As this world grows increasingly insane, let us be content to be regarded as fools for Christ.
“… allegedly nondenominational and nontraditional churches become bound to their own circle of living Bible teachers, movements, and emphases that have their own unacknowledged history.” — Michael Horton, Ordinary, 72.
“Systematic theology begins with the triune God in and of himself and then seeks to understand all things in relation to him.”
“… the will of God is inseparable from the character of God.”
— Tim Challies, Seasons of Sorrow, 76.
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
Augustine
If God does not open and explain Holy Writ, no one can understand it; it will remain a closed book, enveloped in darkness. Martin Luther
One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for the Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ.
Martin Luther
You must learn to call on the Lord. Don’t sit all alone, shaking your head and letting your thoughts torture you. Instead, fall on your knees, and raise your hands and eyes toward Heaven. Read a psalm. Say the Lord’s Prayer, and tearfully tell God what you need.
Martin Luther
All we who believe in Christ are kings and priests in Christ.
Martin Luther
The paradox is that God must destroy in us all illusions of righteousness before he can make us righteous. Martin Luther
No matter how impossible that miracle you are praying for seems, please trust that only God knows the full story. He is working. He is hearing and shifting and intervening and convicting and stirring and doing what only He can do. God does some of His best work in the unseen.
You have the exact qualities God knew this world would need … in a wife, a mom, a sister, a daughter, a neighbor, and a friend. Wherever you are today and whatever you put your hands to, believe that you have good to offer this world. Because you do!
Keeping our minds saturated with truth from God’s Word keeps Satan from being able to whisper dangerous assumptions, false accusations, and faith-eroding perspectives.
"The answer is always the same: the cross of Christ." —Paul Twiss
"O my brethren, in this age of temptation, lean on the Beloved, it is your only safety." -
Charles Spurgeon
“To those who overcome,” Jesus says, “I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.” (Revelation 2:7b) This is for us. Now.
The Spirit of the Disciplines
The church should never be characterized by the pagan superstitions of its times. Sadly it often can fall prey to them. May God grant His people to live in the sound and discerning thinking that is ours in Christ.
We need more pastors. We need more church planters. We need more missionaries. We need more youth & college pastors. We need more worship pastors. We need more ministry leaders. Now is the time to get back to calling out the called and disciplining future ministry leaders.
"A man who says, 'I was wrong,' really says, in effect, 'I am a little wiser today than I was yesterday.'" — Charles Spurgeon
"I am one with Christ. When Christ died, I died; when Christ rose, I rose; when Christ ascended, I ascended; Christ sitting in heaven, I sit there." -William Bridge.
There’s no “my” truth. There’s only “the” truth — God’s truth.
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