“What he aimed for, and succeeded some days in attaining was the remarkable equipoise of humility and confidence that is grace.”
“The Western church needs to regain its confidence in the role of outsiders, relocators who come in humility and grace to learn first and then to offer a different perspective.”
“Humility is a Divine property and the perfection of the Christian life. It is attained through obedience. He who is not obedient cannot gain humility. There are very few in the world today who have obedience. Our humility is in proportion to our obedience.”
“Long ago we had passed the stage of asking what was the meaning of life, a naïve query which understands life as the attaining of some aim through the active creation of something of value.”
“It's sometimes funny to watch some people doing something the wrong way but doing it confidently. Even more funny, they succeeded.”
“Humility is the flip side of giving God all the glory. Humility means reveling in his grace, not our goodness.”