Quotes from Bruce A. Demarest

Evangelical spirituality focuses, subjectively, on the "with-God" life in all of its lived dimensions. It concerns the manner by which we live in communion with Christ in response to the Spirit in pursuit of holiness resulting in service to others.

He wrote, "The spiritual security of believers . . . depends primarily not on their hold on God but on God's hold of them.

When it comes to religion, the USA is now land of the freelancers" or "a greenhouse for spiritual sprouts."15

J.C. Ryle faithfully observed that "A true Christian is one who has not only peace of conscience, but war within. He may be known by his warfare as well as his peace.

Patience involves the capacity to bear with annoyances and to endure delays to our timetable.

In a recent national survey, 24 percent of respondents identified themselves as "spiritual but not religious," meaning that nearly one-quarter of citizens surveyed have "combined diverse beliefs and practices into a personal faith that fits no standard definition.

Barna research demonstrates that only 52 percent of Christians are making some effort to grow spiritually, and many of these are inconsistent and achieve limited results.

Pastor and writer A.W. Tozer observed that "for millions of Christians … God is no more real than He is to the non-Christian.