“To be vital, faith must be accompanied by self sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action.”

“Faith without any accompanying action is suspect". ~R. Alan Woods [2012]”

“James 2:17- 'Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.' The lives of many people who call themselves 'Christians' in America lack manifestations of a vital and active faith. And this, to be perfectly honest, frightens me. It keeps me up at night. It causes me to pray desperately and fervently for my congregation, for the groups of people I speak to, and for the church as a whole.”

“Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.”

“All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage.”

“Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue. ”