“Heaven is not for people who just want to skip hell. Heaven is reserved for those who love Jesus, who have been rescued by Him and who long to praise Him.”
― Creature of the Word: The Jesus-Centered Church: The Jesus-Centered Church
― Creature of the Word: The Jesus-Centered Church: The Jesus-Centered Church
“The Kingdom of God wasn't born on the Fourth of July.”
― Recovering Redemption: How Christ Changes Everything, Leader Kit
― Recovering Redemption: How Christ Changes Everything, Leader Kit
“My heart was so full, I thought it might explode into the ether, creating some bizarre new solar system whose inhabitants ate only love, drank only hope, and breathed only joy. What a substantial galaxy that would be.”
― Kids of Appetite
― Kids of Appetite
“I ask, “You ever hear that a person has to go through fire to become who they’re meant to be?”
Mendes sips her coffee, nods. “Sure.”
“I’ve always wanted to be strong, Miss Mendes, I just wish there wasn’t so much fire.”
― Kids of Appetite
Mendes sips her coffee, nods. “Sure.”
“I’ve always wanted to be strong, Miss Mendes, I just wish there wasn’t so much fire.”
― Kids of Appetite
“Some people have been in church for so long, been doing the “be a good Christian” thing for so long, that the very idea that they were chosen and determined for blamelessness before they’d started earning credit is very offensive. In our flesh, we tend to think that our holiness is the result of our spiritual elbow grease. We intellectually may agree to the doctrine of sola gratia, but we tend to live and act like we’re saved by what Don Whitney calls “sola boot-strappa.” That, however, is not the testimony of Scripture.”
― To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain
― To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain
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