Erica-Lynne Lomberg

Jesus Christ is Lord

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

The resurrection means everything sad is going to eventually come untrue and it will somehow be greater for once being broken and lost.

[Jeffrey Perry® @JeffreyPerry09]

The cross is the public declaration that our salvation rests entirely outside of us, in the completed obedience and sacrificial death of Jesus Christ.

This is the comfort of the gospel: not that Christ has made salvation possible for those who can finish the work, but that He has finished the work for sinners who cannot save themselves.

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die, I risk my whole eternity on the resurrection.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“Christ sent me to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.” 1 Corinthians 1:17

The power lies in the reality preached not the rhetoric of the preacher.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“Even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.” Psalm 71:18

Listen up, all you 70-somethings and 80-somethings: This is one reason you’re still here.

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“Satan cannot hold you, sin cannot enchain you, even despair cannot bind you.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[Kevin Hay @Kevinhay4]

“Those who are forgiven should gladly put aside their sinful ways and walk in newness of life.”

-R.C. Sproul

[Tom Thiessen @tomthie55en]

If you celebrate Easter, don’t let it be an afterthought.

Plan to make it big, as a church and as a family.

If you’re going to observe a day to the Lord celebrating that Christ died to pay for sins and rose to conquer death, celebrate in a way that is fitting.

[Gretchen Ronnevik @garonnevik]

People have various comfort levels in sharing things, and there's nothing wrong with that. Some of it is cultural. Some of it is the family you grew up in.

We learned early on in our marriage the power of sharing our story. That first year was rough. We were in a small group of young married couples, and one time on the way to our gathering, I asked if I could share with the group how much we had been struggling. He said he thought that'd be good, and as we were vulnerable with the group, it opened up a door where all the couples started sharing real things. The pretense dropped. Real friendship met us there.

That experience is why we are pretty open about our lives, especially as we both work within churches. We are often the first to share or be vulnerable, to lay the groundwork. I share a lot about my family, but I don't ever want to throw them under the bus. My husband has joked more than once that he hopes he can live up to the man I portray him to be on social media. I told him I don't say anything untrue! Yeah, he'll say, but it's not the whole truth.

I recently turned in my 3rd book to my publisher, and as this book talks about a difficult season of our marriage as a brief illustration, my publisher wanted my husband to sign off that he was ok with it. He doesn't always read what I write, because he says he hears me talk about it non-stop that reading it feels redundant. But he sat and read the chapter where he came up. When he was done,
he said, "You could have said so much more. This was restrained."
Me: "I didn't want to throw anyone under the bus."
Him: "Sometimes I wish you would just let it rip. So many other people come into play in all of this. Sometimes I want you to throw all of them under the bus--the whole lot of them."
Me: "But that would distract from the point I was making. They arent' the story. You weren't the story. I was talking about my own experience. But it could be perceived, perhaps, not knowing the whole story, that it paints you in a bad light. People might fill in the blanks incorrectly, and you need to know that."
Him: "Oh, I don't care about any of that. Where do I sign?"

Knowing what to share, and who to share it with are often really difficult judgment calls. But here's one thing I know: you can't share your testimony of God's grace and look good doing it at the same time. You can't. You can't say, "I was an awesome person, and God made me even better!" "Being a good person is kind of my thing, so I just drifted into Christianity." That's not it.

We fell into sin, we are oppressed by sin, we are trapped in sin. God saved us. As Christians, we still mess up, and God grace is so steadfast that it's work cleaning us up is an active thing. You can't share a testimony and make yourself look good at the same time. That's why they're so hard.

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“Our joy comes not from where we are but from whose we are.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“If the very worst should happen, our God is still the greatest and best.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[Nate @theolojesus]

There is no substitute for the Word of God.

Not the podcasts.
Not the blog articles.
Not the YouTube sermons.
Not the Instagram feed.
Not the book your favorite pastor wrote.

It is the Word of God that is God-breathed and profitable in all areas of life.

Never set it aside.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“You shall not be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.” Deuteronomy 7:21

If Israel among the nations, how much more of the children of God among the adversaries.

[Scott Sauls @scottsauls]

"In a culture that rewards outrage, finality, and cutting people off, the practice of repair is radical. It asks us to stay connected long enough to be changed—by humility, by apology, by forgiveness."
- Kate Bowler

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“May those who love your salvation say continually, ‘Great is the Lord!’” Psalm 40:16

Pleasure in the gift yields praise to the Giver.

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

The “gospel” that you preach to yourself when suffering, shapes the way you suffer.

[Terri Green @TerriGreenUSA]

“God is God. Because he is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what he is up to.” — Elisabeth Elliot

[Elisabeth Elliot @EElliotFdn]

“We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.” ~ Elisabeth Elliot

[Paterson @shawnpaterson]

“Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ashes.” —Elisabeth Elliot

[megan @hollowandhome]

The routines of housework, the discipline of raising children, the silent, faithful hours spent in a life of hidden service—this is the stuff of holiness when offered to God.
— Elisabeth Elliot