W.M. Driscoll Quotes

What the Nation must realize is that the home, when both parents work, is non-existent. Once we have honestly faced that fact, we must act accordingly.

We are all motivated far more than we care to admit by characteristics inherited from our ancestors which individual experiences of childhood can modify, repress, or enhance, but cannot erase.

Disability is a characteristic like hair color; it's not a defining principle.

Aggression is an effective form of energy when focused on the right direction and shielded from all others.

A lot of people are using the Church, but not a lot of people are loving the Church.

God picked a junior high girl [to be Jesus' mother]. Jesus was raised by a woman who today, we wouldn't even let her lead a bible study at a high school. But she could raise God.

Fear is vision without hope.

Faith only grows through suffering.

Fear is not always a sin but it always is an opportunity.

The problem with criticism today is that is instant, constant, global and permanent.

If my words don't flow out of a heart that rests in God's control, sovereignty, then they come out of the heart that seeks control so I can get what I want.

The cross is the great jewel of the Christian faith and like every great jewel it has many precious facets that are each worthy of examining for their brilliance and beauty.

A pacifist has a lot of difficulty reconciling pacifism with scripture.

The children are always the chief victims of social chaos.

I love going out every day and training and being part of the team, and having friendships built up over a number of years. It's those aspects of sport that I feel are really important.

We're not to follow our hearts, we're to guard our hearts.

God is tolerant in that He asks everyone to repent.

Who you think you are is what compels you to do what you do!

I want to live with autonomy. That's the essence of sin.

Work like an Arminian, sleep like a Calvinist.

Everything in the service needs to preach - architecture, lighting, songs, prayers, fellowship, the smell - it all preaches. All five senses must be engaged to experience God.

I'll preach anywhere. If it's a round trip ticket to preach in hell, I'll take it-as long as it's round trip.

We have forgotten that democracy must live as it thinks and think as it lives.

In wheelchair sports, people thought athletes with disabilities were courageous and inspirational. They never give them credit for simply being competitive.

Ultimately I think the difference between reading the Bible and studying it is making the connections between who Jesus is and what he's done.

Once the pursuit of truth begins to haunt the mind, it becomes an ideal never wholly attained.

Tension is a prerequisite for creative living.

If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.

Last summer was probably the biggest disappointment of my career, but now I have something bad with which to balance the good. I will no longer take anything for granted.

If I don't read, I get lonely. If I don't write, I forget who I am.

Actors! They travel the world and all they see is a mirror.

I joke sometimes that I live a protracted adolescence, that a part of me will always be twelve years old.

As David Roderick says about writing, "It's not the tale that pleases, it's the telling," and I could not agree more.

I am not ashamed of the Gospel.

Jesus, could you please rapture the charismaniac lady who brings her tambourine to church?

Fear in the mind causes stress in the body.

We don't name God; God reveals His name to us. We don't have the right to exercise authority over God. God copyrights, He trademarks, He patents His name.

Ladies, use a loving voice, use a respectful voice, use a godly voice, but don't lose your voice.

Gentleman, it is a terrifying thing for a woman to trust a sinful man.

If you really want to be a rebel get a job, cut your grass, read your bible, and shut up. Because no one is doing that.

There is a world of difference between being clever and being right.

if you can't take a nap, if you can't take a day off, heaven's going to drive you nuts.

The big idea here is not, have you sinned, but are you changing?

An animal will conquer others. A Spirit-filled man conquers himself – self-discipline, self-control.

We will take a few moments and make fun of religious people, and we do this in love. No, we do, because we love to make fun of religious people.

This is a fun action story and light reading.

The eleventh commandment of art: thou shalt not be boring.

Within your heart keep one still secret spot where dreams may go.

Team sports are very important for shaping personalities. It's important that kids understand the mentality behind playing team sports and playing for one another and playing with friends.

I had come across a few sports psychologists, and I had no time for nearly all of them. I just don't think they work in a team environment.