--- title: "4 Evangelical Quotes By David F. Wells" description: "4 Evangelical quotes by David F. Wells. Plus more from David F. Wells and more Evangelical sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/david-f-wells-27731_christianity_our-world-is-being-shaken-to-its-very-fo_942718.png" --- > [“Our world is being shaken to its very foundations. Instead of offering great thoughts about God, the meaning of reality, and the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/david-f-wells-27731_christianity_our-world-is-being-shaken-to-its-very-fo_942718.png) > [The disappearance of theology from the life of the Church, and the orchestration of that disappearance by some of its leaders, is…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/david-f-wells-27731_church_the-disappearance-of-theology-from-the-l_1328822.jpg) > [There is a breeze blowing. I see it in the deep discontent that is being voiced with the threadbare state of the…](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) > [The fundamental problem in the evangelical world today is that God rests too inconsequentially upon the church. His truth is too distant,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/the-fundamental-problem-in-the-evangelical-world-today-is-that-god/) [David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/david-f-wells-27731_benign_the-fundamental-problem-in-the-evangelic_2503877.png) ## Other authors on Evangelical - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tony-campolo-91780.jpg) Tony Campolo 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evangelical/tony-campolo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-washer-74235.jpg) Paul Washer 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evangelical/paul-washer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chris-murray-23547.jpg) Chris Murray 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evangelical/chris-murray/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-aiden-wilson-tozer-9883.jpg) Aiden Wilson Tozer 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evangelical/aiden-wilson-tozer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-frank-schaeffer-35835.jpg) Frank Schaeffer 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evangelical/frank-schaeffer/) - [J. I. Packer 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evangelical/j-i-packer/) ## 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. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evangelical/david-f-wells/#itemlist", "name": "4 Evangelical Quotes By David F. Wells", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Our world is being shaken to its very foundations. Instead of offering great thoughts about God, the meaning of reality, and the gospel, there are evangelical churches that are offering only little therapeutic nostrums that are sweet but mostly worthless. 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