Al Wright

[Jared C. Wilson @jaredcwilson]

Once a person truly tastes the deep goodness of the gospel, he is ruined for anything else.

[Eric Echols @EricEchols]

A church can gather a crowd without making disciples. Attendance matters because people matter, but the goal is not a full room. It is mature worshipers who obey Jesus and help others obey Him.

[Al Wright @AlWright52]

@daneortlund @DrTomSchreiner ONE HUNDRED PERCENT

[Denny Burk @DennyBurk]

Timothy Tennant:

“I would like to give a word of advice to all United Methodists who were planning on enrolling at Asbury Theological Seminary. 

Enroll anyway.  Don’t find yourself a different seminary, find yourself a better denomination.”

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

What is an idol? It is anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give.

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

Our culture assumes that something is wrong with us if we're content with what we own and aren't constantly looking for bigger and better. We've grown so accustomed to this message of acquiring that we don't even realize the extent to which we define ourselves by the created world.

[Brandon Scalf @brandonmscalf]

No one is a gift to the body of Christ who is not first a gift to a local church!
- @hbcharlesjr

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

There is a great gulf between the Christianity that wrestles with whether to worship at the cost of imprisonment and death, and the Christianity that wrestles with whether the kids should play soccer on Sunday morning.

—@JohnPiper

[Al Wright @AlWright52]

@DennyBurk 20 out of 20.

[Albert Mohler @albertmohler]

I am out of the country but I think this is something that needs to be said right now. The SBC is at a crossroads.

[challies @challies]

"I yearn for a culture of evangelism that never trades confidence in the gospel for confidence in techniques, personalities, or entertainment gimmicks." (J. Mack Stiles)

[hbcharlesjr @hbcharlesjr]

I don't need fifteen hours to prepare a sermon. I can prepare a sermon in half an hour. I need fifteen hours to understand the text with clarity. It's hard to get to the point of clarity. You have to be driven to understand it. But, if you step into the pulpit with a substantially clear grasp of the biblical concept, it has a profound effect on how you preach. - John MacArthur Jr.

[Nathan W. Bingham @NWBingham]

At best, online church is inferior, and at worst, it is an oxymoron.

[challies @challies]

Flashback: While there are times we as Christians must speak out, there is never a time we can speak to a fellow Christian or about a fellow Christian in a way that fails to reflect the love of our common Savior.
https://t.co/f8mH3Z1qKI

[challies @challies]

"Of all the doctrines of the Bible none is so offensive to human nature as the doctrine of God’s sovereignty." (J.C. Ryle)

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

“Spiritual women should fill their lives with Christ-exalting ministries that come alongside the leadership of spiritual men and find their fruitfulness in ways that support and complement that leadership.” —John Piper https://t.co/PlDKipEdZt

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

A moment of lust

The desire for the center of attention

Worshipping the created rather than the creator

Buying what we don’t need

Road rage

Treating another as “lesser than”

Demanding your spouse serve you rather than sacrificially serving them

Yelling rather than being patient

It’s so easy to live as practical atheists as we walk with Christ in this life.

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

Corporate worship is designed to take your eyes off you and this world, filling them instead with the beauty of the glory of God.

[challies @challies]

"Where a man belongs is at the bedside of his children, leading in devotion and prayer. Where a man belongs is leading his family to the house of God. Where a man belongs is up early and alone with God seeking vision and direction for the family." (John Piper)

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

A warning.

“As the Christians gained in power and secular advantages, true piety declined, and corruption and wickedness prevailed among them.” —Jonathan Edwards