Posts with the tag “quotes”

"Being busy is about the things you have to do."  Read More

"Preach the gospel. Preach the hope of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection for sinners."  Read More

"It is the kindness of God that leads us to repentance."  Read More

"There is a close connection between what we fear and what we think we need."  Read More

The faith that believes that God will do what you ask is not born in a hurry.  Read More

A proverb does not give guarantees; rather, it indicates the best route to a desired end.   Read More

But the gospel is the good news that God is the all-satisfying end of all our longing  Read More

Take me, Lord, at whatever cost.   Read More

In brief, an evangelical is a person who believes the ‘three R’s’:  Read More

Eighteenth Century pastor and author John Newton wrote the following letter to a sister who was grieving the loss of her sister.  Read More

Often God seems to place His children in positions of profound difficulty  Read More

Why Men Hate Going to Church  Read More

It was a profound realization when I understood that I could become an artist with my very life.  Read More

In his book Quiet Talks on Prayer S.D. Gordon makes the following observation about what faith is born out of.  Read More

And for that which is to come, give me thy grace to do in all things what pleaseth thee.  Read More

The more we get what we now call “ourselves” out of the way and let Him take us over, the more truly ourselves we become.  Read More

Communication is one of the most important aspects to any marriage  Read More

An excerpt from Sarah Mae & Sally Clarkson's book Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe   Read More

For me, making a specific plan to face the giant of depression always lessens its impact and shortens its duration.  Read More

"This is the worthiness – the best and only kind we can bring to God..."  Read More

In chapter 12 of the Institutes Calvin lays out three specific purposes for church discipline.  Read More

"My end was the outward calm; His was my meeting with the storm."  Read More

"Could it be we’ve made parenting too complicated?"  Read More

“We exist to proclaim the Lordship of Jesus Christ over all things for the joy of all people.”   Read More

"Because the husband is the head of the wife, he finds himself in a position of inescapable leadership."  Read More

Dan Phillips has some great practical advice on how to deal with gossip within the church.   Read More

Is there anything too difficult for God?"In the exodus, one mighty act followed another. The story goes like this: Combine the most powerful king in the known world, slaves who stood no chance of successful insurrection because all they knew was slavery, and oppression that was getting worse. You now have the perfect ingredients for God’s decisive act of deliverance. It was the event on which God ...  Read More

"One of the great hindrances to life on mission is being in a hurry."  Read More

Here, then, is the sovereign power with which the pastors of the church…ought to be endowed. That is that they may dare boldly to do all things by God’s Word  Read More

In Western culture today, you decide to get married because you feel an attraction to the other person. You think he or she is wonderful. But a year or two later— or, just as often, a month or two— three things usually happen.  Read More

Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation  Read More

We know not which most to wonder at, the faithfulness of God or the unbelief of His people  Read More