Quotes from James MacDonald
Who we are is not a question we can ask without seeking to understand the context in which we live. Biblical counselors seek to understand the influences that shape the responses of the human heart.
- James MacDonald
Revival is renewed interest after a period of indifference or decline. He wants to wake us up, to refresh our faith—to fire us up again.
- James MacDonald
For those who love God all things work together for good.
- James MacDonald
Fear is a self-protection we use to insulate ourselves from hurt by pulling back. Anger is self-protection we use to insulate ourselves from hurt by striking out.
- James MacDonald
Faith is active confidence in God.
- James MacDonald
Revival is not emotional extravagance where people are caught up in the moment and fall down, act bizarrely, unbiblically, and out of control. That's not revival.
- James MacDonald
Every step with God is a step of faith. Every lesson learned is a lesson of faith. Every victory won is a victory by faith. That's the prominence of faith in the New Testament.
- James MacDonald
Revival is: God, gladly at the center of my life, experienced and enjoyed.
- James MacDonald
Word-centered people who enter counseling will be more likely follow the guidance set out in Scripture. Because they know more of the depth of their sin, they are more willing to allow other church members to help them stay on that right path.
- James MacDonald
I want nothing to be off-limits to God. He can have free access to all that I am, everywhere I go, all the time.
- James MacDonald
Watch out for the people who say that all is good between them and God but have no interest in being reconciled with the people whom their sin has injured.
- James MacDonald
Grace easily turns to hyper-grace in a world that has lost its view of God's throne room and a biblical theology of sin.
- James MacDonald