"The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. He frees himself and shows the way to others. Freedom and slavery are mental states." - Mahatma Gandhi, Indian independence leader and advocate of non-violence (1869-1948)

"There is a false boldness for Christ that only comes from pride. A man may rashly expose himself to the world's dislike and even deliberately provoke its displeasure, and yet to do so out of pride.... True boldness for Christ transcends all, it is indifference to the displeasure of either friends or foes. Boldness enables Christians to forsake all rather than Christ, and to prefer to offend all rather than to offend Him." - Jonathan Edwards in Religious Affections

"Peter Cartwright lived in the nineteenth century, and was a circuit-riding preacher. He had a reputation for boldness. On a Sunday morning, Cartwright received word that President Andrew Jackson would be in the congregation. And he was warned about the need for diplomacy. When he stood to preach, he said, 'I understand that Andrew Jackson is here. I have been requested to be guarded in my remarks.' Then, he followed with this salvo: 'Andrew Jackson will go to hell if he doesn't repent!' The shocked congregation nearly had apoplexy! After the service, Jackson went straight to the preacher and said, 'Sir, if I had a regiment of men like you, I could whip the world.' True words to honest hearts are never shocking.
O God, may my next sermon be as bold and my congregation as receptive! May our lives be full of the boldness of the Spirit."- Dan Yeary, The Word, North Phoenix Baptist Church, Dec. 22, 1993

Spurgeon never missed an opportunity to fearlessly declare God's truth. Once, after preaching an unpopular message, he was approached by a friend who said, 'I hear you are in hot water.' Spurgeon replied, 'Oh, no. It is the other fellows who are in hot water. I am the stoker, the man who makes the water boil.'

"The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. He frees himself and shows the way to others. Freedom and slavery are mental states." - Mahatma Gandhi, Indian independence leader and advocate of non-violence (1869-1948)

"There is a false boldness for Christ that only comes from pride. A man may rashly expose himself to the world's dislike and even deliberately provoke its displeasure, and yet to do so out of pride.... True boldness for Christ transcends all, it is indifference to the displeasure of either friends or foes. Boldness enables Christians to forsake all rather than Christ, and to prefer to offend all rather than to offend Him." - Jonathan Edwards in Religious Affections

"Peter Cartwright lived in the nineteenth century, and was a circuit-riding preacher. He had a reputation for boldness. On a Sunday morning, Cartwright received word that President Andrew Jackson would be in the congregation. And he was warned about the need for diplomacy. When he stood to preach, he said, 'I understand that Andrew Jackson is here. I have been requested to be guarded in my remarks.' Then, he followed with this salvo: 'Andrew Jackson will go to hell if he doesn't repent!' The shocked congregation nearly had apoplexy! After the service, Jackson went straight to the preacher and said, 'Sir, if I had a regiment of men like you, I could whip the world.' True words to honest hearts are never shocking.
O God, may my next sermon be as bold and my congregation as receptive! May our lives be full of the boldness of the Spirit."- Dan Yeary, The Word, North Phoenix Baptist Church, Dec. 22, 1993

Spurgeon never missed an opportunity to fearlessly declare God's truth. Once, after preaching an unpopular message, he was approached by a friend who said, 'I hear you are in hot water.' Spurgeon replied, 'Oh, no. It is the other fellows who are in hot water. I am the stoker, the man who makes the water boil.'

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