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...
HOW ARE WE RESPONDING TO MENTAL CHALLENGES IN THE CHURCH AND THE SOCIETY? Taking medication in the midst of mental illness doesn’t show a lack of faith in the ability of the Lord to sustain us through the suffering. Rather, it may allow some to experience God with...
The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. God became Man for no other purpose (C. S Lewis) Until divine love becomes our centre, until love is our organizing principle for living and our compelling energy for...
In the early church their power was electrifying, in the modern church our power is electronic (Leonard Ravenhill). When God is our distant ruler, we approach him as dutiful subjects or religious consumers. But when he is our loving Father, we experience him as his...
The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said (Dallas Willard) Salvation does not mean sinless perfection, but it does mean a new direction. (D. Greear) Thanksgiving and appreciation are...
