Paul David Washer Quotes

#1. You cannot learn doctrine well until you follow the doctrine you learn!

Paul David Washer

#2. I say to those people who are desperately trying to get healthy, in those moments where you feel like you can't go any further, you can.

Mo'Nique

#3. Finally Abdellahi Moussa Boqor asked, "So why are you doing this?" I paused for a moment, and then the words just came out of my mouth. "It is the will of the soul," I said. "The soul cannot be coerced.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#4. The say beauty conquered the beast, but I'll bet lust had a lot to do with it.

Travis Luedke

#5. There is no such thing as a great man of God, only weak, pitiful, faithless men of a great and merciful God.

Paul David Washer

#6. What do you do in a novel? You take recognizable characters from your own life, and you fantasize about what they're really like.

Joe Klein

#7. Why is Jesus' saying, "I am!" so important? Because, you're not!

Paul David Washer

#8. Throughout my life, the scriptures have been a way for God to reveal things to me that are personal and helpful. When I was a little boy, I was given a small Bible. If I remember correctly, it was only the New Testament.

Henry B. Eyring

#9. People tell me judge not lest ye be judged. I always tell them, twist not scripture lest ye be like satan.

Paul David Washer

#10. Boots and shoes are the greatest trouble of my life

George Eliot

#11. The Gospel does not call us to receive Christ as an addition to our life, but as our life.

Paul David Washer

#12. Men and women who are used of GOD, if I had only a few words to describe them, they are the passionate-weak, they are the violently-desperate.

Paul David Washer

#13. And a fire in the fireplace? Wow, that's impressive." I continued, walking backwards into the room.
"Yeah, I saw it in a book about how to woo women ... apparently you all like to be boinked in front of a roaring fire.

Alice Clayton

#14. I used to tell young preachers, in order to preach you've got to have the power of God on your life. Now I tell them, in order to tie your shoes you've got to have the power of God on your life.

Paul David Washer

#15. Idolatry is when you become the source of your own joy. Poverty of spirit is a wonderful thing.

Paul David Washer

#16. The day after I became king, S'yan offered a single piece of wisdom. 'Power lies not in what a king does, but in what his subjects believe he might do.' This was profound. For it meant that the majesty of kings lay in their mystique... not in their might.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

#17. As a rich man sees no reason for rejoicing in a meager gift of bread until a turn of events leaves him impoverished, so the sinner finds no joy in salvation until the horrid nature of his sin is revealed and he sees himself as wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.

Paul David Washer

#18. The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it for a slavish submission to any power but reason.

Mary Wollstonecraft

#19. Why would we want fame, when God promises us glory? Why would we be seeking the wealth of the world when the wealth of heaven is ours? Why would we run for a crown that will perish with time, when we're called to win a crown that is imperishable?

Paul David Washer

#20. God does not call men to make Jesus Lord (as though they had such power), but to live in absolute submission to the Lord He has made.

Paul David Washer

#21. Christ's lordship is a blessed hope for some & a terrifying nightmare for others. Regardless of our response, it is an unalterable reality.

Paul David Washer

#22. Genuine surrender says, "Father, if this problem, pain, sickness, or circumstance is needed to fulfill your purpose and glory in my life or in another's, please don't take it away." This level of maturity does not come easy.

Rick Warren

#23. Maybe that is why there are not a whole lot of problems between the church and worldly culture today, because we are not confronting the culture around us.

Paul David Washer

#24. We don't have a lot of churches in America; we have a lot of really nice brick buildings on finely manicured lawns! Just because someone says they are of the Church or they are Christian, doesn't make it so.

Paul David Washer

#25. Regeneration VS Decisionism

Paul David Washer

#26. Everywhere ... everyone you meet ... is a potential brother or sister in CHRIST.

Paul David Washer

#27. We rob men of a greater vision of God because we will not give them a lower vision of themselves.

Paul David Washer

#28. I have to get out," I told Sam. "I need to get away. Will you go with me?" "Anywhere," he said and kissed me.

Jodi Meadows

#29. The goal of the Christian life is the pursuit of an intimate knowledge of God that leads to a greater estimation of His worth, a greater satisfaction and joy in His person, and a greater giving of oneself for His glory. As

Paul David Washer

#30. Liberation is a beautiful thing when embarking on the glorious moment when the truth about someone is revealed to you, in bold and vibrant color and you have the courage, with wide-open eyes to see reality more vividly, and the wisdom to act accordingly.

Elissa Gabrielle

#31. The terrible sticky thing about truth is if it exists, it's coming for you.

Paul David Washer

#32. Liam can't be a rebellious son and expect to be a sentinel at the same time. I won't allow it. Sentinels obey orders. They have to.

Thea Harrison

#33. It is only against the pitch blackness of the night that we see the glory of the stars. And it is only against the pitch blackness of man's radical depravity that we can begin to see the glories of the gospel.

Paul David Washer

#34. When we realize what we were before Christ and what we deserved in that state, it further magnifies the enormity of the gospel for us.

Paul David Washer

#35. Although all believers are subject to many failings and can fall before the smallest temptation, their determination to continue in the faith and their gradual and progressive sanctification are great evidences of salvation and provide a solid ground for assurance. 1

Paul David Washer

#36. When will we realize that one of the greatest mission fields in the West is the pews of our churches every Sunday morning?

Paul David Washer