Brian Berns

Disciple of Jesus Christ, husband, father, music guy Romans 12:1-2

[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

It is wicked to take the gospel and make a peg of it to hang our old clothes upon. The gospel is not a boat to be freighted with human thoughts, fine speculations, scraps of poetry, and pretty tales. No, no, the gospel is the thought of God: in and of itself it is the message which the soul needs.

#Spurgeon #s2110

[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

Appreciation of self leads to depreciation of the Lord Jesus.

#Spurgeon #s2109

[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

Always distinguish between seeking heaven and seeking God, between shunning hell and shunning sin; for any hypocrite will desire heaven, and dread hell; but only the sincere hunger after righteousness.

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[PFF College @PFF_College]

Notre Dame QB CJ Carr | Week 5 vs North Carolina:

☘️ 21/29
☘️ 234 Passing Yards
☘️ 5 Total Touchdowns
☘️ 0 Interceptions

@NDFootball

[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

Let me cheer the heart of anyone here who is burdened with sin, with this reflection, that the redemption of Christ deals with the whole of past sin. How far back can we trace evil? We may follow it back to the first apostate angel; but as far as we are concerned we trace it to father Adam, and thus our sin runs back in muddy streams to that primeval fault which has brought a taint into our nature. Eternal redemption has removed from us whatever of evil consequences might come on us, because of our portion in the fall. The stain of heredity is washed out by our being created anew in Christ Jesus. From every soul that has by faith part and parcel in this redemption, all the olden curse of the race is gone. You have no cause to fear the ancient past; nothing lies buried there which can ever rise to accuse you. Who shall lay anything to the charge of him for whom Christ has obtained eternal redemption?

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[Ligonier Ministries @Ligonier]

William Tyndale was burned at the stake for translating Scripture into plain English.

Two years later, Henry VIII ordered that an English Bible be placed in every church in England.

We thank God for Tyndale, the father of the English Reformation, 500 years after his death.

[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

Solemnly, I believe that one of the best tests of human character is our relation to the great truth of God’s omniscience. If it startles you that God sees you, then you ought to be startled. If it delights you that God sees you, you may reasonably conclude that there is within your heart that which is right and true, which God will approve of. You are among those who do the truth, for you come to the light, and cry, “Search me, O God.”

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[Brian Berns @mrbernsmusicguy]

As a Christian, God is always teaching you something. You’re either going through the schoolhouse of discipline or the woodshed. ~ Phillip Burden

[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

This, even this, is the gospel that is preached unto you. We are called to believe in Jesus; and then, in him, to become priests and kings unto our God, and in his holy service to spend our happy days. God grant that we may receive this gospel indeed and of a truth!

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[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

Also, pray our Lord to raise up more preachers of the gospel: they are few enough. “Pray ye the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.” Pray much for those who do preach the gospel faithfully, that they may be kept true to the Bible and honest to souls.

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[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

Those who constantly associate in worship, unite in church-fellowship, and work together for sacred purposes, have the form of godliness, and a very useful and proper form it is. Alas! it is of no value without the power.

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[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

John Bunyan said that God’s flowers bloom double: not only do they bloom double, but they bloom sevenfold; and out of every one of those flowers there comes a seed which will yield seventy times seven. Therefore, be encouraged.

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[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

An unchanging God is our security for ultimate victory. We fall back upon this truth. Our Lord knows not the shadow of a change, and his eternal purpose shall stand. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! let us exceedingly rejoice.

#Spurgeon #s2085

[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

Believing and defending the Word of God, let us proclaim it. Go out this afternoon, on this first Sunday of summer, and speak in the street the words of this life. Go to a cottage-meeting, or to a workhouse, or to a lodging-house, and declare the divine words. “Truth is mighty, and will prevail,” they say: it will not prevail if it be not made known. The Bible itself works no wonders until its truths are published abroad. Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord reigneth from the tree. Tell it out among the multitude, that the Son of God has come to save the lost, and that whosoever believeth in him shall have eternal life. Make all men know that “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” This thing was not done in a corner: keep it not a secret. Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature; and may God bless you! Amen.

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[FoundersMin @FoundersMin]

William Tyndale’s work gave a voice for followers of Jesus to express their worship, since they could now read and comprehend God’s Word to them. It seems hard to believe that the United States of America would have ever come into existence as we know it without the courageous, undaunted efforts of William Tyndale.

https://t.co/giJcMH2dbB

[Doxology & Theology @DoxAndTheo]

A regular practice of confession of sin within your services can produce a culture of humility and grace in your congregation - one where your people are quick to turn to God and to one another to ask for forgiveness.

Listen to the full episode wherever you find your podcasts!

[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

Oh, how we ought to love sinners, since Jesus loved us, and died for us while we were yet sinners! We must care for drunkards while they still pass round the cup; swearers even while we hear them swear; and profligates while we mourn to see them polluting our midnight streets. We must not wait till we see some better thing in them, but feel an intense interest for them as what they are—straying and lost.

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[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

God can give you such a true repentance, such a burning love, such an enthusiastic consecration, that during the rest of your days you shall make up for all those wasted years. The prey shall be taken from the mighty; years seized by evil shall be dragged back from the devil’s den, and all the memory and outcome of them, transformed by the action of grace and gratitude, shall be laid as treasure at your Redeemer’s feet. By giving you a deeper love, an intenser passion, a fuller consecration on account of the greatness of your sin, the Lord can restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten.

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[Crossway @crossway]

The ESV Symphony of Scripture is a forthcoming ESV audio Bible project designed to help listeners experience the Bible with fresh depth, beauty, and clarity.

Listen in: https://t.co/Ww7tbzs2Zb

[Keith&Kristyn Getty @gettymusic]

7,000 voices singing praise to our God. A foretaste of heaven.

Join us tonight at 7:30pm as we celebrate 250 years of American hymnody! Online access to this conference session is included with any donation to our missions partner, @VOM_USA: https://t.co/QQndh8FDd1