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“As Christians, we have had growing political involvement over the last forty years, but does anyone really believe that the Republicans, Democrats, White House, Supreme Court, or Congress will transform even one human heart? Are these civil servants supposed to be light and salt, or is that the task of the church of Jesus Christ? Unless there is a new heart, there won’t be a new person. Unless people are changed, we can’t have a transformed society, no matter who’s in charge.”
― Storm: Hearing Jesus for the Times We Live In
― Storm: Hearing Jesus for the Times We Live In
“Letting go isn’t giving up. It’s trusting God to do whatever He has to do.”
― Bridge to Haven
― Bridge to Haven
“Every religion in the world is about man trying to reach up to God, like working your way up the ladder. They’re all about striving to achieve something for yourself. Christianity is the only religion about God reaching down to man and offering salvation as a free gift, with the added bonus of a personal relationship with the Creator God through Jesus Christ, who was there in the beginning.”
― Leota's Garden
― Leota's Garden
“Mixing obedience to law as a way to merit God’s favor is the exact opposite of salvation by God’s free grace through faith in Jesus Christ. I myself grew up in a church that preached 80 percent law and 20 percent Jesus. The leaders believed there needed to be some law added to their message; otherwise, how would they frighten people into obedience and submission? But this legal foundation brings only condemnation and fear, because should you die unexpectedly, who knows if you had obeyed perfectly enough to go to heaven?”
― Storm: Hearing Jesus for the Times We Live In
― Storm: Hearing Jesus for the Times We Live In
“Why do the greatest miracle stories seem to come from mission fields, either overseas or among the destitute here at home (the Teen Challenge outreach to drug addicts, for example)? Because the need is there. Christians are taking their sound doctrine and extending it to lives in chaos, which is what God has called us all to do. Without this extension of compassion it is all too easy for Bible teachers and authors to grow haughty. We become proud of what we know. We are so impressed with our doctrinal orderliness that we become intellectually arrogant. We have the rules and theories all figured out while the rest of the world is befuddled and confused about God’s truth … poor souls.”
― Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Heart of His People
― Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Heart of His People
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