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A friend of mine once said that Christians are like manure: Spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
Francis Chan, Danae Yankoski • Crazy Love
Your God Is Too Small, the title of the popular book by J. B. Phillips some years ago, is a criticism that might be rightly made to many Christians and many churches. Out of pride in ourselves and our achievements and a culturally influenced belief in ourselves as “masters of our fate,” we have a hard time giving God his due.
Douglas J. Moo • Romans (The NIV Application Commentary)
model in ministry is a guy who spent the majority of his ministry time with twelve men. A guy who, when he left this earth, had only about 120 people who were actually sticking around and doing what he told them to do. More like a minichurch, really.
David Platt • Radical
Any ministry or church that fails to raise up sons and daughters is not a true New Testament ministry.
Andrew Murray • Seeing The Church: When your purpose collides with God's passion
READ Acts 16:1–5. Now read what Paul wrote to the churches about Timothy in Philippians 2:19–24. Finally, read Paul’s words to Timothy many years later in 2 Timothy 3:10–17. ANSWER these questions: 1. What was it about Paul and Timothy’s relationship that made Paul’s message powerful to Timothy? 2. What might keep you from engaging in these types o
... See moreBrandon Guindon • Intentional
There is no denying this one basic fact: when God wants to launch a movement, save a nation, or change a culture, He raises up individuals whom He fills with His Spirit for the special purpose to which they are called. It happens in neighborhoods, small towns, college classes, wings of government, and workplaces of every kind. And God wants to use
... See moreBrandon Cox • Rewired: How Using Today's Technology Can Bring You Back to Deeper Relationships, Real Conversations, and the Age-Old Methods of Sharing God's Love
When people tell me they don’t feel close to God, I ask them how often they share their faith. God empowers us for His mission. If you are not living missionally, it’s doubtful you will experience His power.
Francis Chan, Danae Yankoski • Crazy Love
Count Zindenzorf said, “there can be no Christianity without community”.
Andrew Murray • Seeing The Church: When your purpose collides with God's passion
Look: the question is not whether we should bring God into our work or not. We certainly should and must: as MacDonald says “All that is not God is death.” The question is whether we should simply (a.) Bring Him in in the dedication of our work to Him, in the integrity, diligence, and humility with which we do it or also (b.) Make His professed and
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