Quotes (Jokes, Joy and Junk)

Jokes

“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”
–Will Rogers–

Joy

“A joyless life is not a Christian life, for joy is one constant in the recipe for Christian living.”

–William Barclay (Flesh and Spirit, p 78)

“Many Christians look as gloomy as if they were going to their own funeral.”
–A.B. Simpson (The Christ Life, 79)—

“The religion of Jesus should be as bright as the blossoms of the spring, the songs of the warbling birds and the springing pulses of reviving nature.”
— A.B. Simpson (The Christ Life, 80) —

“The root of joy is gratefulness…It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.”
David Steindl-Rast
(quoted by Brennan Manning in Ruthless Trust, 33)

“Joy is the gigantic secret of the Christian.”
— G.K. Chesterton —

“The living presence of Jesus awakened joy and set people free. Joy was in fact the most characteristic result of all his ministry to ragamuffins.”
– Brennan Manning –

“If you have no joy in your religion, there’s a leak in your Christianity somewhere.”
— Billy Sunday —

“Joy is the serious business of heaven.”
— C.S. Lewis —

“When I met Christ, I felt that I had swallowed sunshine.”
— E. Stanley Jones —

“There is not a Scripture that says, ‘Be sad.’ I looked for one but I couldn’t find one.”

–Armin Gesswein–

Junk

“Junk is something you keep for years and then throw out two weeks before you need it.” –Anon.–

About pastorjeffsneighborhood

Born and raised in Minnesota, I have served in churches in Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon and California. I am a graduate of Crown College (MN) and George Fox Evangelical Seminary (OR). I have also done additional graduate studies in New Testament Studies at the Center for Advanced Theological Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary (CA). I am also a graduate of the College of Prayer. Having served as the Academic Dean and Program Director at Horizon Institute of Los Angeles for several years, I have returned to the pastorate and serve as Pastor of Big Trees Community Bible Church in Arnold, CA.

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