Quotes about Battle
A healthy church is not a church that's perfect and without sin. It has not figured everything out. Rather, it's a church that continually strives to take God's side in the battle against the ungodly desires and deceits of the world, our flesh, and the devil. It's a church that continually seeks to conform itself to God's Word.
- Mark Dever
Forgetfulness of God's grace is one of the greatest tools in the enemy's war against our souls.
- Mark Dever
Life is a war against a spiritual enemy we cannot see. We can't win on our own, but the God who sees all gives us courage, perseverance, and wisdom to win an otherwise unwinnable war.
- Mark Driscoll
The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
- John Milton
Moloch, scepter'd king, Stood up, the strongest and the fiercest spirit that fought in heav'n; now fiercer by despair.
- John Milton
Hot, cold, moist, and dry, four champions fierce,Strive here for mast'ry.
- John Milton
The brazen throat of war.
- John Milton
You cannot know what prayer is for, until you know that life is war.
- John Piper
We cannot know what prayer is for until we know that life is war.
- John Piper
The problem is not a battle between contemporary worship music and hymns; the problem is that there aren't enough martyrs during the week. If no soldiers are perishing, what you want on Sunday is Bob Hope and some pretty girls, not the army chaplain and a surgeon.
- John Piper
No true Christian can endure in battling unrighteousness unless his heart is aflame with new spiritual affections, or passions.
- John Piper