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Followers of Christ were viewed by the state as subversive and dangerous, and by the thinkers and philosophers as intellectually defective.
“Francis of Assisi prayed, “Grant that I would not so much seek to be understood as to understand, that I would not so much seek to be loved as to love.”
― Take Heart: Daily Devotions to Deepen Your Faith
― Take Heart: Daily Devotions to Deepen Your Faith
“An expository sermon may be defined as a message whose structure and thought are developed from a biblical text, covering its scope, in order to explain how the features and context of the text disclose enduring principles for faithful thinking, living, and worship intended by the Spirit, who inspired the text.”
― Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon
― Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon
“Long ago Augustine simply summarized, “When the Bible speaks, God speaks.”
― Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon
― Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon
“the first step towards obtaining the righteousness of God is to renounce our own righteousness.”
― Romans
― Romans
“Without an ultimate authority for truth, all human striving has no ultimate value, and life itself becomes futile. Modern trends in preaching that deny the authority of the Word 8 in the name of intellectual sophistication lead to a despairing subjectivism in which people do what is right in their own eyes— a state whose futility Scripture has clearly articulated (Judg. 21: 25).”
― Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon
― Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon
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