Quotes from Edward Welch

Humility means that you acknowledge you don't know everything, and you might be especially confused when it comes to God.

The perceived meaninglessness of work is often part of depression. It usually, however, is a sign of depression rather than a cause. Death.

If you know you have been forgiven, you will forgive and reconcile with others.

Deep change is rarely a matter of knowledge. It is a matter of repentance.

Why do you think Adam and Eve were concerned about uncovered genitals, but not bare arms, legs, noses, or ears?

You can't have a deeper relationship if you won't allow yourself to be known.

Once we pray with or for someone, we are in the ongoing story of his life, and it is an honor to be there.

Screwtape warns Wormwood] Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do our Enemy's [God's] will, looks around upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.

Endurance in suffering doesn't grab our attention, but it is a response so important that it will have value that lasts beyond death.

The key to learning the fear of the Lord is to stay in Scripture. When you are in the Scripture, pray that God would teach you that he is the Holy One.

We must hate the evil and ungodly assumptions of the world, we must hate our own sinful nature, and we must hate Satan. To accomplish these tasks demands the most powerful resources we have: the Word, the Spirit, and the body of Christ.

Who in your life is one step ahead of you in knowing people? What does that person do?