"Blacks, Whites, Chinese, and Jews attended the services. The color line is washed away in the blood!” -Frank Bartleman

To teachers, preachers, and worship leaders: You win it in prayer before you win it on the platform. -Bob Sorge

summer 2015

How contradictory it is that so many of faith are uncomfortable with the Holy Spirit when His very nature is to comfort. | Acts 9:31 - Derek Kistner

Don’t despise the tiny things in the kingdom—they can grow into the greatest of plants. Matthew 13:31-32 -Bob Sorge

One way we gaze on God’s beauty is by thinking much about the details of Jesus’s life, death, resurrection, and eternal reign. -Mike Bickle

The primary (not only) hope for us is not that things will improve in this age, but that unspeakable good awaits us in the age to come. -Stephen Venable

"You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him." —Teresa of Avila

Gifts are free, but maturity is expensive. -Bill Johnson

"Every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God’s Word in Holy Scripture is a lost day for me." -Bonhoeffer

He (Jesus) will reign over you, either by your consent, or without it - Spurgeon

One essential key to obeying Jesus’ radical commands is believing deeply in reward beyond the grave. Luke 14:14; Matthew 5:12 -John Piper

He bestows His righteousness as a gift, and then rewards you when you've got it, 2 Samuel 22:21. What kind of grace is this? -Bob Sorge

Cheerful holiness is the most forcible of sermons, but the Lord must give it to you - Spurgeon

If a man can preach one sermon without mentioning Christ's name in it, it ought to be his last - Spurgeon

Far better to love Jesus and be unknown by the world than to love the world and be unknown by Jesus. -David Perkins

Our constant danger is that we cry, 'Behold this new opportunity,' 'Behold our new methods'... and forget to cry, 'Behold the Lamb of God!' -Samuel Zwemer

Job cried, “I’m blameless!” Then, when he saw God, he cried, “I’m vile!” Perspective is everything. -Bob Sorge

Regular reading of scripture delivers us from the delusion that our experience of Christianity in the 21st century western world is normative. -Stephen Venable

To the degree that one views the kingdom of God as now, they will gravitate toward the view of the cross as a vending machine. To the degree that one views the kingdom of God as yet to come, they will militate toward the view of the cross as something to be embraced. -Joel Richardson

We abide in God BY loving one another. It's a communal command. Jesus never lets us love Him apart from loving people. -Francis Chan

We will marvel when we behold what God will bring to pass in Zion - "Glorious things are spoken concerning you, O city of God." Psalm 87

Conflict is causing an unprecedented migration of souls out of nations hostile to the gospel into regions where missionaries can work freely. -Stephen Venable

Let your humility be like an iceberg. Whatever qualities people might see in you, may they be but the upper 10% of a deep life in God. -Bob Sorge

According to Scripture, we'll sing forever, and one of the things we'll sing about forever is God's mercies. | Psalm 61:8, 89:1 -Derek Kistner

The most important appointment of your life is yet future; it’s the day you stand before Jesus and He rewards you according to your works. -Mike Bickle

Jesus warned of a long delay, yet surely at midnight - even in deep darkness - there will be a cry: "Behold the Bridegroom!" Matthew 25:5-6 -Stephen Venable

God hates something more than sin, namely causing others to sin. Luke 17:1; John 19:11 -John Piper

It cannot be that there is high appreciation of Jesus and a totally silent tongue about him - Spurgeon

"Salvation is not mainly the forgiveness of sins, but mainly the fellowship of Jesus (1 Corinthians 1:9)." - John Piper

Many churches today welcome ministers who warn of the threat of Islam, but not those who teach us to love Muslims. -Joel Richardson

Hypocrisy is pointless. For: “Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.” Luke 12:2 -John Piper

We can offer our body as a living sacrifice in this age only through the hope of the resurrection of our body in the age to come Romans 8:23, 12:1 -Stephen Venable

"The Psalms are given us to this end, that we may learn to pray them in the name of Jesus Christ." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Praying more does not compensate for un-repented sins that we deliberately continue to commit. -Mike Bickle

“If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.” -CS Lewis

With nails in His hands and feet and a spear protruding from His sides, He proposes to you. “Marry Me. Abide in My love.” -Bob Sorge

The more holy a man becomes, the more conscious he is of unholiness - Spurgeon

Dying changes nothing for the believer. We keep doing the same thing we did on earth—seeking to please Him well, 2 Corinthians 5:9. -Bob Sorge

Fathers bring definition and storyline to their sons and daughters, cultivating the great gardens of identity in their lives. -Lou Engle

Islam, the Goliath of our day, will not be defeated by military might. The strategy of the Lord is to send an army of innocent lambs. -Joel Richardson

From every text of Scripture there is a road to Christ - Spurgeon

"Provocation doesn't make me ill-tempered: it only shows me how ill-tempered I am." -CS Lewis