"Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? . . . Do you not know that we are to judge angels?" 1 Corinthians 6:2-3 Biblical faith must cross the bridge between the messy reality of church members and the massive truth of their future glory  -John Piper

Those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!" Mark 11:9-10  

No pretense here by Jesus. Looking forward to the hope of Israel, the coming Davidic kingdom. Maranatha! -John Harrigan

"The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.” Mark 2:20 Because fasting is the physical exclamation point at the end of the cry, “Come Lord Jesus!” -John Piper

Saying "the church (ekklesia) isn't mentioned in Revelation (after chapter 3) by name, so therefore isn't there" is like saying "God isn't mentioned by name in Esther, so He isn't there." It's an argument from silence. The explicit teachings of Matthew 24; 1 Thessalonians 4; 2 Thessalonians 1 and 2 come before inferences. 

-Gabe Cali

After His resurrection, Jesus appeared to various groups of disciples but never healed anyone. “That ministry is yours, now. I’ve passed the baton to you.” -Bob Sorge

Karma says you get what you deserve. Through and in Jesus this isn't ever true. -Timothy Keller

"It’s that prayer that pushes you through a door of temptation. It’s that prayer that gives you strength to say no. . . . He’s praying for you. There’s a man at the right hand of the throne of majesty on high who forever lives to make intercession." 

—Corey Russell

Of all the Fairy Tales none contains so vital a moral truth as the old story of Beauty and the Beast. There is written, with all the authority of a human scripture, the eternal and essential truth that until we love a thing in all its ugliness we cannot make it beautiful. -GK Chesterton

"Salvation was bought not by Jesus' fist, but by His nail-pierced hands; not by muscle but by love." AW Tozer

The devil has two major tricks with people. One is: “You’re so good you don’t need to be saved.” The other is: “You’re so bad you can’t be saved.” — and he’s a liar on both counts. -Leonard Ravenhill

“Let a Christian often think to himself, ‘Who has placed me here, whether I am in a higher sphere or in a lower? Not chance or fortune, as the totally blind heathens imagined; no, it is the wise God who has, by his providence, fixed me in this orb.’” —Thomas Watson

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. — Charles Spurgeon

Sell Joseph for 20 pieces of silver and he’ll “save your lives by a great deliverance” Genesis 45:7. Sell Jesus for 30 pieces of silver and He’ll save the world. -Bob Sorge

“Beauty is the battlefield where God and Satan contend for the hearts of men.” -Dostoyevsky

“He...whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.” (Proverbs 22:11) As we grow in our friendship with King Jesus, our speech becomes much more gracious. Our words, more often than not, remind others of Him—the kindest, most grace-saturated Man who ever lived. -DA Kistner

God speaks to dirt and it heeds His voice, but then He speaks to us and we pay no attention. Go figure. Dumber than dirt. Isaiah 48:12-13 -Bob Sorge

“Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.” -Hosea 6:1 

“Jesus is perfect theology” sounds great. If however, it leads one to conclude that the God of the Old Testament is one iota different than Jesus, then it is a mere cliche used to justify Gnosticism, not the faith of Jesus. - Joel Richardson

If someone is criticizing you and the criticism is mostly mistaken, identify the 20 percent of the indictment that is fair. Without excuse be willing to take it to heart. The strongest Christians are the ones most willing to repent. -Timothy Keller

One of the most misunderstood faces of God is the face of Jesus the Fierce and Righteous Judge. Yet in several places of scripture the biblical prophets intimately connect encountering this face of God with His transcended beauty, His glorious majesty and His Holy love. -Stuart Greaves

Paul is jealous for the old rugged Cross; and do you remember what he says? Some people are "enemies of the cross of Christ” (Phil 3:18).

Notice what he says: he doesn’t say they’re enemies of Christ. Oh no, they’re smart enough to use the Name. The Mormons use the name of Jesus. The Mormons say they have gifts of the Spirit. The Jehovah’s Witnesses talk about Jesus and the kingdom — but they’re enemies of the Cross! It’s the BLOOD that is an offense to them. They’re enemies of the Cross of Christ!

-Leonard Ravenhill

The New Testament framework for victory places a far greater value on martyrdom (faithful witness) than miracles. -Joel Richardson

In Exodus 24, Aaron saw God. In Exodus 32, Aaron made a golden calf.  

I asked myself, how could someone see God, be so near to Him as to glance at His feet, and then turn around and worship a god that is no God at all. And then I remembered, I’ve done it too.

-Jackie Hill Perry

In Romans 1, Paul showed how desperately we need salvation. From what do we need to be saved? From God’s wrath against sin. God saves us from Himself, and unto Himself.  -Bob Sorge

Most people want Jesus as a consultant rather than a king. -Timothy Keller

I don’t tremble at crowds, I used to, my knees used to knock. I don’t tremble at crowds anymore. I don’t even tremble at the power of the devil, I don’t think. But I tremble at the awesomeness of delivering God’s Word. 

Do you want to know the key to preaching? It’s in the words of Jesus found in Isaiah 66, in which it says, “To this man will I look…to him that trembleth at My word.” (Isaiah. 66:2). 

-Leonard Ravenhill

"The cross stands high above the opinions of men and to that cross all opinions must come at last for judgment." AW Tozer 

"The fact that all men are judgment-bound is the most sobering thought I know." -Leonard Ravenhill