Inspirational Jay Adams Quotes On Success In Life

These Jay Adams quotes will motivate you. Jay J. Adams was an American skateboarder who, as a teen, was the youngest member of the Zephyr Competition Skateboarding Team. His spontaneous freestyle skateboarding style, inspired by ocean surfing, helped innovate and popularize modern skateboarding. His aggressive vertical tricks make him one of skateboarding’s most influential stylists. Adams died of a heart attack on August 15, 2014.

Best Jay Adams Quotes

1. “You didn’t quit skateboarding because you got old, you got old because you quit skateboarding.” ~ Jay Adams
2. “God’s grace in saving miserable sinners has been replaced by heretical teaching, such as saying that it is because we are so valuable that Christ came to redeem us. Not all who hold self-esteem views go so far, but many do.” ~ Jay Adams
3. “I missed a lot of good times, doing things that I shouldn’t have been doing. There are certain mistakes I’d like to change, but I’m not going to trip on it to hard.” ~ Jay Adams
4. “For me, skateboarding started in 1965, so by the time the Dogtown era came around I’d already been skatin’ for 10 years. When I started it was clay wheels and mostly homemade decks. We were just trying to copy surfing. Everything about skateboarding had to do with surfing. It was all about fun and a way to surf when the waves were shitty.” ~ Jay Adams

5. “Jesus Christ must be at the heart of every sermon you preach.” ~ Jay Adams

6. “If I had to choose between putting a saloon or a liberal church on a corner, I’d choose the saloon every time. People who drink up the paycheck in the saloon are less likely to become Pharisees, thinking that they don’t need the Great Physician, than those who weekly swill the soporific doctrine of man’s goodness.” ~ Jay Adams
7. “Church membership was so important that Paul and Silas baptized the Philippian jailer into the membership of Christ’s church at midnight with Paul’s back still bloody from a beating! He did not even wait till morning! Identification with Christ’s church is important; without it, one must be treated ‘as a heathen and publican.'” ~ Jay Adams
8. “When members unite with the church, they should not only make a profession of faith in Christ (that is essential), but in light of 2 Corinthians 10:6 and Hebrews 13:17, etc., they should also agree to submit to the authority and discipline of the church, should they be found delinquent in doctrine or life.” ~ Jay Adams

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