“Whether you are graced with the gift of leadership, the gift of athletics, or the gift of creativity, we are called to be good stewards and faithful servants of what is in our hand. No one is exempt, and if you didn’t play your part we would be missing out on the unique grace and the individual strengths that you bring to the here and now. There is a beautiful satisfaction that comes from knowing that we are doing exactly what God made us to do and are being obedient to his calling on our lives. It is as we discover our strengths, and grow comfortable in the grace we have been given, that we will begin to see the promises of God for our wide-open, spacious future begin to take shape.”
― Live Love Lead: Your Best Is Yet to Come!
― Live Love Lead: Your Best Is Yet to Come!
“The City of Man is our residence for now, and we care for its order and justice. The City of God is our home.”
― City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era
― City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era
“It is a palpable error of some ministers, who make such a disproportion between their preaching and their living; who study hard to preach exactly, and study little or not at all to live exactly.”
― THE REFORMED PASTOR
― THE REFORMED PASTOR
“Proper contextualization means causing the right scandal — the one the gospel poses to all sinners — and removing all unnecessary ones.”
― Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
― Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
“From the garden, to Abraham and his descendants, to Israel, to the church, to the New Jerusalem, God has always worked to save a people for his Son.”
― Conversion: How God Creates a People
― Conversion: How God Creates a People
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