#gospel

It is one thing to understand the gospel but is quite another to experience the gospel in such a way that it fundamentally changes us and becomes the source of our identity and security. ↗

— J.D. Greear

#christ #experience #gospel #identity #security

Jesus said when you pray say "Our Father which art in heaven." He did not say "Our Judge which art in heaven". #grace #gospel ↗

— John Paul Warren

#grace #john-paul-warren #pastor-john-paul-warren #art

The beauty of the ragamuffin gospel lies in the insight it offers into Jesus: the essential tenderness of His heart, His way of looking at the world, His mode of relating to you and me. 'If you really want to understand a man, don't just listen to what he says, but watch what he does. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#ragamuffin-gospel #beauty

The purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature. ↗

— David O. McKay

#human-nature #religion #change

My work with teenagers has convinced me that one of the main reasons teenagers are not excited by the gospel is that they do not think they need it. Many parents have successfully raised self-righteous little Pharisees. When they look at themselves, they do not see a sinner in desperate need, so they are not grateful for a Savior. Sadly, the same is true of many of their parents. ↗

— Timothy Lane

#teenagers #change

...churchgoing is not synonymous with personal spirituality. There are some people who get so busy in church worship and projects that they become insensitive to the pressing human needs that sourround them, contradicting the very precepts they profess to believe deeply. ↗

— Stephen R. Covey

#gospel #parishioners #spiritual #business

We are changed not by being told what we need to do for God, but by hearing the news about what God has done for us. ↗

— J.D. Greear

#gospel #change

The Good News does not hinge on words like do or change but on the powerless, irrelevant, and frightening words like belief and faith. ↗

— Mark Galli

#gospel #works #change

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. ~Joshua 1:9 ↗

— Anonymous

#bible-verse #god #god-is-with-you #gospel #nasb

God did not become flesh and suffer an ignominious death at our hands so that we could have sprawling church campuses, programs, and budgets. ↗

— Michael S. Horton

#death