| BACKSLIDING | 背道退後 |
| Backsliding never begins with a loud bang...it
begins quietly, slowly, subtly, insidiously. 一個人會離開信仰，剛開始的時候絕對不是驚天動地的...而是靜靜的、慢慢的、以難以察覺的速度，默默發生的。 |
| If thou wilt fly from God,
the devil will lend thee both spurs and a horse. Thomas Adams 如果你想離開上帝，魔鬼樂意借你馬刺靴及快馬，好讓你急馳而去。 |
| Never look back unless you want to go that way. 不要回頭望，除非想走回頭路。 |
| A declining Christian must
needs be a doubting Christian. William Gurnall 一位靈命衰弱的基督徒一定也是位懷疑的基督徒。 |
| For some of us, our greatest ability seems to be the
ability for getting away from the Shepherd. Geoffrey King 看起來，對我們中的某些人而言，我們擁有的最大能力就是亟欲離開大牧者的能力。 |
| The backslider is a man who,
because of his relationship to God, can never really enjoy anything else. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones 那些離開信仰的人，就是那些由於他們與上帝的關係，而無法確實享受其他事物的人。 |
| We are all constantly backsliding but for the grace
of God. Dick Lucas 其實，我們經常躊躇退後，還好上帝恩典保守看顧。 |
| Backsliding is caused by
slack abiding. Ernest Plant 離道背教常肇因於平日生活鬆懈懶散。 |
| Backsliders begin with dusty Bible and end with
filthy garments. C. H. Spurgeon 離開信仰的人都是從布滿厚厚灰塵的聖經開始，而終結於蒙頭垢面、衣衫襤褸的生活。 |
| Unsaintly saints are the
tragedy of Christianity. A. W. Tozer 無法保持聖潔的聖徒是基督教信仰的悲劇。 |