James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) Missionary in China
(A.J. Broomhall. Hudson Taylor and China’s Open Century, Book Four: Survivors’ Pact. London: Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1984, 58).
Source: Always True (Moody, 2011), p. 33
James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) Missionary in China
(A.J. Broomhall. Hudson Taylor and China’s Open Century, Book Four: Survivors’ Pact. London: Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1984, 58).
“Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.”
Joel Osteen (1963) American televangelist and author
Mark Hopkins (educator) (1802–1887) American educationalist and theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 238.
“The fear of God at the beginning of faith is an unbearable thing to human nature.”
Thomas Müntzer (1489–1525) early Reformation-era German pastor who was a rebel leader during the German Peasants' War
"Exposure of False Faith" (1524), in Revelation and Revolution: Basic Writings of Thomas Müntzer (1993), p. 117
Exposure of False Faith (1524)
Original: (de) Es ist der Natur ein unleidlichs Werk, die Furcht Gottes zum Anfang des Glaubens zu machen.
“Faith, faith, faith in ourselves, faith, faith in God, this is the secret of greatness.”
Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher
Call to the Nation
Context: Faith, faith, faith in ourselves, faith, faith in God, this is the secret of greatness. If you have faith in all the three hundred and thirty millions of your mythological Gods, and in all the Gods which foreigners have now and again introduced into your midst, and still have no faith in yourselves, there is no salvation for you.
“Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will.”
Max Lucado (1955) American clergyman and writer
Source: Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear
James Hudson Taylor A Retrospect
(J. Hudson Taylor. A Retrospect. Philadelphia: China Inland Mission, n.d., 41).
“The faith that I love the best, says God, is hope.”
Charles Péguy (1873–1914) French poet, essayist, and editor
Opening line.
The Portal of the Mystery of Hope (1912)