If given a choice between life and death, most people and leaders choose death if life requires substantive changes.
“I have come to define the biblical view of self-love in this way: loving ourselves correctly means seeing ourselves as God sees us.”
― Conformed to His Image, Revised Edition: Biblical, Practical Approaches to Spiritual Formation
― Conformed to His Image, Revised Edition: Biblical, Practical Approaches to Spiritual Formation
“Pastors simply need three characteristics to satisfy all their church members: omniscience; omnipresence, and omnipotence.”
― Anatomy of a Revived Church: Seven Findings of How Congregations Avoided Death
― Anatomy of a Revived Church: Seven Findings of How Congregations Avoided Death
“The message of 1 Samuel 17 is not that we are called to be like David. Its good news is that we have a David.”
― 1 Samuel For You: For reading, for feeding, for leading
― 1 Samuel For You: For reading, for feeding, for leading
“Leaders get rewarded for the three Bs: budgets, buildings and butts in the seats.”
― Transforming Discipleship
― Transforming Discipleship
“Pride is a characteristic roundly condemned in Scripture (e.g., 2 Sam 22:26–28; Prov 6:16–19; 16:18 et al.), yet one thing worse than simply being proud is being blatant about that pride.”
― Psalms, Volume 2
― Psalms, Volume 2
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