“STEP SO FAR OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE THAT YOU FORGET HOW TO GET BACK!”
DON'T ALLOW THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS TO HINDER YOUR OBEDIENCE TO GOD!
'Expect great things from God, and great things you will have. There is no limit to what He is able to do." -George Muller.
“Fire makes metals pliable and malleable. So, grace, where it is given, makes the heart pliable and ready to receive all good impressions.” — Richard Sibbes
“Although it is subservient to Scripture, the tradition was taken seriously as a guide to interpretation. Creeds and confessions reflected a common understanding of the Bible's basic teachings.” — Michael Horton, Ordinary, 73.
"Gospel grammar works like this: it is because of what God has done that, therefore, you are to be this or do that. The grammar of the gospel always has this logic." ––
Sinclair Ferguson
“A little spiritual light is of strength enough to answer strong objections of flesh and blood, and to see beyond all earthly allurements and opposing hindrances, presenting them as far inferior to those heavenly objects it beholds.” — Richard Sibbes
At the heart of our worship must be a commitment to truth. — R. C. Sproul
The Big Event, a conference, retreat, or concert— can sweep us off our feet. But the danger is that when we come back to our local church, we’re disappointed. No more fireworks. It seems so ordinary.” — Michael Horton, Ordinary, 84.
Pain is the sensation that indicates a transformation is needed. There’s a weakness where new strength needs to enter. And we must choose to pursue long-term strength rather than temporary relief.
"God is everywhere in the book of Esther, where He appears in part to be nowhere."
—Alistair Begg
We can, through faith and grace, become like Christ by practicing the types of activities he engaged in, and by arranging our whole lives around the activities he himself practiced in order to remain constantly at home in the fellowship of his Father.
The Spirit of the Disciplines
]the precepts of the Lord Jesus are tender and gracious, and bring us joy and life."
- Charles Spurgeon
Our goal is not to defeat secular humanism or attempt to make America a holy nation. There is only one holy nation, and that is the church of Jesus Christ. Let’s aim for winning souls one at a time. Jim Cymbala
Love for our enemies isn’t merely an option, it’s an obligation.
Alistair Begg
"Be thankful, therefore, beloved, whenever you read the Scripture, whether it instructs you, or warns you, or humbles you." - Charles Spurgeon
If we have faith in Christ, we must believe that he knew how to live.
The Spirit of the Disciplines
"If your proud flesh should rebel, pray it down; for, rest assured that, if you were so selfish as only to wish to do that which would promote your own happiness, it would be the path of wisdom to be obedient to your Lord and Master." - Charles Spurgeon
“It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to.” - C.S. Lewis
Practical theology studies the manner in which our actions interact with God to accomplish his ends in human life.
It is beyond dispute that some awareness of God exists in the human mind by natural instinct since God Himself has given everyone some idea of Him so that no one can plead ignorance. - John Calvin
We’ve become experts at asking forgiveness for things we had nothing to do with 200 years ago, and we fail to ask forgiveness for what we did 20 minutes ago. Alistair Begg
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