Quotes About Engagement

Never wrestle with pigs for the pigs remain clueless and you end up muddy.

Life is meant to be lived in 'the zone', not the stands.

Thinking is the toughest kind of work which is why so many people avoid it.

Absorption in ease and entertainment is a sure sign of dissipation and decline.

The Maker is the one who is part of what he makes.

You highbrows writing on movies are nuts! In order to write about movies you must first make them.

There is a time for stories, and there is a time for rational arguments, and the skill we need lies in knowing which to use, and when. Put

What we also need is a constructive overarching vision of Christian engagement in today's advanced modern world, one that is shaped by faith in God and a Christian perspective rather than by current wisdom, and one that can inspire Christians to move out with courage to confront the best and worst that we may encounter.

Our task is to focus on our individual callings in engaging with the world, to trust that others are following theirs too, and to leave to God the masterminding of the grand outcome.

Name-calling, insult, ridicule, guilt by association, caricature, innuendo, accusation, denunciation, negative ads, and deceptive and manipulative videos have replaced deliberation and debate. Neither side talks to the other side, only about them; and there is no pretence of democratic engagement, let alone a serious effort at persuasion.

There is a time for stories, and there is a time for rational arguments, and the skill we need lies in knowing which to use, and when.

This book focuses on a narrower issue and a simple problem: We have lost the art of Christian persuasion and we must recover it.

Our urgent need today is to reunite evangelism and apologetics, to make sure that our best arguments are directed toward winning people and not just winning arguments, and to seek to do all this in a manner that is true to the gospel itself.

apologetics is pre-evangelism in that it addresses those who do not realize they are in a bad situation, and therefore do not see the gospel as the good news that it is.

The question the doubter does not ask is whether faith was really useless or simply not used. What would you think of a boy who gave up learning to ride a bicycle, complaining that he hurt himself because his bicycle stopped moving so he had no choice but to fall off? If he wanted to sit comfortably while remaining stationary, he should not have chosen a bicycle but a chair. Similarly faith must be put to use, or it will become useless.

There is no problem with the wider culture that you cannot see in the spades in the Christian Church. The rot is in us, and not simple out there. And Christians are making a great mistake by turning everything into culture wars. It's a much deeper crisis.

The key to changing the world is not simply being there, but an active, transforming engagement of a singularly robust and energetic kind.

far too much Christian evangelism and apologetics is based on the assumption that almost everyone is open, interested and needy—when most people most of the time are quite simply not.

A great way to persuade people is by making them feel like they're missing out, because people are much more likely to participate in something if they feel like they're the only ones not doing it.

A vote isn't just a piece of paper: it's a person's way of weighing in on who should be running the country, so not voting is the same as throwing away their say in the matter.

Apolitical people are often unaware of the procedural aspects of voting.

By weaving your passion and unique skills with a need or cause, and standing with the people you want to serve, you will be well-positioned to make a meaningful dent in the world.

Create a sense of obligation. When you want to persuade someone to do something, one of the best ways you can accomplish this task is to make that person feel obligated to you.

Ensure customers know who you are and what you stand for by keeping your brand consistent across all touchpoints.