Chapter 1: A Butt-Kicking is a Terrible Thing to Waste
1. Luther’s letter to Pope Leo, May 30, 1518.
2. This is not a translation, but my paraphrase.
3. Carey Nieuwhof, “A Response To Christians Who Are Done With Church.” June 12, 2015. http://careynieuwhof.com/2015/06/a-response-to-christians-who-are-done-with-church.
4. Sutton, Robert I. Weird Ideas That Work (New York: The Free Press, 2002), 23.
5. Addison, Steve. What Jesus Started (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books), 15.
6. Lewis, C. S. Christian Reflections (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014), 33.
7. Raiders of the Lost Ark.
8. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” April 16, 1963. https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html.
9. Stetzer, Ed. Planting Missional Churches (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2016), 9.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Stearns, Richard. Unfinished: Filling the Hole in Our Gospel (Nashville: W Publishing Group, 2013), 175.
13. Tozer, A. W. The Pursuit of God: The Definitive Classic (Ventura, CA: Regal, 2013), 43.
14. Lewis, C. S. Mere Christianity (New York: Macmillan, 1952), 190.
15. Baker, S. Life of Evel: Evel Knievel (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2008), 56.
1. Snyder, James, L. The Life of A.W. Tozer (Ventura, CA: Regal, 2009), 50.
2. Belmonte, Kevin. D. L. Moody: A Life (Chicago: Moody Press, 2014), 106.
3. Lloyd-Jones, Martyn. Revival (Westchester, IL: Crossway Books, 1987), 158.
4. Torrey R. A. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit (Zeeland, MI: Reformed Church Publications, 2015), 117.
5. A sermon delivered in 1982 and available on YouTube. I highly suggest you watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQKc6MMNYnI.
6. C. H. Spurgeon. “The Former and the Latter Rain” July 11, 1869. http://www.biblia.work/sermons/the-former-and-the-latter-rain/.
7. Piper, John. Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003), 17.
8. Quote famously attributed to Oswald J. Smith.
Chapter 3: Not Many Days from Now
1. Cameron, Kirk, and Ray Comfort. The World’s Greatest Preachers (New Kensington, PA: Whitaker House, 2003). Google Books ed.
2. Tozer, A. W. Jesus, Our Man in Glory (Camp Hill, PA: Christian Publications, 2009), 16.
3. Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.
4. My paraphrase of John 21:18.
5. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1994), 2.
6. Ibid., 4.
7. Ibid., 15.
8. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993), 87.
9. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit (New York: Random House, 1982), 223.
10. Dwight Eisenhower speaking to the National Defense Executive Reserve Conference in Washington D.C. on November 14, 1957.
11. Hebrews 12:1–4.
12. Unsourced, but well-known quote.
13. Carmichael, Amy. “Make Me Thy Fuel” in Toward Jerusalem (Fort Washington, PA: CLC Publications, 2013) Google Books ed.
14. Addison, Steve. Movements that Change the World (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2011), 93.
15. Spurgeon, Charles. Lectures to My Students (London: Passmore and Alabaster, 1897), 160.
16. Spurgeon, C. H. An All-Round Ministry (London: Banner of Truth, 1960), 55.
17. Franklin, Benjamin. Poor Richard’s almanac for 1850–52 (New York: John Doggett Jr., 1849). Google Books ed.
18. Spurgeon, Charles. Lectures to My Students (London: Passmoor and Alabaster, 1887), 13–14.
19. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit (New York: Random House, 1982), 302.
Chapter 4: You Will Receive Power
1. Melville, Herman. Moby Dick (New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1994), 1.
2. Lewis, C. S. The Weight of Glory (New York: Harper One, 1976), 160.
3. “Facing a Task Unfinished” by Frank Houghton, 1930.
4. Popular quote often attributed to A. W. Tozer.
5. Judges 6:13.
Chapter 5: When the Holy Spirit Has Come upon You
1. Roxburgh, Alan. Joining God, Remaking the Church, Changing the World. (New York: Morehouse Publishing, 2015). Kindle edition.
2. Torrey, R. A. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit (Zeeland, MI: Reformed Church Publications, 2015), 118.
3. John 12:32.
4. John 16:14.
5. Lloyd Jones, Martin. Revival (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1987), 160.
6. Snyder, J. The Life of A. W. Tozer (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 2009), 160.
7. Hutson, C. Great Preaching on the Holy Spirit (Murfreesboro, TN: Sword Of The Lord Publishers, 2000), 98.
8. Whitefield, George. The First Two Parts of His Life, with His Journals (London: W. Strahan), 33.
9. Carmichael, Amy. “Flame of God” in Toward Jerusalem (Fort Washington, PA: CLC Publications, 2013). Google Books ed.
10. Newell, M. J. Expect Great Things (Pasadena: William Carey Library, 2013), 211.
11. Matthew 11:19.
12. Spurgeon, Charles. Lectures to My Students (London: Passmore and Alabaster, 1887), 14.
13. Lewis C. S. The Great Divorce (New York: Macmillan, 1946), 101.
14. Newell, M. J. Expect Great Things (Pasadena: William Carey Library, 2013), 213.
15. Stadtmiller, Adam. Praying for Your Elephant (Colorado Springs, CO: David C Cook, 2014), 142.
16. Anonymous, but quoted by E. M. Bounds.
Chapter 6: You Will Be My Witnesses
1. Lewis C. S. The Weight of Glory (New York: HarperOne, 2015), 15.
2. Pastor, Paul. The Face of the Deep (Colorado Springs, CO: David C Cook, 2016). Google Books ed.
3. Snyder, J. The Life of A. W. Tozer (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 2009), 128.
4. “Dwight L. Moody” Christianity Today. http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/evangelistsandapologists/dwight-l-moody.html.
5. Bounds, E. M. The Works of E. M. Bounds (Zeeland, MI: Reformed Church Publications, 2015), 566.
6. Guinness, Os. The Call (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1998), 46.
1. Nieuwhof, Carey. Lasting Impact (Cumming: GA: The reThink Group, Inc., 2015), 88.
2. Chesterton, G. K. Heretics and Orthodoxy (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2000), 228.
3. Colson, Charles. Who Speaks for God? (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1994), 85.
4. An unspecified platform appeal, as quoted in The Musical Salvationist (September 1927). Several variants of this exist, some of them credited to his speech at the Royal Albert Hall on May 9, 1912, as researched “While Women Weep-I’ll Fight” by Gordon Taylor at the International Heritage Centre (19 July 1996).
5. Edwards, Darren. Chav Christianity (London: New Generation Publishing, 2013), 87.
6. Spurgeon, C. H. “Baptism Essential to Obedience.” Spurgeon’s Sermons Volume 39: 1893 http://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons39.li.html.
1. Jones, Peyton. Church Zero (Colorado Springs, CO: David C Cook, 2013), 24–25.
2. Anonymous again . . . man, that guy has all the best quotes!
3. Grubb, Norman. C. T. Studd: Cricketer & Pioneer (Fort Washington, PA: CLC Publications, 1982), 120.
4. Cameron, Kirk, and Ray Comfort. The World's Greatest Preachers (New Kensington, PA: Whitaker House, 2003). Google Books ed.
5. From the TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati . . . ah, the seventies.
6. “Charles Studd,” Wikipedia, last modified October 12, 2016, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Studd.
7. Spurgeon, Charles. Lectures to My Students (London: Passmore and Alabaster, 1897), 254.
1. Diaz, Maria Carrillo, Antonio Crego Diaz and Martin Romero Maroto. Mission America: A Wesleyan Perspective (Nacogdoches, Texas: Gospel Outpost Network, 2012), 71.
2. Spurgeon C. H. The Sword and the Trowel (Nabu Press, 2010), 464.
3. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community (New York: HarperOne, 1978), 110.
4. Tony Campolo. “Tony Campolo Throws a Party for a Prostitute” Excerpted from The Kingdom of God Is a Party: God’s Radical Plan for His Family June 2008. PreachingToday.com: http://www.preachingtoday.com/illustrations/2008/june/15742.html.
5. Bounds, E. M. The Weapon of Prayer: A Study in Christian Warfare (Woodstock, Ontario: Devoted Publishing, 2015), 16.
Chapter 10: To the Ends of the Earth
1. Zuck, Roy B. The Speaker’s Quote Book (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2009), 80.
2. Victoria Woollaston, “Why Talking about Yourself with Friends Can be as Pleasurable as Sex,” July 18, 2013. DailyMail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2368451/Why-talking-friends-pleasurable-SEX.html.
3. Miller, Basil. William Carey: The Father of Modern Missions (Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1980), 31.
4. Ibid., 32.
5. Ibid., 37.
6. Morpheus to Neo, The Matrix.
7. Snyder, James L. The Life of A. W. Tozer: In Pursuit of God (Ventura, California: Regal, 2009), 152.
8. Gandhi, Mahatma. The Collected Works of M. K. Gandhi, Volume 13 (New Delhi: Publications Division Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Government of India, 2000), 241.
9. David Bowie, Space Oddity.