Ligon Duncan Quotes

#1. It doesn't make you a bad person, you know-to want to live your own life.

Alexandra Bracken

#2. Public worship occurs when the people of God assemble for the express purpose of giving to the Lord the glory due His name and enjoying the joy of His promised special presence with His own people.

Ligon Duncan

#3. When the bottom falls out and disappointments come, you will learn what you believe, what you love, and what you treasure.

Ligon Duncan

#4. We are not the reason the gospel works; the gospel is the reason the gospel works.

Ligon Duncan

#5. There is a God we want and a God who is, and the two are not the same.

Ligon Duncan

#6. The complementarian position acknowledges that God created men and women equal in being but assigned different-but equally valuable-functions in His kingdom and that this gender distinctiveness complements, or harmonizes, to fulfill His purpose.

J. Ligon Duncan III

#7. I never wanted to be an editor. I never wanted to be a boss. I just wanted to write, and it didn't make any difference whether it was fiction or nonfiction or short stories or whatever. I just - that's what I was destined to do.

Frank Deford

#8. All modern U.S. presidents are perforce politicians, prisoners of their past pronouncements, their party, their constituency, and their colleagues.

Tony Judt

#9. He promptly pulled out a cigarette stuck it between his lips and lit it. I reached over and snagged it from between his lips and put it out.
I pointed my index finger at him. "You will not suck on this death stick in my presence," I huffed.

Sloane to Siva

Micalea Smeltzer

#10. Sometimes I say things that I think are obviously sarcastic and people take them quite literally.

Megan Fox

#11. Basketball doesn't care what color your skin is. It doesn't care what language you speak or what religion you practice. It doesn't care if you're big or small, fast or slow. It just asks you to play, to complete, to lose with dignity, to win humility.

Jim Calhoun

#12. I couldn't give you a count of the number of single women I have in our congregation that are serving in very significant ways in the community. Our desire is for them to live all of life to the glory of God whether God calls them to be a wife or a mother or not.

Ligon Duncan

#13. If you have a secret, people will sit a little bit closer.

Rob Corddry

#14. Abram, having failed in Genesis 13, comes through with flying colors in this battle of faith because he aligns himself with God, and he refuses to allow his heart to be compromised by the possibility of taking the riches that this world can offer.

Ligon Duncan

#15. Forever and always from me to you. My love is pure, my love is true. It is gifted to none other than you.

Truth Devour

#16. Saying 'Preach the Gospel Daily, use words if necessary' is like saying 'Feed the hungry, use food if necessary.'

Ligon Duncan