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My high school science teacher once told me that much of Genesis is false. But since my high school teacher did not prove he was God by rising from the dead, I’m going to believe Jesus instead.

Andy Stanley

Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible – that is just cheating. It’s cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn’t how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that.
ANDY STANLEY

Book Cheat People
To understand why, submit and apply.
ANDY STANLEY

Apply Submit Understand
There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.
ANDY STANLEY

Character Judgement Quiz Test
My kids think you are always supposed to be in a small group and lead one.
ANDY STANLEY

Christian Food Kids Leadership
What percentage should you give? I tell people to start with 10 percent because the Bible writers have a lot to say about the tithe, which means, “tenth.” For some people, that’s extremely uncomfortable. But so is a colonoscopy, and those save countless lives.
ANDY STANLEY

Give Mean People Percentage
You can’t resist the will of God and receive the grace of God at the same time.
ANDY STANLEY

God Grace Resistance Time Yourself
Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.
ANDY STANLEY

Development Leader Strategy
It isn’t about who is ‘for’ or ‘against’ you, it’s about who you are for.
ANDY STANLEY

Feel Inspiration Motivation People
Where there is no uncertainty, there is no longer the need for leadership. The greater the uncertainty, the greater the need for leadership. Your capacity as a leader will be determined by how well you learn to deal with uncertainty.
ANDY STANLEY

Determined Leader Need
In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.
ANDY STANLEY

Forgiveness Gift Hurt Myself Shadow Soul
Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say.
ANDY STANLEY

Help Leadership Listening Surround Talk
Pencil in your plans but write your visions in ink.
ANDY STANLEY

Ink Planning Vision Writing
Any fear associated with giving to God’s kingdom is irrational. It’s on par with a farmer who, out of fear of losing his seed, refuses to plant his fields.
ANDY STANLEY

Farmer Fear God Himself Irrational Lose
People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.
ANDY STANLEY

Different Direction One People
Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.
ANDY STANLEY

Accomplishment Greatness Rise Yourself
Imagine a world where unbelievers were critical of what we believed but envious of how well we treated one another.
ANDY STANLEY

Believe Criticism Imagination Oneself Treat

My high school science teacher once told me that much of Genesis is false. But since my high school teacher did not prove he was God by rising from the dead, I’m going to believe Jesus instead.

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My high school science teacher once told me that much of Genesis is false. But since my high school teacher did not prove he was God by rising from the dead, I’m going to believe Jesus instead.

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