Quotes about Meaning

As Simone Weil and others have established beyond question, only someone in touch with the eternal can hope to be eternally relevant—and faithful too.

As Pascal observed, when God addresses our human hearts, there is always enough light for those who desire to see, yet enough obscurity for those who do not wish to see. What makes the difference is the heart.

Time and history have meaning. Under the twin truths of God's sovereignty and human significance, time and history are going somewhere, and each us is not only unique and significant in ourselves, but we have a unique and significant part to play in our own lives, in our own generation, and therefore in the overall sweep of history.

Our life-purpose therefore comes from two sources at once—who we are created to be and who we are called to be. Not

You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

The whole meaning of prayer is that we may know God.

Jesus Christ became a curse for us by divine decree. Our part in realizing the tremendous meaning of His curse is the conviction of sin. Conviction is given to us as a gift of shame and repentance; it is the great mercy of God. Jesus Christ hates the sin in people, and Calvary is the measure of His hatred.

Nothing in our lives is a mere insignificant detail to God.

We have not dwelt enough on the tragedy of Calvary or on the meaning of redemption.

Simple active work and spiritual activity are not the same thing. Active work can actually be the counterfeit of spiritual activity.

The feebleness of the church is being criticized today, and the criticism is justified. One reason for the feebleness is that there has not been this focus on the true center of spiritual power. We have not dwelt enough on the tragedy of Calvary or on the meaning of redemption.