158 quotes found
“... the powerful changes that happen in the life of a disciple never come from the disciple working hard at doing anything. They come from arriving at a place where Jesus is everything, and we are ...”
“God has given me a lifeboat and said... 'Moody save all you can”
“Whether we "spiritualize" our life or "secularize" our religion, whether we invite men to a spiritual banquet or simply join them at the secular one, the real life of the world, for which we are to...”
“The reason that marriage is so painful and yet wonderful is because it is a reflection of the gospel, which is painful and wonderful at once. The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ou...”
“I do not want to drive across a bridge designed by an engineer who believed the numbers in structural stress models are relative truths.”
“The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life. It cannot be grasped by reason and memory only, but it is fully understood when it possesses the whole soul and penetrates to the inner rece...”
“It is important to note that when Mary Magdalene and other women were chosen by Jesus to bring the important news to the men, the men did not believe the women. Today 2,000 years later men still do...”
“There are conversations going on about the Church constantly. Those conversations will continue whether or not we choose to participate in them. But we cannot stand on the sidelines while others, i...”
“The purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature.”
“Success and failure, ultimately, have little to do with living the gospel. Jesus just stood with the outcasts until they were welcomed or until he was crucified whichever came first.”
“Not being changed by prayer is sort of life standing in the middle of a spring rain without getting wet. It's hard to stand in the center of God's acceptance and love without getting it all over you.”
“Prayer mirrors the gospel. In the gospel, the Father takes us as we are and gives us his gift of salvation. In prayer, the Father receives us as we are because of Jesus and gives us his gift of help.”
“Preach the gospel to yourself, because as you consider who you are in light of God's perfect goodness, holiness and peace, you must soften toward others.”
“Promotion comes to any nation only the light of the Gospel”
“The law provides expert diagnosis of our sin problem, but the law does not provide the cure to our sin problem. Only Jesus can!”
“Speaking personally, I find it helpful to detect in the four evangelists four dimensions of the saving purpose of God: its length, depth, breadth and height. Matthew reveals its length, for he depi...”
“Grace and truth are distinct and yet they are not mutually exclusive. But when people focus on one without the other, they usually fall into two extremes. They either embrace a gospel of grace with...”
“Jesus conformed to our image so we could be transformed into His likeness.”
“The burden of sin leads you to the need of a savior”
“Jesus is not saying, Make sure you pray a prayer of repentance, start going to church, and wait for Me to come back. He is saying, You can live a radically different life because theres a new world...”
