CHARACTER AND WITNESS

John Bunyan said of Christians: "When all their garments are white the world will count them His," and the skeptical German poet Heinrich Heine said to Christians, "You show me your redeemed life and I might be inclined to believe in your Redeemer."

The authentic life that speaks the gospel with a spirit of loving sacrifice will be eminently convincing.

(From a sermon by Matthew Kratz, Hope that Stands in the Storm, 9/16/2011)