Book Review – Louder Than Words – Andy Stanley

I finished reading a book last week called “Louder than Words” by Andy Stanley. The book is about character. Andy Stanley is a great communicator and writer. I have learned a lot by listening to his messages and reading his books. I read this book with 8 other guys. We all write up a one page report on what we got out of the book. We also include some of the main points and quotes in the book. I thought it would be good to share some of those quotes in my Blog:

  • Your character is not stagnate, but is either developing or deteriorating
  • Character is the lubricant that allows our personalities to mesh.
  • Character deficiencies are at the heart of every divided home or divided church.
  • Three elements are always present in a healthy relationship: Respect, Trust, Communication.
  • Our question shouldn’t be Why doesn’t God do something?, but What is God up to, and how can I get in on it.?
  • His goal is to recreate in you and me the character of Jesus Christ.
  • When what grieves God no longer grieves you, your heart is hard. When what bothers God doesn’t bother you anymore, your heart is hard.
  • Christianity is not an event but a process designed with God’s purposes in mind. Being a Christian doesn’t guarantee change. Only a renewed mind does.
  • Until you deal with your belief system, your behavior will never change. Because what we believe impacts what we do.
  • Refusing to deal with our past will eventually impact current and future relationships as well.
  • Unresolved hurt opens the gate of our heart to the destructive forces of anger, resentment, and bitterness
  • Living in your own strength is like pushing a car instead of driving it.
  • Character is produced through us; it is not manufactured by us. Our job is not to keep rules. Our job is to walk in the Spirit.
  • It’s not about committing to something. It’s about depending upon someone. God’s goal is not to control us, or to have us end up in the right place. His goal for us is to have a relationship with us, one in which we depend on Him for the strength to follow through.

I hope some of those quotes resonated with you like they did with me. I hope you will make Christ-like character a high value in 2011.

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