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Nikolaus Zinzendorf:
Preach the Gospel, die, and be forgotten.
Category Archives: Quotes
Shepherds After My Own Heart
A few years ago, a read a great book by Timothy Laniak entitled, “Shepherds After My Own Heart.” It’s an overview of the pastoral tradition found in the Bible. I re-read the introduction tonight and I was struck by the … Continue reading
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The Church: An Outpost of Service and Love
From James Bryan Smith in his book, The Good and Beautiful Community: Communities become others-centered when they are steeped in the narrative of the kingdom of God. They know that their community is an outpost of the Kingdom of God, … Continue reading
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Nouwen on Anger
I’ve been thinking about this quote lately: Anger is what we use when we run out of love.
Quotes on Culture
Quotes on culture from Andy Crouch’s “Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling”: There is no such thing as “the Culture,” and any attempt to talk about “the Culture,” especially in terms of “transforming the Culture,” is misled and misleading. Real … Continue reading
On Repentance
From Kalistos Ware: To repent is to look, not downward at my own shortcomings, but upward at God’s love; not backward with self-reproach, but forward with trustfulness. It is to see, not what I have failed to be, but what … Continue reading
Quote: Brought to the Glory of God
The Christian gospel is not merely that Jesus died and rose again; and not merely that these events appease God’s wrath, forgive sin, and justify sinners; and not merely that this redemption gets us out of hell and into heaven; … Continue reading
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Quote: Jesus Went the Way of the Cross
From First Importance, a great daily reminder of the nature of the Gospel: As the captain of salvation, Jesus Christ in his earthly ministry marched from Sinai to Zion, leading captivity captive. Resisting the way of glory falsely promised by … Continue reading
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The Perfect Church Service
The perfect church service would be one were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God. — C.S. Lewis
God’s Story
From Eugene Peterson’s book “The Invitation”: “When we submit our lives to what we read in Scripture, we find that we’re being led not to see God in our stories but to see our stories in God’s. God is the … Continue reading
On Honor
Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are. — Thomas Carlyle
