Quotes from Sam Storms

faith is only as good as its object.

True faith energizes vocal proclamation and courageous witness concerning its glorious object: Jesus.

Paul is not impressed with faith. What moves him is faith "in Christ Jesus

this is what we hope for, the objective reality of our future inheritance, not the feeling of hope or expectation in our hearts. So

Mere sincerity, passionate devotion, clarity of conviction, and depth of insight are all ultimately useless unless they are rooted in and focused on the person and work of Jesus.

Jesus's disciples have faith, but their worry proves the weakness of their faith. Great faith comes not by looking inward, to the believing self, but by looking upward, to God. By faith we stop thinking like pagans, filled with anxiety about food and clothing. Pagans, thinking like orphans, worry. Disciples, thinking like children, relax.

May God so work in our hearts that our faith is affectionate and our passion is principled.

Whatever greatness there is in him (and it is there), whatever constructive influence he has exerted on the Christian church (and it has been incalculable), he himself would attribute to the sovereign grace of God working through yet another "clay jar" (2 Cor. 4:7).

Not only will it never end, it will never diminish in its capacity to enthrall and fascinate and impart joy. It

set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (1 Pet. 1:13). This

Where is the person who has so tasted the beauty of the age to come that the diamonds of the world look like baubles, and the entertainment of the world is empty, and the moral causes of the world are too small because they have no view to eternity? Where is this person?

Gazing at the grandeur of heavenly glory transforms our value system. In