Category Archives: Quotes

Lessons Learned: Be Grateful, Part 1

Posted on November 23, 2020 by

We’ve heard it hundreds of times: 2020 has been a difficult year in so many respects. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of over 250,000 Americans and has completely disrupted our way of life this year. I read a line … Continue reading →

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Quick to Love

Posted on June 29, 2020 by

These words were written in 1868, but they are poignant for our time as well: Life is short. We do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who travel the way with us. So, be quick to … Continue reading →

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Walter Wink on the power of the cross

Posted on September 17, 2019 by

As the structures of value and normative behavior in this age, wisdom and law are the powers that regulate existence for Gentile and Jew respectively. They are symbolic abbreviations of what the civilized and religious world considers its highest values. … Continue reading →

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Preach the Gospel. Die. Be Forgotten.

Posted on July 31, 2019 by
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Francis Chan on Discipleship

Posted on February 17, 2019 by
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Brene Brown’s “Dare to Lead”

Posted on December 23, 2018 by

A great quote from Brene Brown’s latest book on leadership, Dare to Lead.

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S.D. Gordon on Prayer

Posted on October 25, 2018 by

The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray. It is not the only thing, but it is the chief thing. The great people of earth are the people who pray. I do not mean those who … Continue reading →

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Newness of Life

Posted on January 1, 2018 by

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. My friend’s father, a longtime … Continue reading →

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The Scandal of Foolish Love

Posted on April 24, 2016 by

For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. — 1 Cor. 1:17 With these words, Paul gets at … Continue reading →

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The Gospel as a Caged Lion

Posted on March 30, 2016 by

The Word of God can take care of itself, and will do so if we preach it, and cease defending it. See you that lion. They have caged him for his preservation; shut him up behind iron bars to secure … Continue reading →

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