| BACKSLIDING | 背道退後 |
| Backsliding never begins with a loud bang...it
begins quietly, slowly, subtly, insidiously. Charles R. Swindoll 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. Henry David Thoreau 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 那種背離信仰的人，正因為曾經跟神那麼親近過，這輩子基本上就跟「真正的開心」絕緣了，因為沒什麼東西比得上神 |
| 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。 |
| If you backslide, and continue to backslide, and never return, you never had the grace of God in your heart. C. H. Spurgeon 如果你的信仰一直退後，直到你的生命中不再有基督的影子，那麼你就要懷疑，你當初是否真的認識祂。 |
| The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C. S. Lewis 通往地獄最安全的路是緩坡——地面平緩，腳步輕鬆，沒有突然的轉彎，沒有里程碑，也沒有指路標。 |
| Backsliding is a disease that is first seen in the closet. John Bunyan 信仰退後是一種最先在「密室」（指個人私下的禱告生活）中顯露的疾病。 |
| A backsliding Christian may have the name of a Christian, but he has the heart of a worldling. Thomas Brooks 一個退後的基督徒可能擁有基督徒的名分，卻擁有一顆屬世的心。 |
| The only way to keep from backsliding is to be always moving forward. Andrew Murray 防止退後的唯一方法，就是永遠保持前進。 |