NOTES

[1] Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002), 194.

[2] Brad Price, Romans Bible Commentary: Living By Faith (Brad Price, publisher: 2005), 74–75, http://www.abiblecommentary.com/romanschapterthree.pdf.

[3] Quoted in Tian Dayton, Journey through Womanhood: Meditations from Our Collective Soul (Center City, MN: Hazelden, 2002), 220.

[4] Ann Voskamp, “How to Make a Miracle Happen,” A Holy Experience (blog), February 22, 2013, http://www.aholyexperience.com/2013/02/how-to-make-a-miracle-happen.

[5] John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (Colorado Springs: Multnomah, 2011), 309.

[6] Holley Gerth, You’re Made for a God-Sized Dream (Grand Rapids: Revell, 2013), 51.

[7] John Piper, A Sweet and Bitter Providence: Sex, Race, and the Sovereignty of God (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2009), 101–102.

[8] Beth Moore, “What Would You Look Like?,” The Living Proof Ministries Blog, March 26, 2013, http://blog.lproof.org/2013/03/what-would-you-look-like.html.

[9] David McKenzie, “In Kenya, Few Choices to Backstreet Abortions,” CNN World, March 24, 2010, http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/03/23/kenya.abortions.

[10] Robert Brault, “Thoughts of Hope and Rejuvenation,” A Robert Brault Reader (blog), May 1, 2009, http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/05/thoughts-of-hope-and-rejuvenation.html.

[11] Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God (Colorado Springs: David C. Cook, 2008), 112.

[12] Tim Kizziar, quoted by Francis Chan, Crazy Love, 92.

[13] See http://www.familieswithpurpose.com/how-to-use-family-mission-statement.html.

[14] Adapted from Larry Forthun, “Family Nutrition: The Truth about Family Meals,” EDIS (the Electronic Data Information Source), University of Florida IFAS Extension, Publication #FCS8871, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy1061.

[15] Mark Galli, “Insignificant Is Beautiful,” Christianity Today, October 28, 2010, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/octoberweb-only/52-41.0.html?start=1.

[16] See http://www.theworkofgod.org/Saints/Lives/MTeresa.htm.

[17] Quoted in Gordon Geddes and Jane Geddes, St. Mark’s Gospel (Oxford, England: Heinemann, 2001), 83.

[18] See http://www.values.com/inspirational-quotes/4121-Stay-Where-You-Are-Find-Yo-.

[19] Katie Davis, Kisses from Katie (Brentwood, TN: Howard Books, 2011), from the foreword by Beth Clark.

[20] Giving What We Can explains their calculations on their website. “You might think that the above figures are distorted because each dollar goes further in impoverished countries. However, we account for this: incomes are compared in terms of how much money is needed to buy locally what $1 buys in the United States.” See http://www.givingwhatwecan.org.

[21] Anup Shah, “Poverty Facts and Stats,” Global Issues, last updated January 7, 2013, http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats.

[22] See http://www.givingwhatwecan.org.

[23] Steve Saint, “Projecting Poverty Where It Doesn’t Exist,” Mission Frontiers, September 1, 2011, http://www.missionfrontiers.org/issue/article/projecting-poverty-where-it-doesnt-exist.

[24] “Americans Spent over $53 Billion on Pets Last Year,” Yahoo! News, Associated Press, February 22, 2013, http://news.yahoo.com/americans-spent-over-53-billion-204113115.html.

[25] Kevin DeYoung, “Getting to the Root of Radical: A Review and Response,” The Gospel Coalition: DeYoung, Restless, and Deformed (blog), May 25, 2010, http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2010/05/25/getting-to-the-root-of-radical/.

[26] Elizabeth Dreyer, Earth Crammed with Heaven (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1994), 23.

[27] Jim Taylor, “Raise Children, Not Consumers,” Huffington Post, September 5, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jim-taylor/advertising-to-kids_b_1854319.html.

[28] Stephen Mansfield, Never Give In: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill (Nashville: Cumberland House, 1995), 125.

[29] Sharon Begley, “How Moms Make a Difference,” The Daily Beast, May 7, 2011, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/05/07/parenting-the-science-of-how-moms-make-a-difference.html.

[30] This definition of struggle is attributed to ultramarathon runner Danny Dreyer, creator of the ChiRunning and ChiWalking methods.

[31] This was a response by David Platt to a review of his book Radical at Kevin DeYoung, “Getting to the Root of Radical: A Review and Response,” The Gospel Coalition: DeYoung, Restless, and Deformed (blog), May 25, 2010, http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2010/05/25/getting-to-the-root-of-radical/.

[32] A. W. Tozer, God’s Pursuit of Man (Camp Hill, PA: Wingspread, 2007), 50.