"God would rather see His Son die than spend eternity without you." —Daniel Hoogteijling

"The devil knows your name but calls you by your sin. God knows your sin but calls you by your name." —Daniel Hoogteijling

Jesus is unpredictable yet reliable. Gentle yet powerful. Authoritative yet humble. Human yet divine. -Timothy Keller

It's amazing how fast my heart can go its way into cynicism, critique, and callousness when I'm not intentional about engaging with Jesus. Consistent tenderness towards people (power to view them by grace, not primarily by their deficiencies) comes through intimacy with Jesus. The only way to become the best versions of ourselves is to live according to how we were made to run: fueled by the affections of Christ. -David Sliker

God is forever luring us up and away from this one, wooing us to Himself and His still invisible Kingdom.” —Elisabeth Elliot

"God’s exaltation of Jesus vindicates not only him and his cause, but his way; and that way is the way by which his followers too must walk." -NT Wright

"I am more convinced as I grow older, that to keep our eyes fixed on the 2nd coming of Christ is the secret of Christian peace." -JC Ryle

For anyone interested:  I will be teaching on the Divinity of Jesus on Sunday mornings starting this Sunday.    Sign up sheet is in the foyer, limit to 25 people.

"Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the world in letters too large for some to see." -CS Lewis

Read the Gospels. Note every line. Every line about Jesus. Everything he said. Then ask: Do I believe in this Christ? Or a modern remake? - John Piper

“The Son of God has come and has given us understanding.“ 1 John 5:20 Apart from him all truth is darkness. -John Piper

The person who can stir up believers to praying would, under God, usher in the greatest revival that the world has ever known. -Leonard Ravenhill

"The reason many fail to joyfully proclaim Jesus Christ is because deep down they fail to joyfully adore Him." -Steve Bainbridge

If God is your Master and you’re His slave, why insult Him in your time of need by looking elsewhere to get your needs met? -Bob Sorge

We behold God's amnesty toward the nations and mistake it for apathy. We behold His patience and mistake it for passivity. He will have His Day. -Stephen Venable

Only one Man gets into heaven based on His goodness. The rest of us get in bowing to that Man. - Derek Kistner

When a man is filled with the Spirit he deals largely with the Word of God; the man filled with his own ideas rarely refers to it. -DL Moody

"The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not." -CS Lewis

“The Great Commission won’t be finished with our spare time or spare change.“ Sell everything. Buy the field. Jesus is worthy. -Brian Kim

The New Testament describes our life as pilgrims in this present evil age as a race and a war. Wake up in the morning ready to run and fight. -Stephen Venable

2016 fall

If we lack love for the church, it's ultimately indicative that we lack love for the Head of the church. -Derek Kistner

The four living creatures could fly away with all those wings, but they don't. They could look away with all those eyes, but they don't. -Derek Kistner

"You don't judge a church by its seating capacity but on its sending capacity." - Rick Warren

“The mark of a spiritual man or woman is a listening heart, not a lecturing tongue.” —Gary Thomas

We work from salvation not for salvation. -Derek Kistner

“Invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you.” Luke 14:13. Blessed. Repaid! -John Piper

Covenant and Controversy Part II: The City of the Great King from Covenant & Controversy on Vimeo.

Covenant and Controversy Part One: The Great Rage from Covenant & Controversy on Vimeo.

We "go" to the nations and proclaim the offer of divine amnesty through the cross because the Day will come when God will wage war against them. -Stephen Venable

When we intentionally fill our mouths with gratitude, we'll find that there is not much breath left for grumbling or complaining. -Joshua Hawkins

Christian must never leave off repenting, for I fear he never leaves off sinning - Spurgeon

God doesn’t adjust the calling to fit you; He adjusts you to fit the calling. -Bob Sorge

A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, but he prays because his soul is hungry for God. -Leonard Ravenhill

What do the alt-Right, radical Islam, and Replacement Theology all have in common? - The belief that God has rejected the Jewish people. -Joel Richardson

You've never had a bigger advocate than Jesus...someone who's more confident in your destiny than anyone, and you never will. -Misty Edwards

Something will define the narrative of our thought life. Might as well be the truth found in God's Word. -Derek Kistner

“Whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.“ Yes God demands perfection. Hence the need for Christ! -John Piper

Remember your corruption enough to be humbled. But forget whatever stops your progress in Christ. -John Piper

We tend to base our justification on our sanctification, instead of our sanctification on our justification. -Tim Keller

O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God. -Phillips Brooks

I would rather speak five words out of this book than 50,000 words of the philosophers - Spurgeon

Faith which accepts one word of God and rejects another is not faith in God but faith in our own judgment, faith in our own taste - Spurgeon