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The gay community is made up of people who are loved by God and need to be told about the love of Christ and the gospel. Are Christians willing to reach out to and enter our world to share and connect?
David Bennett • A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus
We must never see serving within church as a burden or inconvenience; we should never look at those on the platform or in public ministry and become jealous or bitter. If God has called us to serve, it is not a task He has burdened us with, but a gift He has bestowed upon us.
Andrew Murray • Seeing The Church: When your purpose collides with God's passion
Encountering the Book of Hebrews (Encountering Biblical Studies): An Exposition
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Our pastors and elders shoulder an enormous responsibility before the Lord. As members under their care, we are called to pray for them and to submit to their leadership in a way that brings them joy and not “
Kathleen Nielson • Word-Filled Women's Ministry: Loving and Serving the Church (The Gospel Coalition)
That church needs a fresh rediscovery of his gospel in all its beauty. It needs to prayerfully reconsider everything it believes and practices. Nothing is gained by merely repackaging the church in forms more attractive to outsiders.
Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. • The Gospel
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor and martyr at the hands of the Nazis, observed that “the church is the church only when it exists for others”—that is, for outsiders.