“We may never be martyrs but we can die to self, to sin, to the world, to our plans and ambitions. That is the significance of baptism; we died with Christ and rose to new life.” WorldMaySelfDiesChristSinPlansAmbitionDiedRoseSignificanceNew LifeMartyrBaptism Author:Vance Havner
“An imitation of a Frenchman would not make me a Frenchman. I am a German and I would have to be "reborn" to be anything but what I am. And so in the Christian life. I must be born anew. That is why Christ took me with Himself down into the grave and brought me forth a "new creation." He terminated my old life when there upon the Cross as Representative He died; and He imparted to me a new life when He arose from the grave.” ChristianChristBornCreationCrossesDiedGravesChristian LifeResurrectionRepresentativesImitationNew LifeRebornFrenchmenOld Life Author:F. Huegel
“Conversion is the act of joining our hands to the pierced hand of the crucified Saviour. The new life begins with the taking of Christ's hand, and His taking hold, in infinite love, of our weak hands.” HandsChristWeakInfiniteConversionNew LifeJoiningSaviourInfinite Love Author:Theodore L. Cuyler
“It is as much our duty to live in the beauty of the presence of God on some mount of transfiguration until we become white with Christ as it is for us to go down where the needy people grope and grovel, and groan and lift them to new life.” PeopleChristWhiteDutyLiftsNew LifeNeedyPresence Of GodTransfigurationNeedy People Author:Frank Laubach