Leviticus Has an Effect - David Platt Quote

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“When you or I open the Bible, we are beholding the very words of God — words that have supernatural power to redeem, renew, refresh, and restore our lives to what he created them to be. That is why I believe it is more important for you and me to read Leviticus than it is for us to read the best Christian book ever published, because Leviticus has a quality and produces an effect that no book in the Christian marketplace can compete with.”

– Radical by David Platt, p. 192

Live for Others - Michael De Montaigne Quote

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“He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.”

- Michael De Montaigne, French Essayist quoted in The Power of Half by Kevin Salwen and Hannah Salwen

Value the Body - Karen Armstrong Quote

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“Of all the great world religions, Christianity should value the body most. After all, it taught that God had in some sense taken a human body and used it to redeem the world; everything about the physical should have been sacred and sacramental.”

– The Spiral Staircase by Karen Armstrong, p. 219

The Way I See It - Francisco X. Stork Quote

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“Why can’t others think and see the world the way I see it?”

– Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork, p. 23

Always Have Choices - Scott Westerfeld Quote

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"We always have choices, Tally.  You've made yours."

- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, p. 129

Don't Run - Jonathan Merritt Quote

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“I never want to run away from anything because it is considered cool or fun by the secular world. I also never want [to] run toward anything because it is considered glam-worthy.”

– Green Like God by Jonathan Merritt, p. 16

Didn't Want to See It - Milton Mayer Quote

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“But I didn’t want to see it, because I would then have had to think about the consequences of seeing it, what followed from seeing it, what I must do to be decent.”

– Herr Hildebrandt in They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-1945 by Milton Mayer, p. 201

Self-Objectification - Wendy Shalit Quote

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“We hear so much from feminists about not being ‘objectified by men,’ but we are learning that self-objectification is not a path to lasting confidence, either.”

– Girls Gone Mild by Wendy Shalit, p. 165-166

Account for Our Actions - Stacey Parker Aab Quote

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"...at some point, all of us would be asked to account for actions we've done in our lives and at a time not of our choosing--maybe at the worst time imaginable."

- Government Girl by Stacy Parker Aab, p. 178

Fulfilling and Happy Life - Condoleezza Rice Quote

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"If the right man does not come along, it is better to enjoy a fulfilling and happy life as a single person."

- Extraordinary, Ordinary People by Condoleezza Rice, p. 203

He Is Risen - Bible Quote

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"He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay."

- Matthew 28:6

Importance of the Ordinary - David Platt Quote

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“In our quest for the extraordinary, we often overlook the importance of the ordinary, and I’m proposing that a radical lifestyle actually begins with an extraordinary commitment to ordinary practices that have marked Christians who have affected the world throughout history.”

– Radical by David Platt, p. 193

Always Been Sheep - Scott Westerfeld Quote

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"History would indicate that the majority of people have always been sheep."

- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Educated Themselves - Milton Mayer Quote

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“…the same lie, at bottom, that dominated the Hitler Youth, the lie that children can educate themselves. Children who grow up without religion cannot decide about religion for themselves; that’s a fallacy, that people can choose intelligently between what they know and what they don’t know.”

– They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-1945 by Milton Mayer, p. 214

Treating it Like Dirt - Jonathan Merritt Quote

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“Though God wants us to protect our land, we keep treating it like dirt.”

– Green Like God by Jonathan Merritt, p. 106

Would You Rather - Wendy Shalit Quote

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“I’ll never forget a poll that appeared in Marie Claire, which found that a slight majority of American women would have a one-night stand with a stranger for money–57%….Yet the same women were more reluctant when asked whether they would accept money to gain ten extra pound permanently–only 41% would gain weight for money.”

– Girls Gone Mild by Wendy Shalit, p. 163

Atrophied Prayers - Russell Moore Quote

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“And we’re content with the world we know, just adjusted a little for our identities as Christians. That’s precisely why so many of us are so atrophied in our prayers, why our prayers rarely reach the level of ‘groanings too deep for words’.”

– Adopted for Life by Russell Moore, p. 55

Not Colorblind - Condoleezza Rice Quote

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"That said, America is not colorblind and likely will never be.  Race is ever present, like a birth defect that you learn to live with but can never cure."

- Extraordinary, Ordinary People by Condoleezza Rice, p. 141

Well-Educated, Not Smart - Kathy Harrison Quote

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“I have learned the hard way that ‘well-educated’ doesn’t always mean ‘smart.’ ”

– Another Place at the Table by Kathy Harrison, p. 8

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“Regardless of what we say or sing on Sunday morning, rich people who neglect the poor are not the people of God.”

– Radical by David Platt, p. 115

What He Saw - Miguel de Cervantes Quote

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"Don Quixote looked at his heart was filled with joy. For he firmly believed...His mind was so filled with fights, adventures, enchantments, and other wonderful things which he had read about that his fancy easily changed everything he saw into something he wished to see."

- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

So Many Pitfalls - Stacy Parker Aab

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"As a young girl, I would have had guessed that there would be so many pitfalls to leap in order to find the love I desired."

- Government Girl: Young and Female in the White House by Stacy Parker Aab, p. 18

Fertilized Soil - Orson Scott Card Quote

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“You don’t want to give God the credit because you don’t think he exists. But if you’re going to blame him for all the crap, kid, you got to give him credit for what grows from the fertilized soil.”

– Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card, p. 342

Helping Depression - Donald Miller Quote

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"I know there are biochemical causes for some forms of depression, but I wish people who struggle against dark thoughts would risk their hopes on living a good story--by that I mean finding a team of people doing hard work for a noble cause, and joining them.  I think they'd be surprised at how soon their sad thoughts would dissipate, if for no other reason than they didn't have time to think them anymore."

- A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller, p. 247

Crucified All Around - Milton Mayer Quote

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“And most pastors in Germany had always preached Christ crucified without seeing–who does?–that he was being crucified all around them every day.”

– They Thought They Were Free, The Germans, 1933-1945 by Milton Mayer, p. 87

Failing to Offer Answers - Jonathan Merritt Quote

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“…it isn’t fair to fault Jesus for failing to offer answers to questions the culture wasn’t asking.”

– Green Like God by Jonathan Merritt, p. 85

Buying a Cat - Russell Moore Quote

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“It is one thing when the culture doesn’t ‘get’ adoption and so speaks of buying a cat as ‘adopting’ a pet. But when those who follow Christ think the same way, we betray that we miss something crucial about our own salvation.”

– Adopted for Life by Russell Moore, p. 19

Just Stay Home - Girls Gone Mild Quote

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“People would actually prefer to stay home and watch a lame prerecorded comedy than get together with some real people? How sad.”

– Alice, quoted in Girls Gone Mild by Wendy Shalit, p. 119

Refusing to Share - David Platt Quote

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“Some wonder if it is unfair for God to allow so many to have no knowledge of the gospel. But there is no injustice in God. The injustice lies in Christians who possess the gospel and refuse to give their lives to making it known among those who haven’t heard. That is unfair.”

– Radical by David Platt, p. 159

Perfect is All About Perception - Kathy Harrison Quote

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“We adopted her when she was 3. She was the perfect child–healthy, bright and beautiful. But when Karen turned 4, we began to notice some neurological problems….we have learned that perfect is all about perception.”

– Another Place at the Table by Kathy Harrison, p. 8

Makeup - Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. Quote

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“To do its worst, evil needs to look its best. Evil has to spend a lot on makeup.”

– Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be by Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., p. 98

Not Safe - Daoud Hari Quote

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“When I went back into Darfur with my first reporters, the African journalists, I was asked why I was taking the risk, and I told them, not trying to be too dramatic, that I was not safe because my people were not safe–and how can you be safe if your people are not safe? And so who are your people? Perhaps everyone is your people. I was wondering about that.”

– The Translator by Daoud Hari, p. 173

Regardless of Bait - Debby Applegate Quote

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“Lyman firmly believed that the best fisherman was he who caught the most fish, regardless of the bait used.”

– The Most Famous Man in America: the Biography of Henry Ward Beecher by Debby Applegate, p. 57

Prefer the Substitute - Orson Scott Card Quote

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“Will meeting God be like that? Will I be disappointed with the real thing, because I prefer the substitute I made do with?”

– Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card, p. 341

Help in Carrying Burdens - Gail Tsukiyama Quote

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“I know now that there are rare people who will help you carry your burdens through this life.”

– The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama, p. 139

Bitterest Disappointment - Milton Mayer Quote

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“And the bitterest single disappointment of Nazism–both to Simon, the insensitive bill-collector, and to Hofmeister, the sensitive policeman–was the fact that Hitler had promised that no officer would get more than 1,000 Reichsmarks per month and did not keep his promise.”

– They Thought They Were Free, The Germans, 1933-1945 by Milton Mayer, p. 102

Several Earths - Jonathan Merritt Quote

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“If everyone on Earth actually consumed resources the way Americans do, experts estimate that it would take several Planet Earths just to sustain life.”

– Green Like God by Jonathan Merritt, p. 126

Antifeminism - Wendy Shalit Quote

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“All those people who looked down on knitting–and housework, and housewives–were not being feminist at all. In fact, they were being antifeminist, since they seemed to think that only those things that men did, or had done, were worthwhile.”

- Debbie Stoller, quoted in Girls Gone Mild, by Wendy Shalit, p. 121

Big Difference - Aidan Donnelley Rowley Quote

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“There’s a big difference between not being a bad person and being a good one.”

– Life After Yes by Aidan Donnelley Rowley, p. 252

Passion - David Platt Quote

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“We express enthusiasm, emotion, and affection for football and other sports, and it begs the question, what would happen in our culture if the church prayed with such passion? What would happen if Jesus dominated our affections more than the superficial trivialities that garner our attention?”

– Radical by David Platt, p. 188

Separate Instead of Bind - Kristin Chenoweth Quote

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“It also bugs me when I hear about ‘Angelina’s adopted son’ or ‘Rosie’s adopted children’ — as if that word will always separate them instead of binding them together.”

– A Little Bit Wicked by Kristin Chenoweth, p. 14

Evil Fascinates - Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. Quote

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“Fair enough: evil fascinates people who walk down the Tornabuoni and also those who channel surf across daytime TV. The fastest way to kill the dramas on daytime TV would be to rewrite the scripts so that shows would begin to dwell on moral stabilities–on marital fidelity, loyal friendship, and generous cooperation in the workplace. Nobody would watch.”

– Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be by Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., p. 91

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“Some of the BBC people had to return to Chad, where they were in a medical clinic for three days to recover from what they saw, and smelled, and learned about the nature of what simply must be called evil.”

– The Translator by Daoud Hari, p. 113

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“God does not exist for our comfort or happiness or satisfaction, or to provide us with ‘religious experiences,’ as if these were the most interesting and important things in life.”

– Knowing God by J. I. Packer

Slippery Slope to Decadence - Debby Applegate Quote

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“[debating]…whether it was God’s will to install a woodstove to warm the meetinghouse in winter. Surely, some argued (out of piety or stinginess it was hard to say), such an indulgence would send them down a slippery slope to decadence.”

– The Most Famous Man in America: the Biography of Henry Ward Beecher by Debby Applegate, p. 24