“The church must recognize that we are in spiritual warfare. Anyone not willing to live under orders and endure hardship as a soldier of Christ will be no match for the enemy.”
“If we try to circumvent the cross, we assure our own ultimate defeat, for we cut the nerve of obedience and kill the lifestyle of the great commission. No one will take seriously the command to make disciple who has not taken up the cross.”
“Our lord is more interested in developing our character than in preserving our comfort. Whatever it takes, we must get back to basic Christianity, align our wills with the way God has set for us, and move out to disciple the nations.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism