35 Quotes by Scott Sauls

Maybe another reason why Jesus says the giver is more blessed is because the giving experience puts the giver in contact with the receiver.

Children provide us with a necessary gut check. They challenge the distorted value systems that inhibit us from loving well. They are God-given reminders of life as it’s meant to be. Don’t hinder the little children. Let them come to me. Jesus sweeping children up into his embrace is also an invitation – no, a command – to welcome them into ours as well. The children will be the better for it. And so will we.

Perhaps there is no greater way for Jesus to uphold the dignity of the poor than by choosing to be poor himself.

We should feel “at home” with people who share our faith but not our politics even more than we do with people who share our politics but not our faith.

What does it look like for Christians to live out Jesus’ Kingdom vision in our daily lives? It looks like taking care of widows and orphans, advocating for the poor, improving economies, paying taxes, honoring those in authority, loving our neighbors, pursuing excellence at work, and blessing those who persecute us.

Success can work like an addiction – the more successes we have, the more successes we feel we must accumulate in order to keep feeling valuable.

The good news is that anyone who fears God will never have any reason to be afraid of God.

Better to be lumped in with gluttons and drunks than with image-conscious Pharisees.

Christianity always flourishes most as a life-giving minority, not as a powerful majority. It is through subversive, countercultural acts of love, justice, and service for the common good that Christianity has always gained the most ground.