The cross is God bridging every divide and bounding every hurdle to get to you with His salvation. -Bob Sorge

"What is of man uses manipulation to conform. What is of God uses implantation to transform." AW Tozer

When I hated Him He found me and gave me everything pertaining to life and godliness. No one can complain. No one can accuse Him. -David Sliker

In the early church songs were critical to teaching theology - Stuart Greaves

The quest for self-fulfillment turns out to be a labyrinth of despair. We were never meant to live for ourselves (Col 1:16, 2 Cor 5:15). -Stephen Venable

Imagine a whole lifetime without the opportunity to ever hear the Name of the Man from Galilee from the lips of someone who loves Him. -Dalton Thomas

Hope is about far more than a change in circumstances; Jesus conquered death and sin and will remove all evil and injustice from the earth! Hope empowers me to know that His grace is greater than today's pain, and rejoice that His love will fully conquer the earth at His return. -David Sliker

Read the Bible personally and feel how spectacular it is. My older brother created the universe. (Romans 8:29; Hebrews 1:2) -John Piper

A Jewish Man, Jesus, will be King over all the earth, ruling from His capitol city, Jerusalem. (Psalm 2:6) -Mike Bickle

"For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am holy." Lev 11:44 Holiness is about the knowledge of God -Stephen Venable

Bob Sorge – Poison: The Praise and Rejection of Man (HD)

"The most substantial way we gain strength in our prayer lives is by feeding on the Word of God." -Mike Bickle

“But God is the God of the waves and the billows, and they are still His when they come over us"― Amy Carmichael

I once heard someone say he was offended at the suggestion the Father killed Jesus. The cross always offends (Gal 5:11, 1 Cor 1:23).If the cross hasn’t offended you, you haven’t really seen it yet. Be careful lest you seek to remove the offense of the cross. -Bob Sorge

"Hope itself is like a star—not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity" Spurgeon

Live in such a way that God can vindicate you. -Derek Kistner

"Our perspective on life changes dramatically when we believe that our prayers really make a difference." --Mike Bickle

"It cost God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion." -CS Lewis

There will be a harvest. There will be a day of reckoning and rewarding. Jesus pleads with us through the parables to live in view of that Day. (Matthew 13) -Stephen Venable

Dream of yoking a gnat with an archangel, and then imagine that you can help your Lord in the work of salvation - Spurgeon

“Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.” CS Lewis

winter 2015

When you cry to God for justice, He responds not only because He loves you, but also because He loves justice. -Bob Sorge

The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus's tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in. -Tim Keller

Prayer, undertaken before, during, and after the public ministry of the word affects the quality and power of the word that goes forth. -Art Katz

While our eyes are on platforms, His find the one giving water. While we line up to be the next king, His eyes find the one on the hillside. -Dana Candler