Lukewarm Quotes

• I do not think the devil cares how many churches you build, if only you have lukewarm preachers and people in them.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Thinking, People, Church

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• Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so they never have to. They don't have to trust God if something unexpected happens- they have their savings account. They don't need God to help them- they have their retirement plan in place. They don't genuinely seek out what life God would have them live- they have life figured and mapped out. They don't depend on God on a daily basis- their refrigerators are full and, for the most part, they are in good health. The truth is, their lives wouldn't look much different if they suddenly stopped believing in God.

  Francis Chan

  Retirement, Believe, People

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.43, David C Cook

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• Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.

  Francis Chan

  People, Thought Provoking, Want

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.48, David C Cook

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• The core problem isn’t the fact that we’re lukewarm, halfhearted, or stagnant Christians. The crux of it all is why we are this way, and it is because we have an inaccurate view of God. We see Him as a benevolent Being who is satisfied when people manage to fit Him into their lives in some small way. We forget that God never had an identity crisis. He knows that He’s great and deserves to be the center of our lives.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Views, People

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.15, David C Cook

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• Is it not a sad thing that after all Christ's love to us, we should repay it with lukewarm love to Him?

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christ, Should, Sad Things

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• Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Acceptance, Racism

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• We need to pray for our nation like never before, and then put legs to our prayers and preach the gospel to a sin-loving and Hell-bound world. To pray for America and at the same time ignore that command to preach the gospel to every creature, is nothing but empty hypocrisy. It is to honor God with our lips and have cold hearts that are far from Him. May He give us a love that moves us from the pews into the streets, and from our homes into our universities. God save us from the cozy comfort of lukewarm contemporary Christianity.

  Ray Comfort

  Prayer, Moving, Home

  FaceBook post by Ray Comfort from Sep 24, 2013

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• Lukewarm people call 'radical' what Jesus expected of all His followers.

  Francis Chan

  Jesus, People, Followers

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.48, David C Cook

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• A lukewarm heart cannot perform boiling hot worship! Heat up our hearts for God and the temperature of our worship will increase!

  Lamar Boschman

  Heart, Hot, Temperature

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• Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so that they don't have to.

  Francis Chan

  People, Live By

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• Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.

  Francis Chan

  Names, Christ, Disgusting

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.72, David C Cook

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• Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church...so long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. Lukewarm people tend to choose what is popular over what is right. Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want to be saved from the penalty of their sin. Lukewarm people rarely share their faith with their neighbors, coworkers, or friends. Lukewarm people are thankful for their luxuries and comforts, and rarely consider trying to give as much as possible to the poor.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Luxury, Long

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• True visionaries are never lukewarm.

  George Barna

  Vision, Visionaries

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• Casual obedience and lukewarm commitment weaken faith.

  Kevin W. Pearson

  Commitment, Obedience, Casual

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• Luke warm people are continually concerned with playing it safe; they are slaves to the god of control. This focus on safe living keeps them from sacrificing and risking for God.

  Francis Chan

  Sacrifice, People, Focus

  Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.78, David C Cook

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• Either be hot or cold. If you are lukewarm, the Lord will spew you forth from His mouth.

  Jerry Lee Lewis

  Hot, Mouths, Cold

  "20 questions with Steven Greenfield (and Jerry Lee Lewis)". Vancouver Presents interview, www.vancouverpresents.com. May 16, 2017.

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• It is not the neutrals or the lukewarm who make history.

  Adolf Hitler

  Speech in Berlin, April 23, 1933.

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• How good it is for us when the Lord unsettles our lukewarm and superficial lives.

  Pope Francis

  Lord, Superficial

  Pope Francis @Pontifex, twitter.com. April 7, 2014.

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• I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be

  Roald Dahl

  Life, Inspiring, Passion

  Roald Dahl (2012). “My Uncle Oswald”, p.37, Penguin

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• Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Kings, Ill Will, People

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.62, Beacon Press

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• Into each life some rain must fall.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Rain, Fall

  "The Rainy Day" st. 3 (1842)

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• Jesus didn't say that if you wanted to follow Him you could do it in a lukewarm manner. He said, 'Take up your cross and follow Me.'

  Francis Chan

  Jesus, Follow Me, Crosses

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.56, David C Cook

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• God doesn't do things halfway. He goes all out! When God does something, it's not just barely enough, mediocre or lukewarm.

  Joyce Meyer

  Doe, Enough, Mediocre

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• Love is kindled in a flame, and ardency is its life. Flame is the air which true Christian experience breathes. It feeds on fire; it can withstand anything rather than a feeble flame; but when the surrounding atmosphere is frigid or lukewarm, it dies, chilled and starved to its vitals. True prayer must be aflame.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Christian, Prayer, Love Is

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• As I see it, a lukewarm Christian is an oxymoron; there is no such thing. To put it plainly, churchgoers who are 'lukewarm' are not Christians. We will not see them in heaven.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Heaven, Oxymoron

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.58, David C Cook

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