Noah's wisdom wasn't apparent until it began to rain. Don't worry about what others think- go hard after Jesus. He's worthy. -Mike Bickle

Questioning "Historical Adam" is troubling theological trend in the church. This is a direct assault on the glory of the second Adam. -Daniel Lim

The good news ("gospel") that Satan blinds our eyes to is that Jesus is unspeakably glorious. (2 Corinthians 4:4) - Joshua Hawkins

Every time we sin we say: God is not the supreme treasure to be desired above all else. -John Piper

Most entertainment and advertising is the art of making the insignificant seem significant. Don't buy the hype. God alone defines importance. -Stephen Venable

A willful denial of the past destruction of the earth by water causes a mocking of the future destruction of the earth by fire (2 Peter 3:3-5) -Stephen Venable

"If you live for people's acceptance, you'll die from their rejection" - Lecrae

Christmas only introduces us to God's great love and approachability. Love will display its entire depths at the Cross. -Allen Hood

What should pastors preach? Paul's answer: "To me was given to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ." Ephesians 3:8 -John Piper

Biblical truths that we dabble in as we quickly move on to distraction have very little power to transform our thoughts and emotions. Biblical truths that we immerse ourselves in by confessing, professing, teaching, singing, and praying them unleashes their full potential. -David Sliker

"The purpose of good works isn't to change us or save us; rather, it's the demonstration of the change within us." -AW Tozer

When you cut Jesus and the disciples they bled the Psalms... literally -Jono Hall

"...rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name." Joy in suffering and shame. Behold the apostolic miracle. -Stephen Venable

God has a "back" - Ex 33:23 -Matthew Candler

The Lion of Judah conquered because he was willing to act the part of a lamb. He came into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday like a king on the way to a throne, and He went out of Jerusalem on Good Friday like a lamb on the way to a slaughter. He drove out the robbers from the Temple like a lion devouring its prey. And then at the end of the week He gave His majestic neck to the knife, and they slaughtered the Lion of Judah like a sacrificial lamb. -John Piper

"...the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him." Lk 13:17 Today behold His acts in the gospels and rejoice! -Stephen Venable

A few thousand years ago on a normal night like tonight, you could watch God's chest rise and fall as He slept in an obscure village in Israel. -Joshua Hawkins

The condition of America is never a concern if the condition of the church is healthy and thriving. -David Sliker

He whose life is one even and smooth path, will see but little of the glory of the Lord, for he has few occasions of self-emptying -Spurgeon

If you have a message that has no room for the cross in it, then we feel no need to make room for your message. -Bob Sorge

Jesus had a large sphere of influence, but He had no title. You don't have to have a title to have a great impact. -Bob Sorge

God doesn't tell Moses, "Tell them, 'I am what you want.'" He says, "Tell them, 'I am what I am.’" -Timothy Keller

Beware self-absorbed musings. Men aren't thinking of you as highly as your flesh hopes, nor as badly as your heart fears. Behold the Lamb... -Bryan Anthony

"'Bring me a musician.' And when the musician played, the hand of the Lord came upon him." 2 Kings 3:15 God still does this. -John Piper

"Fire attracts fire. If you're lukewarm you'll attract lukewarm. How to you get on fire? Sit before the burning one" -David Sliker

The Father promised Jesus an inheritance—an eternal companion who will love Jesus with all their hearts -Mike Bickle

"There is a design and a purpose for each of our lives. Living unaware of that is sad, but dying unaware of it is a tragedy." - Lou Engle

“Give to everyone who asks of you” (Luke 6:30). Even if you can’t give them what they request, give them something. -Bob Sorge

"We don't worship a CEO who is building a business, we worship a Father who is building a family." -David Sliker

Our greatest privilege and our greatest pleasure is to be obsessed with the magnificence of Jesus. -Mike Bickle

Intercession causes us to internalize God's Word by saying it back to Him throughout our life. -Mike Bickle

Living in offense is one of the greatest hindrances to spiritual growth and one primary cause of our lack of fathers (mentors) in the church. -Mike Rizzo

Paul’s dedication was rooted in what he saw about Jesus. It wasn't just that he was a zealous man. -Mike Bickle

What was David's preparation to shepherd the nation of Israel? Faithfully serving his father in shepherding the sheep. -Corey Russell

What was Joshua's preparation to lead the nation in the promised land? It was countless hours in the prayer room Exodus 33.11 - Corey Russell

The guy whom God answered over and over (David) is the guy who prayed more than anyone else "Hear me! Answer me!" -Bob Sorge

The book of Acts is 28 chapters of the beginnings of missions and all 28 chapters mention prayer. That's no coincidence. -Antioch Center

Deep love for Jesus produces a moral life. A moral life does not produce deep love for Jesus. -Mike Bickle

There will be no one like you
and no one beside you
You alone are worthy of our praise

We must never rest until everything inside us worships God.- AW Tozer

The only thing more profitable than thinking about Jesus is talking with Him.--David Sliker

"Everyone who accepts circumcision is obligated to keep the whole law." Galatians 5:3 On the path of law you must be perfect. -John Piper

The church’s obsession with avoiding disappointment has given the seat of honor to the spirit of unbelief. -Bill Johnson

The revelation of God as Bridegroom is the central biblical doctrine concerning the identity of God -Matthew Candler

No matter what obstacles you face, be greatly comforted you have a glorious future. The hope of the resurrection is an anchor to the soul. -Mike Bickle

A biblical way to stoke a prayer meeting: On your way there, raise up a cripple and take him along with you. (Acts 3:1-10) -Bob Sorge

Recognizing the worth of Jesus warrants universal worship means realizing that a deep burden for the nations is inherent to biblical faith. -Stephen Venable

There are two ways for the believer to behold Jesus. The first is by faith in this age. The other is by sight in the next age. Beholding Christ by faith sanctifies us, and beholding Him by sight glorifies us. When we see Him, we shall be made just like Him. -Allen Hood

Anything man gives you, man can take from you. Seek those things that only heaven gives. -Bob Sorge

“Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees.” - Corrie ten Boom

To run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings. -John Bunyan

The divinity of Jesus is the single, premiere uniting factor that brings Christians together in worship. -Joshua Hawkins

Humanity has cried "shine the light of Your face upon us", yet we hid our faces when He showed us His glory in the face of Christ. (Is 53:3) Through repentance, faith, and the gift of the Holy Spirit, our eyes see His glory dimly. We now await the day He returns to abide forever. -Josh Hawkins

Jesus is the most fascinating Man that has ever, or that will ever, exist. Fix your eyes on Him and let Him perfect your faith. -Mike Bickle

If we embrace both the greatness and power of God and His tenderness and joy we will approach Him with great confidence. -David Sliker

"The power of prayer is Jesus knows what you're going to ask before you ask. It's a JOY for Him to hear the details." -David Sliker

The cross is a tsunami—a rushing wall of divine initiative that will sweep you off your feet. The cross is God coming after you. -Bob Sorge

The man who discovered the way to understanding the fear of the Lord (Solomon, in Prov. 2:1-5) later forsook the fear of the Lord. This makes me tremble through to my bones. Lord, have mercy on me! Give me the fear of the Lord all my days. -Bob Sorge

The highest goal of prayer is not functional, but relational. We pray because we love, not just because we need. -David Sliker

The Lord is not measuring you by how anointed you are. He's measuring you by how responsive you are to love. -Mike Bickle

At the cross Jesus simultaneously accomplished the greatest act of love and the greatest act of intercession. -Billy Humphrey

"The fear of the Lord is the revelation of God's greatness that spurs us to holiness and to loving God at the deepest levels." -Allen Hood

The sinlessness of Jesus is absolutely breathtaking. -Joshua Hawkins

There is a throne set in heaven, with One seated upon it, whose government never shuts down, day or night: we are citizens of that kingdom. -David Sliker

Being "saved" does not mean being saved from the wrath of Satan, but of the Lamb. Being "saved" is being saved from God for God by God. -Matthew Candler

"Whether we like it or not asking (prayer) is the rule of the Kingdom." - C.H. Spurgeon

Para el enemigo la batalla continúa si tu quieres pelear o no. Así que escoge hoy la actitud de rugir, pelear y tomar más terreno para Dios. -Shelley Hundley

"Humility is rooted in the knowing of who we are in God, not denying who we are." -Stuart Greaves

At the apex of His Galilean popularity Jesus says to eat His flesh and drink His blood (John 6:51-55). He does things really differently than us. -Stephen Venable

"If our effort to know God more clearly is not an effort to love Him more dearly, it will be fatal." -John Piper

Jesus didn't offer a syllable of self-defense or self-clarification during the most severe injustice of human history. -Joshua Hawkins

Jesus defined "eternal life" as being raised up on the last day and living forever (John 6:39-40, 44, 47-54). Our life begins on the last Day. -Stephen Venable

As Christians, we will be constantly misunderstood, mistreated, and mishandled by others. The servant is not greater than his Master. Jesus lovingly and willingly embraced the futility of the human experience for the sake of the victory of the human race. -David Sliker

The rarest treasure in this life that few obtain is deep confidence in the love of Christ. Christ's fierce, wholehearted commitment to our relationship and great future with Him is the secret to our deep confidence, rest, and joy. -David Sliker

God Could Have Left Job Alone - Bob Sorge (HD)

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

With proliferation of words is much regret, but I have rarely repented for keeping silence. -Nathan Wood

"Christology without the study of eschatology is incomplete. And eschatology that is not Christocentric is unbiblical." -Daniel Lim

In the decaying of our outer man, we are given an invitation for our inner man to be strengthened and renewed (Eph 3:16, 2 Cor 4:16). -Stephen Venable

Never was a man surrounded by so many people, and yet so utterly lonely, as the Man on the middle cross. -Bob Sorge

Seeing our eternal reign with Jesus affects the view of our labors and sacrifice now. -Mike Bickle

The highest joy of every Christian is to know Jesus deeply, and that begins with prayerfully pondering His life. -Josh Hawkins

some men trust in horses,
some men trust in the wheels of war,
some men trust in riches,
but I will trust in the Lord my God.
-Luke Wood

"They acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth." (Hebrews 11) / May this be our confession too as we await the age to come. -Josh Hawkins

"...the God of heaven, though exalted in power and majesty, is eager to be friends with us." - AW Tozer

The way to kill pride and self-exaltation is to gaze at Jesus' cross. He deserved the greatest recognition yet endured the greatest injustice. -Joshua Hawkins

Psalm 140:7, “O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation.” What would it look like if God used all His strength to save you? Calvary. -Bob Sorge

At His first coming, Jesus sought the fruits of repentance from His people. Today, He seeks the same from us. -Joshua Hawkins

“Singing to God is not a nice little emotional trip to spice up a worship service—it’s a matter of life and death.” -John Piper

Keep the Word of God like a treasure, not like a check list. -Misty Edwards

How do weeds grow in the heart? Simply by doing absolutely nothing. -Matthew Candler

To whatever degree our image of God is distorted, so are we also. -Art Katz

Jesus is not a door to get into more lofty "experiences". Knowing Him personally is the highest "experience". -Tim Cone

It is kind of the Lord to use trials to remind us we have no good in ourselves apart from Jesus and no sure hope apart from the resurrection. -Stephen Venable

"The true god of your heart is what your thoughts effortlessly go to when there is nothing else demanding your attention." -Tim Keller

“...for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake.” (Phil 1:29) / A picture of normal Christianity. -Joshua Hawkins

Meditating anew on the birth of Jesus this week. You can never exhaust the well of the incarnation. Living water ever rises from its depths. -Stephen Venable

“There is no little sin, because there is no little God to sin against.” -Thomas Brooks

Jesus doesn't refuse weak love. He embraces it and causes it to grow strong. Run to Him instead of from Him. -Mike Bickle

How is it that we've made "salvation" a ninety second prayer rather than a ninety year reality? Matthew 24:13. He that ENDURES will be saved. -Jaye Thomas

"When relevance becomes a god, the relevant thing to do is to smash the idol." Peter Kreeft

Leadership lesson from Daniel's life in chapter 1: provoke your peers to righteousness, instead of compromise, and God will honor you. -Mike Bickle

“But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.” (Luke 2:19) / May this be true of us with all of Jesus' life and words. -Joshua Hawkins

The most important appointment of our life is when we stand before Jesus on the last day. -Mike Bickle

The Mighty One who stood before Joshua centuries before (Joshua 5:13) walked through the streets of Jericho on the way to His death. (Luke 19:1) -Joshua Hawkins

Today I am longing for something authentic, aching for Jesus, wanting Him and Him alone, undone by the piercing depths of His life and love. My heart can barely stand the thought of another “unique teaching” or “keen insight” from one more “anointed” vessel. Taste for the eternal fades as we exchange the burning gaze of seraphim for the unyielding boredom of Dr. Phils dressed in preachers’ garb. O God, save us from the insightful sages of our day and give us that which has always mystified the saints and terrorized devils. -Allen Hood

Corporate intercession arising right now for missionaries on the other side of the world who will be waking up in a few hours . A room filled at 9pm with twenty year old Americans praying for people in Africa to love a Man who was born in Israel over 2000 years ago. -Stephen Venable

"They laid hands on Jesus and seized him" (Matt 26:50). They seized God. Our idea of "restraint" doesn't compare to His. -Joshua Hawkins

"His love compelled Him to plunge into our condition and dwell among us." -Stephen Venable

"He who does not long to know more of Christ, knows nothing of Him yet." -Spurgeon

It is hard to feel thankful for something you are not sure you have. Which is why lack of assurance of salvation is so heavy. -John Piper

If we live in compromise, when we stumble in sin it doesn’t hinder God from embracing us, but it hinders us from enjoying the embrace. The free grace of God is always to lead us to righteous character. -Mike Bickle

The goal in this life is to love God well and as a result you will live this life well. -Zack Hensley

Forgiven, will you despise others? Will Bartimaus, after seeing, take a stick, and beat every blind man he meets? -John Newton

We must meditate often on the fact that the worship, love and sacrifice of the earliest Christians was all for One they had known personally. -Stephen Venable

The great missionary heroes of previous generations were unimpressive men and women who humbly gave the nations an impressive God. Modern media has seduced a generation into a vain imagination: that natural charisma is anointing and that gifting is the key to success. The challenge of modern church leadership: training a generation to walk in the power of the Holy Spirit without drawing attention to self. -David Sliker

The One with "all authority" promises to be with us always. How could we not heed His command and go to all nations for the sake of His name? -Stephen Venable

If trials bring forth the gold of faith, then the Great tribulation will bring forth such a holy bride in love and full of faith. -Corey Russell

To Peoria AC's - Studies in the Life of Christ begin again Sunday September 9th. We begin session 4, The Infancy and Childhood of Jesus. Sign up sheet will be out in the foyer, 25 people max. -david

We do not follow Jesus because it is easy but rather because he is worthy. -Mark Driscoll

God is not just on our side, he is inside us, in the person of his Holy Spirit. John 14:23 Christianity is the only religion in the World teaching that God himself resides in his devotees. -David Pawson

“Light yourself on fire with passion and people will come from miles to watch you burn.”--John Wesley

Jesus isn’t preparing us so we can go to heaven; He’s preparing us so that God can come to earth. -Bob Sorge

Seven ways to actively engage with God's word:

1. Read it 2. Sing it 3. Pray it 4. Meditate on it 5. Proclaim it 6. Study it 7. Live it

-Daniel Lim

"What a man is in God's eye, that he is and nothing more." -Francis of Assisi

"the gospel of the glory of Christ..." 2 Cor 4:4 In other words, the good news that Jesus is glorious. Good news indeed. -Stephen Venable

Our capacity to behold Him will determine our ability to become like Him. (2 Corinthians 3:18) -Stacey Cambpell 

“That I may know him...” (Phillipians 3:10) // A major part of "knowing" Jesus is being familiar with His life, His story, and His words. -Joshua Hawkins

Profession of faith as often been taught instead of practice. "I'll show you my faith by what I do" James 2:18 -David Pawson

Abba, may my loyalty as a son match Your faithfulness as a Father. -Bob Sorge

Bible study is about feasting on the excellencies of Christ and discovering the treasure that is God. -Mike Bickle

The more we are touched by God's love, in truth, the more we want to remove everything that hinders that love in our lives. -Mike Bickle

"Our walk by faith, if it is true biblical faith, will get us in trouble." AW Tozer

Algunos predicadores definen "llenura" en términos de autoridad y poder. Pablo lo define en términos de intimidad y amor. -David Sliker

We can only miss those we truly know. If you've put faith in Jesus but are lacking in your "come Lord Jesus" cry, look at His life. -Joshua Hawkins

"Some people are waiting for a mysterious call from God. What they really need is a swift kick in the pants." -Jim Elliot

"The best way to prove that a stick is crooked is to set a straight one beside it. No words need to be spoken." AW Tozer

"Incline my heart...", "turn away my eyes..." Psalm 119:36-37 Invite God to have sway over your affections and your attention. -Stephen Venable

It is not possible to live an extraordinary life if you are moved by the praise and rejection of man. -David Sliker

The extraordinary life of Jesus: 30 years of hiddenness working, praying, serving; 3 years of disciplining 12 guys; executed as a criminal. -David Sliker

Whether in a prayer meeting, at a church service, or in private devotion actually SING His word - it will change your heart! Ephesians 5:19 -Corey Russell

My confidence is in the One carrying me across the finish line, not in my own ability to run hard or navigate the journey. He’ll get me there. -Shelley Hundley

"But trials borne with love and in union with the crucified Beloved make one grow by leaps and bounds." T. Dubay

Jesus spent whole nights in prayer to commune with the Father, not to get more power. -Mike Bickle

Enfocando más en reputación que en realidad espiritual es como dar la espalda al Rey para enfocarnos en las opiniones de los siervos. -Shelley Hundley

While most of Israel feasted and remembered God's deliverance, God was two miles away. A young girl sat at His feet and heard His word (Luke 10:39). -Joshua Hawkins

Jesus gave the 12 power over demons (Matthew 10:1), but later said, "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you” (Acts 1:8) If they had already been given power, why did they need to receive power again? Because they had lost the power they had been given. Their power was by virtue of their relationship to Christ in His bodily presence on earth. When He left, everything changed. He was saying power would be restored to their lives as they entered into a vital relationship with the Holy Spirit. It was the same power—and ever greater—based not on His physical proximity but on an indwelling relationship with the Holy Spirit. -Bob Sorge

Religious constructs built around abstinence from permissible things creates an illusion of transformation propped up by fear, not love. We abstain from permissible things to reach for what is beneficial because we have been awakened to love and long to abide in Christ. Abiding in Christ is the only means to honestly confront the issues of the heart that continually cause us to come short in our calling. -David Sliker

"You need a Christianity that works in a prayer room and a prison cell." -Sam Cerny

The most important opinion about your church and my church is not what anybody else says, but what Jesus says. -David Pawson

Jesus modeled the Father's perfections in relating to humans. Jesus also modeled God's intentions for man as He related to God! -Mike Bickle

Algunos dicen que es muy costoso seguir a Jesús. La verdad es que el costo de no seguir a Cristo es inmensamente mayor. -OneThing Mexico

When we patiently endure evil (2 Timothy 2:24), we testify of the day God has fixed to judge the world in righteousness through Jesus (Acts 17:31). -Joshua Hawkins

God created us to love Him in the same way He loves us. Jesus died for that to become reality. -Mike Bickle

The only thing that makes "worship music" worship is that we're talking to God; otherwise, it's just music. -Misty Edwards

"To sing is the work of a lover" - Augustine

"Just the very act of prayer is saying that there is a God, He's bigger than me and He's in control." -Misty Edwards

When Jesus said, “Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!”, He was speaking of Himself. -Bob Sorge

The story of the Incarnation is the story of a descent and resurrection... one has the picture of a diver, stripping off garment after garment, making himself naked, then flashing for moment in the air, and then down through the green, and warm and sunlit water into the pitch black, cold, freezing water, down into the mud and slime, then up again, his lungs almost bursting, back again into the green and sunlit water, and then at last out into the sunshine, holding in his hand the dripping thing he went down to get. This thing is human nature. -CS Lewis

"Success" in ministry in the West often entails self-promotion. Success in frontier missions always entails self-denial. It is a wide gap. -Stephen Venable

"But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast" Matthew 9:15 We are His friends and these are the days. -Stephen Venable

The calloused heart is a fierce and capable foe that must be beaten back daily with the weapon of wondrous, Spirit-filled joy. We must fight for the kind of tenderness of heart that refuses to let the awesome become overfamiliar, and the beautiful become plain. When love grows cold, it doesn't happen all at once. It's the culmination of thousands of small choices to believe the worst about people. -David Sliker

Grace doesn't overlook sin, it empowers obedience. -Bill Johnson

The book of Revelation is ALL about the unveiling of the infinite beauty and eternal glory of Jesus Christ - how He thinks, feels and acts! -Corey Stark

Take courage! The sun rose this morning as a sure witness to God's promise to David - He will set Jesus on a throne in Jerusalem. (Psalm 89:36) -Joshua Hawkins

"We have taught a generation to feast and play but the times demand we fast and pray." -Lou Engle

Theology is the equalizer for hopeless intercessors and Christians swayed by every new wind of doctrine. Prayer is the equalizer for intellectuals who have lost the awe and wonder of being in a relationship with their Maker. -Joshua Hawkins

"A crucial task for the church is to test continually whether its understanding of Christ corresponds with that of the first witnesses"-Küng

Jesus saw all the way through the Type A, visionary, driven, ambitious young man before Him – and yet He loved him (Mark 10:21). The eyes that see and know everything about you look upon you with everlasting love and great desire. He wants you with Him! -Bob Sorge

Worship is the celebration of Christ's victory expressed in the heat of battle. It is a proclamation of what is to come. -Tim Hughes

It should be as normal for children to hear about the end of the age as it was for Noah's three sons to hear that a flood is coming. -Sarah Edwards

That every man, woman and child would behold Jesus and adore Him: this is the end and the goal of all Christian ministry. -David Sliker

It seems that John didn’t earn himself any friends with the priests, when he said his baptism was “for the remission of sins” (Mark 1:4). He claimed his baptism of repentance had powers of remission like unto the temple sacrifices. It was the launch of the Gospel era. -Bob Sorge

The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men -men of prayer. -EM Bounds

It’s possible to be so distracted with aching over what you don’t have that you neglect to steward properly what you do have. -Bob Sorge

Believing we’re pursuing righteousness because we’re not in gross sin is like believing we’re losing weight by holding our stomach in. -Luis Cataldo

If your Christianity depends upon a pastor's preaching, then you're a long way from being where you should be."- AW Tozer

Whatever you don't forgive in your dad, you keep. -Allen Hood

"So astounding will be the future return of Israel that it will make the exodus from Egypt seem small in comparison." -Walter Kaiser

Most men die at 25. We just don't bury them until their 70. -Ben Franklin

Decisions in this sojourn -this vapor of life- can translate into real, everlasting reward in the resurrection. How then should we live? -Stephen Venable

Longing for Jesus' return is not only apostolic, it's the normative posture for believers in this age. Matthew 9:15 -Billy Humphrey

Our plight is such that we do not know the depths of our slumber until we are awakened, or the severity of our blindness until illumined. -Stephen Venable

We sing to a Jewish Man, who's forevermore our King.  Glory to the Son of David, out of Zion He shall reign! -Laura Hackett

"What would happen if we sought God's face as earnestly as we seek pleasure?" -AW Tozer

"As a man prays, so he is." -AW Tozer

The indwelling Spirit doesn't alleviate the ache of Jesus' absence. Instead, He actually deepens it. -Joshua Hawkins

"traveled", "talked", "reclined", "ate" - the descriptions of Jesus after the resurrection are so tangible. "touch Me and see..." Luke 24:39 -Stephen Venable

What is lacking in many discussions of eschatology is a real yearning to see Jesus and be with Him. This is thoroughly un-apostolic. -Stephen Venable

"Let us never get so wrapped up in counting the pairs of eyes upon us that we miss the only gaze that matters" -Anna Blanc

"Stop clinging to Me..." John 20:17 The joy of the resurrection was tempered by the fact that He wasn't staying. Yet surely He will come again -Stephen Venable

Paul's Acts 17 sermon ends in a call for repentance because Jesus will judge. Many theological errors can be avoided if this is our call too. -Joshua Hawkins

Two of three detailed accounts of Jesus appearing after His resurrection describe Him eating food. Incline your ear to what He is saying through this. -Stephen Venable

If Jesus Himself is not the consuming focal point of worship, teaching and community, a "church" risks becoming just a tax exempt social club -Stephen Venable

What would it have been like to eat a breakfast made by the resurrected Messiah who was Yahweh in the flesh? (John 21:9-14) -Stephen Venable

For the world, there is no message more offensive than the crucified and resurrected God-Man who has now been appointed as the Earth's Judge. 

For the church, there is no message more offensive than the call to pursue the fullness of God in full partnership with the Bridegroom. 

Grace is free, and freely given to empower a costly pursuit to experience all that God wants to bring the human heart into in this life. -David Sliker

In the same way God prepared Joshua through "not departing from the tabernacle" so God is preparing His leaders in prayer/fasting/word/presence -Corey Russell

Fear is a thief. It robbed Peter of a perfectly good walk on water, and kept the eleven in the boat. Fear looks like wisdom to those without risk. -Bill Johnson

It takes “all” of Scripture to make the man of God complete (2 Tim 3:16-17). To the degree I neglect portions of Scripture I am incomplete. The man of God, therefore, should be a man of all Scripture. -Bob Sorge

Daniel Nash

Jesus is greater than I have ever portrayed him to be. -John Piper

Stephen and John the Baptist could have preserved their lives by keeping their mouths shut when in the presence of adversaries. Someone could say, “Stephen wasn’t a martyr, he brought it on himself.” But faithful witnesses speak up, even if it means losing their life. Lord, deliver me from the silence of self-preservation. -Bob Sorge

Our biggest dilemma is not our pride, it is our inability to see it and act accordingly. -Mike Bickle

It is God who gives life. Let us respect and love human life, especially vulnerable life in a mother’s womb. -Pope Francis

In self-loving cultures that shout, "express yourself" the messages of meekness and self-denial become more foreign to the Christian ear. -David Sliker

Consider how Jesus fulfilled the Isaiah 58:6 mandate to “break every yoke.” He healed all, even in contexts when the authorities hated it. -Bob Sorge

Oh the depths of this mystery...He who was in the form of God so humbled Himself that His body was a thing to be asked for (Matthew 27:58) -Stephen Venable

God values the lifestyle that appears foolish to the world so much that His Son came to the earth and walked it out for 30 years. -Mike Bickle

The story of Jesus in Matthew begins with worship (Matthew 2:11) and it concludes with worship (Matthew 28:9, 17). That's the right response to Him. -Stephen Venable

Isaiah 49:15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, and...the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you.” God’s maternal instincts for you are stronger than your own mother’s. -Bob Sorge

This was the joy set before you, that you would have my heart forever. -Matt Gilman

When hearing any sermon, our first priority is to look for a biblical connection to Jesus, then forge a clear action plan of application. How a sermon makes you "feel" in the moment is irrelevant, and actually unhelpful, if we take Paul's charge to "test all things" seriously. If our primary means of discernment is how sermons make us feel, we're in grave danger of being held captive to the seduction of sentiment. Have we built our understanding of Jesus around how He makes us feel or around who He really is? -David Sliker

The Lamb is the Ultimate Warrior, who fought and destroyed Satan on the cross. When you militantly engage the powers of darkness with all your being, you are just like your Master. Fight! -Bob Sorge