Jim Boice had all the
academic credentials a person could ever want to go to the top of the ladder in
the academic world, but that was not his call.
His call was to be a pastor. For
over thirty years he broke open the Word of God in his preaching, in his
teaching, and in his writings. Fidelity
to Scripture is what drove him, and a more courageous Christian I have never met.
Feed My Sheep, ed. Don Kistler, Soli Deo Gloria Ministries,
2002, p. 137.
Apart from faith in Christ,
there is no explanation for such a life.
Written on the epitaph of William Borden's grave
Everywhere he stepped Scotland
shook. Whenever he opened his mouth a
spiritual force swept in every direction.
Thousands followed him to the feet of Christ.
Quoted in: John MacArthur, 1 Corinthians, 1985, p. 120
The character of John Wesley
stands beyond all imputation for self-sacrifice, zeal, holiness, and communion
with God; he lived far above the ordinary level of common Christians, and was
one “of whom the world was not worthy.”
Sermon, A Defense of Calvinism.