--- title: "1 Evangelical Faith Quotes By David F. Wells" description: "1 Evangelical Faith quotes by David F. Wells. Plus more from David F. Wells and more Evangelical Faith sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/david-f-wells-27731_better-things_there-is-a-breeze-blowing-i-see-it-in-th_2008492.jpg" --- > [There is a breeze blowing. I see it in the deep discontent that is being voiced with the threadbare state of the evangelical world, with its empty worship, its market-driven superficiality, and its trivial thought. It is a breeze blowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/there-is-a-breeze-blowing-i-see-it-in-the-deep-discontent-that-is/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/david-f-wells-27731_better-things_there-is-a-breeze-blowing-i-see-it-in-th_2008492.jpg) ## More by David F. Wells > [In our postmodern culture which is TV dominated, image sensitive, and morally vacuous, personality is everything and character is increasingly irrelevant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/in-our-postmodern-culture-which-is-tv-dominated-image-sensitive-and/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [“Descartes argued “I think, therefore I am,” and people after Freud translated that into the modern vernacular by saying, “I feel, therefore I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/descartes-argued-i-think-therefore-i-am-and-people-after-freud/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [Humility has nothing to do with depreciating ourselves and our gifts in ways we know to be untrue. Even "humble" attitudes can be masks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/humility-has-nothing-to-do-with-depreciating-ourselves-and-our-gifts/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [Truth is now simply a matter of etiquette: it has no authority, no sense of rightness, because it is no longer anchored in anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/truth-is-now-simply-a-matter-of-etiquette-it-has-no-authority-no/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [“As Jonathan Edwards observed a long time ago, we act on our strongest motive. If our strongest motive, our deepest desire, is to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/as-jonathan-edwards-observed-a-long-time-ago-we-act-on-our-strongest/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [“Our world is being shaken to its very foundations. Instead of offering great thoughts about God, the meaning of reality, and the gospel, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/our-world-is-being-shaken-to-its-very-foundations-instead-of-offering/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [What has to be forgiven is not just what we do but who we are, not just our sinning but our sinfulness, not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/what-has-to-be-forgiven-is-not-just-what-we-do-but-who-we-are-not/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [“In fact, when we listen to the church today, at least in the West, we are often left with impression that Christianity actually has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/in-fact-when-we-listen-to-the-church-today-at-least-in-the-west-we/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [Evil by its very nature opposes the purposes of God, but God, in his sovereignty, can make even this evil serve his purposes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/evil-by-its-very-nature-opposes-the-purposes-of-god-but-god-in-his/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [The disappearance of theology from the life of the Church, and the orchestration of that disappearance by some of its leaders, is hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/the-disappearance-of-theology-from-the-life-of-the-church-and-the/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [Many of those whose task it is to broker the truth of God to the people of God in the churches have now redefined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/many-of-those-whose-task-it-is-to-broker-the-truth-of-god-to-the/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [God’s holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/god-s-holiness-then-is-not-only-the-opposite-of-evil-it-is-the/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [There is a breeze blowing. I see it in the deep discontent that is being voiced with the threadbare state of the evangelical world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/there-is-a-breeze-blowing-i-see-it-in-the-deep-discontent-that-is/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [What is to be gained if we are so intent in reaching out to the unchurched that we then unchurch the reached?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/what-is-to-be-gained-if-we-are-so-intent-in-reaching-out-to-the/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) > [We are called to see that the Church does not adapt its thinking to the horizons that modernity prescribes for it but rather that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/we-are-called-to-see-that-the-church-does-not-adapt-its-thinking-to/) [David F. 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