Gary L.Thomas

His example has been a great encouragement to me, for every activist must learn that faithful obedience doesn’t always result in immediate success.

When God first gave Moses his commission, Moses answered, “Who am I, that I should…bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” God’s response was an implicit rebuke against such self-sufficiency. He said simply, “I will be with you.”3 In other words, it doesn’t matter who you are, Moses; what matters is who is sending you.

Most Christians have to learn that whenever God calls us to an activist posture, we must leave the results with him or we’ll be consumed and driven by success rather than by the Holy Spirit.

When we think our concern for righteousness exceeds God’s, we have slipped into the delusion of being self-appointed messiahs.

Most of the time, I may resist evil, but do I really hate it?

The world must observe that, when we must differ with each other as true Christians, we do it not because we love the smell of blood, the smell of the arena, the smell of the bullfight, but because we must for God’s sake.”

Hatred for sin can become hatred for people when activists becomes tired and spiritually depleted.

Social action can never be a substitute for personal sanctity. In fact, social action without personal sanctity can do as much harm as good: it discredits the cause if we are found to be a hypocrite.

For caregivers, giving care isn’t a chore but a form of worship.

Mordecai served others when he could serve God by doing so. When the two came in conflict, Mordecai pleased God.