We need to stop confusing church assimilation for discipleship. The two are not the same.
It’s easier to look like each other than it is to look like Jesus and it shows.
Theological beliefs are important but the world doesn’t need our theological beliefs - it needs our loving witness.
Because witness always wins over people to the truth.
Almost nothing makes me angrier than when people use their Bible knowledge to make other people feel small or stupid.
If you managed to miss the whole plot, that knowledge is worthless.
Thing is, we have to really be careful about who we hate. Because 10 times out of 10, it’s going to be somebody Jesus loves. And he has a way of taking it personally.
If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95% of what we do would go on and no one would know the difference.
A.W. Tozer
(wrapping up our 3 month series on the Holy Spirit this Sunday)
Before the water turned into wine, someone had to do the ordinary, tiresome task of filling the water pots.
We want the new wine to just appear, but Jesus calls us to fill the jars first.
In short, God often wants us to participate in our own transformation.
Freedom is not doing what you want to do. 5 year-old undisciplined children do that. True freedom is a life of sacrifical love that moves you to do what's best others.
People will leave a church over politics before they will leave politics for a church.
1.5 hours on Sunday vs. 20 hours a week feeding on cable news and its political partisans ranting, is shaping a lot of people's theology for the worse.
God will not be mocked 🩸✝️🩸🕊️