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to the degree that denominations rejected traditional doctrines and ceased to make serious demands on their followers, they ceased to prosper. The churching of America was accomplished by aggressive churches committed to vivid
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“three basic traits of frontline prayer are these: 1. A request for grace to confess sins and to humble ourselves 2. A compassion and zeal for the flourishing of the church and the reaching of the lost 3. A yearning to know God, to see his face, to glimpse his glory”
― Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
― Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
“I never fully know the power of my invitations, even those that don’t get responses. I simply make them because they can, and do, change lives.”
― The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
― The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
“holiness points toward all that transcends the finiteness of this passing world. For us humans, holiness is being separate from evil, cleansed from fallenness, elevated to true Christ-likeness, finding a oneness with the life of God.”
― The Holy River of God: Currents and Contributions of the Wesleyan Holiness Stream of Christianity
― The Holy River of God: Currents and Contributions of the Wesleyan Holiness Stream of Christianity
“Every human culture is an extremely complex mixture of brilliant truth, marred half-truths, and overt resistance to the truth.”
― Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
― Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
“The doctrine of sin means that as believers we are never as good as our right worldview should make us. At the same time, the doctrine of our creation in the image of God, and an understanding of common grace, remind us that nonbelievers are never as flawed as their false worldview should make them.”
― Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
― Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
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