Quotes from Max Anders

The person who believes he must earn the right to go through the door of eternal life will miss the mark.

God is concerned that Christians live consistent with their profession even in the seemingly small and insignificant areas of life.

If Israel is to please the Lord fully, they will live lives that are as distinctive among the nations as their Lord is different from pagan deities.

Protection of human life can be costly; but so is the neglect of that protection.

Since all wealth ultimately comes from God, His people ought to acknowledge His primacy by offering Him the best of their wealth, time, and abilities.

The opposite of love is indifference to the genuine needs of others.

Hearing alone is less effective in learning God's truth than hearing combined with reading.

Father, we ask that you give us a passion for the truth and not merely a hatred of falsehood. Keep us concerned for the spiritual health of people but open to your own rebukes from your mighty Word.

Truth can be attested by the supernatural, but so can falsehood.

Fear of God and love for God coexist happily in the heart of people who are rightly related to Him.

Distance is no barrier to the love of God.

One of the greatest testimonials to God's love is His provision of His Word.

God's love does not depend on the current spiritual condition of those He loves.

No amount of human willfulness can overcome God's determined love.

Moses simplifies the whole duty of Israel (and of humanity) by crystalizing the moral law into a single command to love God supremely.

Love is one factor - but not the only on - that God uses to promote the permanence of the marriage bond.

God's Word calls His people to adore Him exclusively and completely and to love people as themselves.

God wants believers to take an interest in the well-being of the society in which they live.

People are not free to violate law or convention to satisfy their wants and cravings.

Wisdom lies in recognizing the dangers that lie within us and doing battle with them daily.

The Lord longs to exalt His people as trophies of His work in them.

Training leaders is part of the work of discipling.

Believers have just as much to fear from legalism as from waywardness. The first detracts from the beauty of the message, while the second mars it content.

What a privilege and opportunity it is to utterly come to the end of one's hope-not only to run out of answers, but to run out of questions. To be beyond fighting, to come to that suspended animation where we are so confused and so weak that we can neither fight or run. When you come to the end of yourself, you find the beginning of God. And there and nowhere else, you find the answers you seek. You find fulfillment for the longings of your soul.