Satan is fine with us making the world a better place, and even doing so in the name of Christ, so long as we stop short of recognizing Jesus as Lord. (Ryan Denison) The church that can’t worship must be entertained. And men who can’t lead a church to worship must...
It is in the face of death that the riddle of a human existence grows most acute. Not only is man tormented by pain and the advancing deterioration of his body, but even more so by a dread of perpetual extinction. (James Denison quoting Second Vatican Council in 1965)...
If society deteriorates and its standards decline until it becomes like a dark night or a stinking fish, there is no sense in blaming society; that is what happens when fallen men and women are left to themselves, and human selfishness is unchecked. (John Stott)...
Vagueness about the object of our praise inevitably leads to making our own praise the object (Michael Horton). Nowhere is the modern church more worldly than in its breathless idolizing of such modern notions as change, relevance, innovation, and being on the right...
Men are hopeless creatures, and the less they concentrate on their own sins, the more interested they become in the sins of others. They seek to criticize, not to correct. Unable to excuse themselves, they are ready to accuse others (St. Augustine) One of the greatest...
