At the cross, both the law of God and the love of God were fulfilled and satisfied completely. This truth changes you continually. -Timothy Keller

Psalm. 48:1, no one person can offer the kind of great praise God deserves.

This is why we gather, individual praise does not suffice. -Bob Sorge

"The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain.” Psalm 65:25

The glories of God’s world are defanged, not destroyed. -John Piper

When you’re on the highway of holiness, the journey is holy. When the journey is holy, the story is holy. When the story is holy, the script is holy. How it unfolds and ends is very important to God. -Bob Sorge

If you need something in addition to God to make you happy, that is your true King. - Timothy Keller

"To desire revival and at the same time to neglect (personal) prayer and devotion is to wish one way and walk another. " AW Tozer

When Jesus made statements such as “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man” (John 1:51), He was 100% absolutely, unequivocally identifying Himself as both Messiah and as Yahweh God Almighty. -Joel Richardson

Show me the Christian who doesn’t think church attendance is necessary, and I’ll show you an anemic, cold Christian with the pall of death on his countenance. -Bob Sorge

"Let us make war, not with other people, but with our own unbelief." ~JohnPiper

“God has sought us. He is still seeking us. We must seek him. Indeed, God’s chief quarrel with man is that he does not seek.”

— John Stott

Justice // Bob Sorge // Sermon Highlight

"We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others." -CS Lewis

“Any Christian who won’t forsake a besetting sin will eventually develop his own doctrine to excuse himself.” -David Wilkerson

When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others. - Timothy Keller

To become a friend of the Bridegroom, as John the Baptist was, requires a stint in the wilderness. -Bob Sorge

Prayer is the task and duty of each recurring day -- daily prayer for daily needs. -EM Bounds

Preach the Gospel. Die. Be forgotten. ~Count Zinzendorf

His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden. Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps. He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. Habakkuk 3:4-6

Jesus will stay in heaven until He returns, judges everyone, establishes His kingdom, and renews the world. This is what God has been declaring through His prophets from the beginning. If we repent of our sins and turn to God, we'll be welcomed into that kingdom. (Acts 3:19-21) -Joel Richardson

“…the woman (Eve) was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.” — Matthew Henry (Via DA Kistner)

Psalm 2 informs us that the Messiah will rule on Mount Zion and His authority will extend to the ends of the earth. On both counts, the Lord was speaking the truth. -Joel Richardson

There is nothing more beautiful than the heart of Jesus, filled with compassion, tenderness, mercy, and kindness towards his enemies. He died to enter into deep friendship and brotherhood with those who despised Him. -David Sliker

My message on the Cross of Christ in the context of the Old Testament:
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At once, the Cross revealed what kind of world we have and what kind of God we have. -Philip Yancey

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Love is never primarily defined in the Bible as a feeling. At its foundation love is at least a commitment and a promise. -Timothy Keller

Jesus’s promise to send the Spirit as “comforter” and “advocate” assumes our lives will be filled with grief and accusation. -Matt Smethurst

With God, righteousness precedes justice (Psalm 97:2). Justice must be built upon righteousness to be true. For example, the world makes certain sins a human right, and the censure of those sins a violation of justice. But it’s not true justice.  -Bob Sorge

“The best advice I can give you: Look unto Jesus, beholding His beauty in the written Word.” —John Newton

"In the sky God has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy." Psalm 19:4

 The brightness of the sun is singing the joy of the bride groom. -John Piper

“If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.” John 15:10-11

// Obedience = joy Full obedience = full joy -Dalton Thomas

"Each day we are becoming a creature of splendid glory or one of unthinkable horror." -CS Lewis

The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. -EM Bounds

God is *not tender* and accepting if people say, "No!" to Him and go their own way. He is jealous, zealous, passionate, and very convinced of the righteousness of His ways and the destructiveness of ours. Therefore, He is fully committed to our deliverance and salvation. -David Sliker

As Prince of Peace, Jesus is able to do whatever it takes to bring peace to His kingdom on earth. - Bob Sorge

The quiet words of the wise are more meaningful than the shouts and articles and podcasts and TV shows of fools. -David Brymer

Many Christians pray for a 'spiritual climate change,' to produce revival. The atmospheric changes that lead to revival however, nearly universally, are persecution, pain, and suffering. Brokenness leads to repentance, which produces revival. -Joel Richardson

Only as the sons are emptied of their own kingdom-building inclinations will they be able to sustain loyalty toward the spiritual fathers. -Bob Sorge

Sometimes we confuse our agenda we have for God with God himself. The best way to not speak for Him and let Him speak to you through the scriptures -Tim Keller

"Christians ought to be comforters, with kind words on their lips, and sympathy in their hearts; they should carry sunshine wherever they go, and diffuse happiness around them." - CH Spurgeon

Christian unity should not hinge on man-made doctrinal categories: (Calvinism, complementarianism, pretribulationalism, etc.) but on doctrines central to the Bible: (“He will be ... the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David —Luke 1:32)-Joel Richardson

As we grow in love for Jesus, we will simultaneously grow in love for people. Love for people shows how much we love God. -Bob Sorge

Jesus is:

The light to come and the glory of the LORD who will rise upon us. (Isaiah 60:1–2) The sun of righteousness who will rise with healing in His wings (Malachi 4:2) The Sunrise from on high who will visit us (Luke 1:78) He who will come from Teman, from Mount Paran. His glory will cover the heavens and his praise will fill the earth. His splendor will shine forth like the sunrise (Habakkuk 3:3–4)

-Joel Richardson

One of the clear messages of the book of Job: Never assume that blessing means God's favor, or that calamity means God's disapproval. The cross is the greatest example of that truth. The lonely. tortured figure on the tree was actually the most favored one on the hill. -Bob Sorge

Pray intensely for what you don't have, but at the same time exercise careful stewardship over what you do have. -Bob Sorge

Jesus is the true and better Job, the truly innocent sufferer, who then intercedes for and saves his numskull friends. -Tim Keller

The mission of the Messiah:

To scatter the proud, To bring down rulers from their thrones, To exalt the humble, To fill the hungry with good things, To send away the rich empty-handed, To help Israel His servant. (Luke 1:51-54) -Joel Richardson

It's one thing to dabble endlessly in things that ultimately do not matter; then I remember that I will have to answer to Jesus for my time, my words, my money, and my thoughts. I want more grace to repent my way into Jesus becoming my singular obsession. -David Sliker

The way to rise in the kingdom is to sink in ourselves. – Spurgeon