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...
Being entertained by what God finds deplorable might not be a good use of our time. (Matt Chandler) The strongest evidence that you have been born again is the fruit of a changed life that only God can produce. (Steven Lawson) The church needs fewer leaders telling...
The church has so many items in its shop window today that people have lost sight of the cross (Derick Prince). The same temptation to self-reliance that keeps secularists from depending on God can keep Christians from depending on his Spirit. When we fall to this...
