Craig T. Owens

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Useful Maxims by Brian Ridolfi (check out my review of his book by clicking here). Here are 20 of Brian’s useful maxims that caught my highlighter.

1. Going to church is good; going to God is better.
2. Progress is not good if you are progressing in the wrong direction.
3. Good demeanor does not validate bad behavior.
4. Broken commandments break down integrity.
5. The Bible’s meaning is not hidden from men; men hide from its meaning.
6. Actions are better indicators of character than rhetoric.
7. The indifferent make no difference.
8. Remaining weak takes strength. It takes power not to use power.
9. Great men step in when everyone else steps out.
10. Moral arguments which are entirely material are entirely immaterial.
11. Peacemakers and saltshakers dispense enrichment.
12. A grudge will keep you deep in sludge. Points of contention are points of retention.
13. Revenge is hard to reverse.
14. Never put faith in people who have no faith.
15. Everything goes when anything goes.
16. Your sin is not just your problem.
17. Parental neglect prompts government parenting.
18. Where no one fears God, everyone fears man.
19. The right battle is lost with the wrong weapon.
20. Insecurity secures instability.

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