Amanda cook

“As Presbyterian pastor and American founder John Witherspoon said 250 years ago, “If superiority and authority be given to the man, it should be used with so much gentleness and love as to make it a state of as great equality as possible.”2”
― Kevin DeYoung, Men and Women in the Church: A Short, Biblical, Practical Introduction

“The Christian approach to marriage is not so much “his needs, her needs” as “his opportunity to honor Christ, her opportunity to honor Christ.” The wife submits as to the Lord, and the husband loves as Christ to the church.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Men and Women in the Church: A Short, Biblical, Practical Introduction

“You will not have to face this fear alone. Love never leaves. Never abandons.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome

“In Scripture, the word of the gospel and the power of the Spirit always go together.”
― J.D. Greear, Jesus, Continued...: Why the Spirit Inside You Is Better than Jesus Beside You