One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
To be a leader in the Church has always required strength and faith beyond the merely human. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
The spiritual leader will choose the hidden path of sacrificial service and approval of the Lord over the flamboyant self-advertising of the… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Faith never knows where it is being led, or it would not be faith. True faith is content to travel under sealed… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Faith enables the believing soul to treat the future as present and the invisible as seen. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Spiritual leadership is the power to change the atmosphere by one's presence, the unconscious influence that makes Christ and spiritual things real… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
The spiritual leader should outpace the rest of the church, above all, in prayer. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Pride takes many forms, but spiritual pride is the most grievous. To become proud of spiritual gifts or leadership position is to… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Disciples [deep people] are not manufactured wholesale. They are produced one by one, because someone has taken the pains to discipline, to… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
It is conceivable that God might have ordained to preach the Gospel directly to man through dreams, visions and revelations. But as… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
The deity of Christ is the key doctrine of the scriptures. Reject it, and the Bible becomes a jumble of words without… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
It is very possible to be proud of the spiritual gifts God has entrusted to us and to strut about ostentatiously, forgetting… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
If the world is to hear the church's voice today, leaders are needed who are authoritative, spiritual, and sacrificial. Sacrificial, because this… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
It is obvious that Paul did not regard prayer as supplemental, but as fundamental-not something to be added to his work but… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
It is to be kept in mind that the generations of men do not wait for the convenience of the church in… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
God prepares leaders with a specific place and task in mind. Training methods are adapted to the mission, and natural and spiritual… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
The final estimate of men shows that history cares not an iota for the rank or title a man has borne, or the office… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
It is conceivable that God might have ordained to preach the Gospel directly to man through dreams, visions and revelations. But as a matter… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Jesus drank a cup of wrath without mercy, that we might drink a cup of mercy without wrath. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
True greatness,true leadership,is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. True service is never… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. The pessimist tends to hold… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
God is always at work, though we cannot see it, preparing people he has chosen for leadership. When the crisis comes, God fits His… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
If you would rather pick a fight than solve a problem, do not consider leading the church — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Ambition that centers on the glory of God and welfare of the church is a mighty force for good. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
“When we measure ourselves by the life of Jesus, who humbled Himself on the cross, we are overwhelmed with the shabbiness, even the vileness,… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Sacrifice is the ecstasy of giving the best we have to the One we love most. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
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