Austin Gardner

“A Missionary was never designed by Jesus Christ to gather a congregation of a hundred or two natives and sit down at his ease, as contented as if every sinner was converted, while thousands around him are eating each other’s flesh and drinking each other’s blood, living and dying without the gospel. For my own [...]

A man ought to be so much larger than anything he piles about himself; he ought to tower so far above his possessions that they would scarcely be noticed because of the superiority of his own great dominant character.
When one allows mere things to dictate his entire career, his coming and going, [...]

It’s not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or when the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and [...]

The following quote is from
Knowing God’s Purpose For Your Life (J. I. Packer)
Legalism is a distortion of obedience that can never produce truly good works.
Its first fault is that it skews motive and purpose, seeing good deeds as essentially ways to earn more of God’s favor than one has at the [...]

The great missionary pioneers were people of vision. Carey saw the whole globe while fellow preachers limited the world to their parish borders. Henry Martyn saw India, Persia, and Arabia—the Muslim world—while the church at home squabbled over petty theological disagreements.
Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer (J.Oswald Sanders)
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The following quote is from A memoir of the life and labors of the Rev. Adoniram Judson (Francis Wayland)
How I want to see this degree of hunger to get the gospel to the world at Vision Baptist Church among our people. How I want to see my friends so hungry to get the gospel to [...]

The following quotes are from Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer (J.Oswald Sanders). You should read this book several times.
The spiritual leader cannot have money in his eyes when service beckons. Do not work as one “greedy for money,” Peter warns (1 Peter 5:2).
Paul Rees suggests that the greed Peter warns against [...]

“Christ cannot be famous as long as Christians remain anonymous.” – Bro. Aaron
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“Fire the hearts of the young with all the beauty and blessedness of the service of Jesus, and they will not find it so hard to leave nets, and fishing boats, and friends, to forsake all and follow Him.”
F. B. Meyer
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“Be more concerned about walking with God than you are about doing something great for God. Your relationship with God is at the center of your effectiveness in the Great Commission.” Dave Doran
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