Quotes by C.T. Studd

C.T. Studd (1860–1931) — Missionar · Evangelikal · England

Charles Thomas Studd war ein englischer Cricketspieler und evangelikaler Missionar, der als Mitglied der „Cambridge Seven“ in China, später in Indien und bis zu seinem Tod im damaligen Belgisch-Kongo wirkte. Er gründete die Missionsgesellschaft WEC International und wurde für das Verschenken seines gesamten Vermögens sowie seinen kompromisslosen Einsatz im Glaubensdienst bekannt. Bibellesenden gilt er als Beispiel radikaler Opferbereitschaft, wirft mit seinem autoritären Führungsstil und der jahrelangen Trennung von seiner Familie jedoch auch Fragen nach den Grenzen missionarischer Härte auf.

Era: The 20th Century

Recurring topics: Discipleship, Witness & Mission, Faith & Trust, Courage & Strength, Prayer & Silence, Money & Possessions, Service & Love of Neighbour, Guidance & God's Will

Quotes by C.T. Studd

If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.

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Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.

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I live from God's hand to my mouth.

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Don't worry about me. I am subject to Jesus and don't give a fig for my good reputation. I will go straight ahead, whatever it costs.

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Despise neither people nor things, even if they seem weak or small. God loves to work mightily through what counts for nothing among people.

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We have only one life here, how quickly time passes! Only what we did for Christ will also remain in eternity.

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Faith in Jesus laughs at impossibilities.

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Prayer is the work and the effective power behind every spiritual ministry. The spiritual history of a mission or a congregation is written in its prayer life.

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Come, let us restore the lost side of Christianity: heroism.

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If I had cared for the comments of people, I would never have become a missionary.

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Prayer is a weapon, a powerful weapon in a terrible conflict. Our prayers must be a constant and deliberately serious war effort: a battle against everything that may not be God's will.

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I care nothing at all about anything else except the glorification of Christ, obedience to God, and the evangelization of the world.

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If I belong to him, I must either be a thief, should I keep for myself what does not belong to me, or else I must hand everything over to God.

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True religion is like the smallpox. If you get it, you give it to others and it spreads.

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The gospel spreads only slowly and cautiously if believers are not at their prayers early and late.

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Sources: bu.edu, zerubbabel.org, enjoyingthejourney.org, wikipedia.org

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