Sublime

We should speak well of one another across denominational lines and humble ourselves in our own eyes by forgiving past injuries and promoting the common good in the gospel. Our loving Christ deserves a loving church in the world today!

The massive love of God calls for more and creates more than mild agreement.

The renewal of our churches starts deep within each of us, as we are renewed in the gospel ourselves.

A church with the truth of the gospel in its theology can produce the opposite of the gospel in its practice.

When the gospel is doubted, a beautiful church that sticks together is an unanswerable argument in our angry and divided world.

I believe that A. W. Tozer’s ironic quip from a generation ago still holds: “A widespread revival of the kind of Christianity we know today in America might prove to be a moral tragedy from which we would not recover in a hundred years.

Yet even when people are offended, our gospel ministries remain sweet to God above.

Too often we regard God’s power as an added ingredient that turbocharges our own efforts.

What he notices, and what pleases him, is our churches’ passion for Christ crucified. But down here on earth, among people, it’s often a different story. People’s opinions of us gravitate toward two opposite extremes. And the clearer our churches are about Christ, the more polarizing we will be.