I learned most, not from those who taught me but from those who talked with me. Augustine A free curiosity is more effective in learning than a rigid discipline. Augustine
Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal. Augustine
"Jesus takes our rags of moral righteousness, moral corruption, religious indifference, or religious affectations, and He grants to us robes that clothe us with the credentials necessary to live as His ambassadors and to die as His friends." —Alistair Begg
"The wonder of God's covenant with us is that it is founded upon His choice. He has chosen us, He has called us from the farthest corners of the world, and He will not cast us off." —
Alistair Begg
“As much as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. Ask forgiveness when necessary. Walk humbly before God. The truth alone will make many enemies. Don’t make them needlessly.”
“With whom is the Christian soldier meant to fight? Not with other Christians. Wretched indeed is that man's idea of religion who fancies that it consists in perpetual controversy!” — J. C. Ryle, Fighting For Holiness, 29-30.
There is a danger of forgetting what one has to say while working out a clever way to say it.” - Augustine of Hippo
"Pastors, our ultimate aim isn't the conference circuit, but the counseling room, the hospital bed, the graveside, the local church, being faithful in the daily little things, the ordinary life of a servant." -Burk Parsons
The pursuit of perfection leads to pretending. Pretending encourages others to chase perfection. And it's just all so very exhausting. Let's give each other the gift of transparency and grace as we pursue Jesus. Because perfection doesn’t exist on this side of eternity.
"I know I am dying, but my deathbed is a bed of roses. I have no thorns planted upon my dying pillow. Heaven is already begun!" -John Pawson.
"In the empty tomb of Christ, we see sin forever put away and death destroyed." —
Charles Spurgeon
A preacher who denies the authority of the Scriptures should renounce his job and go sell hamburgers. -Leonard Ravenhill -
Until the love of the father is received, we have no communion with Him. The receiving of it is the believing of it. -John Owen -
Appeal to God's presence when fear begins to overtake you so that the emotion of fear doesn’t become a spirit of fear. The enemy wants us to believe that times of silence are a curse of loneliness. But God wants us to know that times of silence are really pathways to closeness with Him. He loves to use those times of silence as opportunities to speak personally and intimately to our hearts. "Grace is the mother and nurse of holiness and not the apologist of sin." — Charles Spurgeon Self-denial is the highest sign of a sincere Christian. -Thomas Watson - Millions are now in hell, who have flattered themselves with the thought of repenting in old age! -Thomas Brooks “Evangelism has always been the heartbeat for our ministry; it is what God has called us to do.” – Billy Graham
"A preacher who spends the bulk of his time telling stories is guilty of pastoral malpractice." - Peter J. Leithart
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