804 quotes found
“Everything Satan has to offer you is a collection of what Jesus rejected”
“Yāwshu (Jesus) is the son of the Canaano-Phoenician Most High God Ēl-Alyon, being the Son of the Virgin Lady Maryām by the Divine Will of the Lord, who blessed this conception of a child that would...”
“The scriptures do not present us with a series of Christian types to be imitated according to choice”
“It was not the Fall of Adam, therefore, that set God’s agenda; it was the decision to share the great dance with us through Jesus. Adam’s plunge certainly threatened God’s dreams for us, but that t...”
“Whether we admit it or not, as people of faith, we sift our theology through Scripture, Church history and tradition, our reason, and our own experience. Most Christians, even the most committed of...”
“I wake up starving for success, and no matter how much I accomplish I go to sleep striving for improvement; I refuse to let my enemies outwork me.”
“I was a lazy reader as a kid. One nutrition label on a box of Cap’n Crunch and I’d have to take a nap.”
“To obey the commands of Scripture can finally become a delight when we see that the reasons almost always center around God's love and provision for us in Christ.”
“We must help men and women see the epic in the ordinary details of life.”
“Private worship excites us for public worship.”
“Worship shadows eternity and provides supernatural encouragement.”
“The pastor owns the opportunity to issue of the flock that it is OK not to be OK.”
“Moses challenged parents both to teach the faith diligently and to maximize normal encounters or ongoing discussion.”
“Jesus is the culmination of the greatness and the goodness of God.”
“Christ wasn’t only a yogi; he was an activist, carrying his message to those who most needed it.”
“the doves, as we know, must be killed according to the law before Mary’s purification can be acknowledged and ratified. Any ironic or irreverent disciple of Voltaire will find it difficult to resis...”
“When our hearts, minds, and souls are deep within the reality of living loved, we discover that most of those "rules" from Sunday school are simply our new characteristics and our family traits. Th...”
“I am so very grateful that I serve a God who walks the difficult roads with us, whether we recognise Him there or not. I am so very grateful for a God who has experienced betrayal, fear and death h...”
“When I tried to meet some impossible standard for motherhood, tried to earn my way to a weird sort of Proverbs 31 Woman Club, I collapsed in exhaustion and simmering anger, sadness, and failure. Th...”
“When I think of how Jesus loved people, the word “cherish” comes to mind. When we cherish someone, we combine looking and compassion—we notice and care for that person. We don’t shut him or her out.”
