Howard Hendricks Quotes

Eighty-five percent of spirituality is a good night's sleep.

As an effective teacher, you must not only know that which you would teach—that is, your content—but you must also know those whom you wish to teach.

The two factors that will influence you the most in the years ahead are the books you read and the people you’re around.

The mark of spiritual maturity is not how much you understand, but how much you use. In the spiritual realm, the opposite of ignorance is not knowledge but obedience.

planted seeds—and you’re still reaping the harvest from them. Don’t ever get so hung up on a specific lesson that you forget this fact: Good teaching—and

The miracle of the ministry is that God handpicked us to be his representatives to this generation.

One of the great killers in Bible study is the statement, “I already know that.

God moves into our lives by divine design, to periodically disturb our equilibrium. That’s how he develops us.

The true function of the teacher is to create the most favorable conditions for self-learning.… True teaching is not that which gives knowledge, but that which stimulates pupils to gain it. One might say that he teaches best who teaches least. JOHN MILTON GREGORY

art of teaching—and the difficulty of learning—is getting people to place themselves at the beginning of that cycle, to plunge to the bottom, so they can start the learning process.

The learner’s beginning point, the basic level where everyone starts, is unconscious incompetence—that is, you’re ignorant and you don’t know it. The next level is conscious incompetence—now you know you don’t know. How do you find out? Usually somebody tells you, but occasionally you discover it for yourself. The third level is conscious competence—you have learned something, as when you first got the hang of driving a car, and you’re consciously aware of it as you do it. The final level is unconscious competence—you’re so competent you don’t even think about it anymore: You get in your car, turn the ignition key, release the brake, operate the gear shift, and go through a whole series of coordinated activities without ever thinking about them. In fact, most of your time driving is spent thinking about something other than driving.

Howard Hendricks said it best when he asserted, “The greatest crisis in America today is a crisis of leadership. And the greatest peril of leadership is a crisis of character.

I would rather my students drink knowledge from a running stream than a stagnant pool

Too many of us have never come to grips with how much fun sin can be.

Read the Bible! This may seem obvious. Yet too many “readers” are nothing but browsers.

When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the nations, To bring peace among brothers, To make music in the heart. Howard Thurman, the late author, professor and civil rights leader

I used to be encouraged when, after a Sunday’s message, people would say, “John, that was a good message. You showed me things from that verse that I never would have seen. I don’t know how you do it. Thanks so much.” Howard Hendricks called this postservice time “the glorification of the worm.

You can impress people at a distance, you can only impact them up close.” Howard Hendricks

Every disciple needs three types of relationships in his life. He needs a 'Paul' who can mentor him and challenge him. He needs a 'Barnabas' who can come alongside and encourage him. And he needs a 'Timothy', someone that he can pour his life into.

A mist in the pulpit is a fog in the pew. (Attributed to Howard Hendricks)

If witness through our lives alone was enough, then everyone exposed to Jesus Christ during his time on earth should have been converted. he was the only person who ever lived a perfect life, yet even he shared his message verbally as well.

The Bible is a practical book, for it is concerned with practical godly living. Bible study without personal application can be just an academic exercise with no spiritual value. The Bible was written to be applied to our lives. In his succinct way Howard Hendricks has said, “Interpretation without application is abortion!” We want to note here that application is necessary for our Christian lives, that it is hard work, and that good applications are possible if we follow some basic principles.