeeming the world, one individual at a time.”

“Nothing is more fulfilling than seeing ordinary people turned into extraordinary followers of God, imbued with his Spirit and enabled by his power to make incredible differences in the lives of others.”

“While it’s a prerequisite to live a salty Christian life — to be highly potent and in relationship with others — that alone is not enough. God forbid that we stop there, because people end up in hell on that plan. It’s imperative that we also put the message into clear language our friends can understand and act upon.”

“One of the primary reasons God calls His followers to be extraordinarily caring people is because acts of mercy open up people’s hearts like nothing else can. Put another way, there’s tremendous pulling power in the expression of even a single act of kindness. And God wants that power to draw people toward the reality of His Son. Jesus spelled this out in John 13:34 – 35: “A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. All men will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.” How simple, yet how powerful! As we express compassion to each other, people will recognize it as an earmark of authentic Christianity. It helps them better understand what God is like, who His children are, and why they should personally trust Him, too.”

“Anthropic Principle implies that when we look at the world around us, it would seem, at least at first blush, that the universe was somehow designed to support and nourish human life. This concept, which is very prevalent in the world of secular science and philosophy, didn’t originate with Christian scholars. But the evidence points so overwhelmingly toward this apparent design in the universe that it’s virtually undeniable by experts of every religious and nonreligious stripe. This has sent skeptics scurrying to find some sort of natural explanation for this apparently supernatural phenomenon. Here are a few of the hard facts:         Raise or lower the universe’s rate of expansion by even one part in a million, and it would have ruled out the possibility of life.       If the average distance between stars were any greater, planets like earth would not have been formed; any smaller, the planetary orbits necessary for life would not have occurred.       If the ratio of carbon to oxygen had been slightly different than it is, none of us would have been here to breathe the air.       Change the tilt of the earth’s axis slightly in one direction, and we would freeze. Change it the other direction, and we’d burn up.       Suppose the earth had been a bit closer or further from the sun, or just a little larger or smaller, or if it rotated at a speed any different from the one we’re spinning at right now. Given any of these changes, the resulting temperature variations would be completely fatal.   So the lesson we can draw from the Anthropic Principle is this: someone must have gone to a lot of effort to make things just right so that you and I could be here to enjoy life. In short, modern science points to the fact that we must really matter to God! Being the ever-obedient”

“When people say you can’t argue anyone into the kingdom, they usually have an alternative approach in mind. They might be thinking that a genuine expression of love, kindness, and acceptance coupled with a simple presentation of the gospel is a more biblical approach. If you are tempted to think this way, let me say something that may shock you: you cannot love someone into the kingdom. It can’t be done. Neither is the simple gospel by itself adequate to do that job.”

“I am wholly responsible for my side of the ledger, and God is entirely responsible for his. I focus on being faithful, but I trust God to be effective. Some will respond, and some will not. The results are his concern, not mine. This lifts a tremendous burden from my shoulders.”

“These three skills — knowledge, an accurately informed mind; wisdom, an artful method; and character, an attractive manner — play a part in every effective involvement with a nonbeliever.”

“respond to possible comebacks. If I think of something, I practice”

“Cuando estuve en la India, el apologista cristiano Prakesh Yesudian me comentó una conversación que mantuvo con un hindú sobre Gandhi, alguien a quien se venera allí enormemente. Observa cómo combinó Prakesh a Colombo con la táctica de la rivalidad entre hermanos. —¿Está Gandhi en el cielo? —preguntó el hindú—. El cielo sería un lugar muy pobre si Gandhi no estuviera allí. —Bueno, señor mío —respondió Prakesh—, entonces usted debe al menos creer en el cielo. Y, al parecer, usted le ha dedicado algún tiempo a pensar en qué cualificaría a alguien para ir al cielo. Dígame, ¿qué tipo de personas van al cielo? —Las buenas personas van al cielo —respondió él. —Pero esta idea de lo que es una buena persona no me queda del todo clara. ¿Qué es ser bueno? Él contestó al estilo hindú típico: —Lo bueno y lo malo son conceptos relativos. No existe una definición clara. —Señor, si es verdad que la bondad es relativa y que no se puede definir; ¿cómo es que usted supone que Gandhi es bueno y que debería estar en el cielo? O Gandhi cumple cierto estándar externo de bondad y reúne los requisitos para entrar al cielo, o la bondad es relativa y, por tanto, es un término sin sentido cuando se aplica a cualquiera, incluido Gandhi. Ambas cosas no pueden ser verdad a la vez.”