A legalistic commitment to duration can kill one's prayer life. R. Kent Hughes More Quotes by R. Kent Hughes More Quotes From R. Kent Hughes On the most elementary level, you do not have to go to church to be a Christian. You do not have to go home to be married either. But in both cases if you do not, you will have a very poor relationship. R. Kent Hughes church christian home The true test of a man's spirituality is not his ability to speak, as we are apt to think, but rather his ability to bridle his tongue. R. Kent Hughes tests men thinking Fixing our thoughts on Jesus requires time, for true reflection cannot happen with a glance. No one can see the beauty of the country if he hurries through it on the interstate. R. Kent Hughes christian country jesus The Cross is the ultimate evidence that there is no length the love of God will refuse to go in effecting reconciliation. R. Kent Hughes length god-love crosses The key to liberation from the power of materialism is not an exodus from culture - abandoning Wall Street or leaving the wealth of the nation to others - but the grace of giving... Givers for God disarm the power of money. They invite God's grace to flow through them. R. Kent Hughes wall keys giving Marriage is a call to die [to self]... Christian marriage vows are the inception of a lifelong practice of death, of giving over not only all you have, but all you are. Is this a grim gallows call? Not at all! It is no more grim than dying to self and following Christ. In fact, those who lovingly die for their [spouses] are those who know the most joy, have the most fulfilling marriages, and experience the most love. R. Kent Hughes following-christ practice christian Today, there is a whole generation of Christian men who are laughing at things that ought to make them weep, and not a few of them will suffer shipwreck, and some-the loss of their souls. Let the indiscriminate viewer beware. R. Kent Hughes christian loss men The key to ongoing effectiveness [in evangelism] is a perpetual freshness in your growing knowledge of Him. R. Kent Hughes growing-knowledge effectiveness keys Gossip involves saying behind a person’s back what you would never say to his or her face. Flattery means saying to a person’s face what you would never say behind his or her back. R. Kent Hughes gossip faces mean One thing is certain: Nothing will set you apart from culture more than the exclusive claims of Christianity. And it is here that we must intentionally set ourselves apart-because if we do not, we will have no message for the world! R. Kent Hughes messages culture world God can have our money and not have our hearts, but He cannot have our hearts without having our money. R. Kent Hughes godly-man heart The height of devotion is reached when reverence and contemplation produce passionate worship, which in turn breaks forth in thanksgiving and praise in word and song. R. Kent Hughes passionate thankfulness song There can be no burden for distant unreached peoples without a burden for unreached neighbors. R. Kent Hughes burden neighbor The man who sanctifies his wife understands that this is his divinely ordained responsibility... Is my wife more like Christ because she is married to me? Or is she like Christ in spite of me? Has she shrunk from His likeness because of me? Do I sanctify her or hold her back? Is she a better woman because she is married to me? R. Kent Hughes wife responsibility men Listen well, and you will be pronounced a "brilliant" conversationalist! R. Kent Hughes wells brilliant Only the Lord knows how many children lose heart because their fathers have hard days. R. Kent Hughes heart father children A crucified Savior is not well served by self-pleasing, self-indulging people. R. Kent Hughes wells self people Genesis 1 logs God's commitment to excellence when it says, "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good" (v. 31). Christians should always do good work. Christians ought to be the best workers wherever they are. They ought to have the best attitude, the best integrity, and be the best in dependability. R. Kent Hughes christian attitude integrity God is sovereign. His grace cannot be tamed. R. Kent Hughes tamed sovereign grace It is impossible for any Christian who spends the bulk of his evenings, month after month, week upon week, day in and day out watching the major TV networks or contemporary videos to have a Christian mind. This is always true of all Christians in every situation! A Biblical mental program cannot coexist with worldly programming. R. Kent Hughes biblical christian mind
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