Christ Fellowship Church: Fallston, MD

I recently got an email from a pastor-friend of mine- what are your favorite quotes on God's glory outside of the Bible? (Psalm 19 wins every time for me on biblical quotes). So I went through all of my sermons and realized that I have a top 3. These are my 'go-to' quotes on the glory of God, and I hope that you find them as encouraging as I do. If you have some others, let me know, as this preacher is always looking to build his quote library.

The created universe is all about glory. The deepest longing of the human heart and the deepest meaning of heaven and earth are summed up in this; the glory of God. The universe was made to show it, and we were made to see it and savor it. Nothing less will do. Which is why the world is as disordered and dysfunctional as it is. We have exchanged the glory of God for other things. - John Piper

We are all starved for the glory of God, not self. No one goes to the Grand Canyon to increase self-esteem. Why do we go? Because there is greater healing for the soul in beholding splendor than there is in beholding self. Indeed, what could be more ludicrous in a vast and glorious universe like this than a human being, on the speck called earth, standing in front of a mirror trying to find significance in his own self-image? It is a great sadness that this is the gospel of the modern world. - John Piper

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. - C.S. Lewis

by: Greg Dutcher