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

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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

"Religion can reform a person’s life, but it can never transform him. Only the Holy Spirit can transform!" -AW Tozer

One of Christ’s boldest statements: John 10:15, “As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father.” -Bob Sorge

Crowds went from thinking Paul was a god to stoning him and dragging his body (Acts 14:11-19). There is no soundness in the opinions of men. -Stephen Venable

How did Paul "strengthen" and "encourage" the souls of new disciples? "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God." Acts 14:22 -Stephen Venable

Psalm 74:4 calls the temple God’s “meeting place.” God has a strong desire for His people to gather together regularly and meet with Him. -Bob Sorge

A Day has been fixed, a resurrected Man has been appointed - God will judge the world in righteousness and all men must repent. Acts 17:30-32 -Stephen Venable 

Political leaders: Just because you’ve made something legal doesn’t make it okay, or make it exempt from God’s judgment. Is. 10:1 “Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees” -Bob Sorge

Our modern culture has so conditioned us towards pain avoidance that "the fellowship of His sufferings" has become wholly alien to us. -David Sliker

The Holy Spirit doesn't just "want" to speak to us, He yearns jealously to speak to us. He is burning to speak to us. Are we attentive? -David Sliker

God raised Jesus because He had finished His assignment of procuring the justification of sinners, Rom. 4:25. If you find yourself suffering a crucifixion, or enduring a dark burial, finish your assignment. Then comes resurrection. -Bob Sorge

I cannot fathom the magnitude of the regret that one who rejected Jesus will experience when they stand before Him at the judgment. -David Sliker

The Man who lived with a perfectly bridled tongue (Matthew 12:19) has been given all authority to take account of every idle word we say (Matthew12:36)-David Sliker

Of the 5% of each U.S. dollar given to "mission", only half a penny from each dollar is directed towards unreached people groups. -David Sitton

When the the helpless ache of injustice pierces and seemingly insurmountable crisis rages, do not weep. Behold, the Lamb of God! Our humanistic, activistic compulsion to combat the course of this wicked world with wasted words and empty gestures is simply vanity. The Father reveals, at the end of the canon, the most spectacularly simple answer to the storm of an unjust, fallen world: Behold the Lamb! -David Sliker

The power that gives us life in Christ is resurrection power. Regeneration requires resurrection power, Eph 1:19-20, 2:5-6. -Bob Sorge

Jesus was resurrected on the day the ceremony of First fruits was celebrated. (Lev 23:11, 1 Cor 15:20) -Bob Sorge

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it” (John 1:5). At Calvary, light descended to the pit of darkness. Sheol, the pit of outer darkness, could not overcome the light, could not seize or control it, and could not extinguish it. Christ arose! -Bob Sorge