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“The church’s main task is to fuel having a fulfilled destiny”
“The church is to help its members mature in Christ’s calling”
“If the church doesn’t start fighting corruption, it will keep flourishing in the country”
“The church’s task is to open people’s eyes so that they can see that there is nothing higher than God”
“He warned that any church that ignored reality would not survive to enjoy the divine.”
“In both roles, as journalist and as organizer, I'd learn that it's possible to fall in love with a revolution—then doubt it, fight with it, lose faith in it, and return with a sense of humor and a ...”
“Having your own church doesn't make you a good guy. It only makes you tax-exempt.”
“...you belong here, and it’s time you realize it. No one put a Scarlet A on your chest. This church is for human beings, not saints and angels.”
“This cat is looking at me with judgment.”“He’s not,” said Jules. “That’s just his face.”“You look at me the same way,” Mark said, glancing at Julian. “Judgy face.”
“If I came to your town and asked any person on the street, “Which church should I go to if I want to get involved in helping the poor or homeless in this community?” would your church be the first ...”
“We don’t ask any people to throw away any good they have got; we only ask them to come and get more. What if all the world should embrace this Gospel? They would then see eye to eye, and the blessi...”
“Our “ministry” should be an overflowing of our lives, an overflowing of our walk with Jesus Christ! We aren’t our ministry, it’s an byproduct of our relationship with Jesus Christ!”
“The holy stone looked for all the world like a small iron pineapple, its surface divided into squares by deep grooves, a tarnished silver-steel handle or lever held tight to the side. In ancient ti...”
“The secret of real prosperity in the church is to teach God’s people principles of economic empowerment”
“Church leaders may get disappointed in ministry if they do not know God’s time.”
“The church needs to raise up the Moses’ and last days deliverers.”
“Like the hub of a wheel, the church’s corporate life is an extension of the good news that God was in Christ reconciling the whole world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them.”
“The way we saw things, it didn’t matter that God had created the heavens and the earth—he did not want us excited about living here. A good fundamentalist worth his weight in guilt was quick to rem...”
“Choosing the way of Christ not only means identifying with Christ, however; ‘it also means identifying with the stubborn, recalcitrant, and frequently offensive flock that he calls his own. . . .Ye...”
“Believe me, once you have tasted worship—the kind of worship that captures your heart and rivets your full attention on the living Lord—nothing less satisfies. Nothing else even comes close. Once y...”
