Qutoes from books I am reading
Here are some quotes from three books I am currently reading:
"the role and nature of this person (Holy Spirit) is to "help".
"Jesus presents the Holy Spirit to us as the ultimate answer to overcoming and undoing the work of Satan, the great Deceiver and "the father of lies"
"This conviction is the only way people become aware that they need the Savior. The truth is that no one ever comes to believe in Jesus as Savior without first coming to the conviction that he or she needs the Savior. That's the Holy Spirit's job."
"Good advice requires a person with a plan; Good News requires a person with a message."
"Radical discipleship means bringing to the world--including Christians--the wonderful, surprising, and offensive news of the gospel."
"If people are withering on the vine with perpetual exhortations without Good News, praise without being reminded what they are praising God for, calls to active imitation of Christ before they are first of all called to receive Christ and his good gifts, then it is no surprise that they lack godly motivation for loving and serving their neighbor in the world."
"In our age that values efficiency and volume over maturity and quality, we would rather have an expert write down the rules of how to play the violin or how to make wine in four easy steps. What we need, however, are practices that value long-term commitments to a craft. Christian discipleship is a lifelong process."
"A church that is deeply aware of its misery and nakedness before a holy God will cling tenaciously to an all-sufficient Savior, while one that is self-confident and relatively unaware of its inherent sinfulness will reach for religion and morality whenever it seems convenient."
"If Christ is clearly proclaimed each Lord's Day from Genesis to Revelation, believers will be strengthened in faith and good works and unbelievers will be exposed to his regenerating Word...Outsiders become insiders through the Word and Spirit."
"What is called for in these days, as in any other time, is a church that is a genuine covenantal community defined by the gospel rather than a service provider defined by laws of the market, political ideologies, ethnic distinctives, or other alternatives to the catholic community that the Father is creating by his Spirit in his Son."
"at its heart Holy Scripture is about the relationship of God the Creator to his human creatures...The biblical way to say that the Bible is about the relationship of God and human beings is to say that it is about covenant."
"Jesus' mission as covenant-keeper and curse-bearer in our place is the amazing grace that lies at the foundation of the covenant of grace."
"The golden covenant thread interwoven throughout the tapestry of Scripture leads us to Christ. The mountain stream of covenant motifs shows us the lay of the land, how everything in biblical history, law, wisdom, prophecy, and more slopes and flows toward Jesus, the reservoir of God's glory and grace."
"the role and nature of this person (Holy Spirit) is to "help"."Jesus presents the Holy Spirit to us as the ultimate answer to overcoming and undoing the work of Satan, the great Deceiver and "the father of lies"
"This conviction is the only way people become aware that they need the Savior. The truth is that no one ever comes to believe in Jesus as Savior without first coming to the conviction that he or she needs the Savior. That's the Holy Spirit's job."
"Good advice requires a person with a plan; Good News requires a person with a message."
"Radical discipleship means bringing to the world--including Christians--the wonderful, surprising, and offensive news of the gospel.""If people are withering on the vine with perpetual exhortations without Good News, praise without being reminded what they are praising God for, calls to active imitation of Christ before they are first of all called to receive Christ and his good gifts, then it is no surprise that they lack godly motivation for loving and serving their neighbor in the world."
"In our age that values efficiency and volume over maturity and quality, we would rather have an expert write down the rules of how to play the violin or how to make wine in four easy steps. What we need, however, are practices that value long-term commitments to a craft. Christian discipleship is a lifelong process."
"A church that is deeply aware of its misery and nakedness before a holy God will cling tenaciously to an all-sufficient Savior, while one that is self-confident and relatively unaware of its inherent sinfulness will reach for religion and morality whenever it seems convenient."
"If Christ is clearly proclaimed each Lord's Day from Genesis to Revelation, believers will be strengthened in faith and good works and unbelievers will be exposed to his regenerating Word...Outsiders become insiders through the Word and Spirit."
"What is called for in these days, as in any other time, is a church that is a genuine covenantal community defined by the gospel rather than a service provider defined by laws of the market, political ideologies, ethnic distinctives, or other alternatives to the catholic community that the Father is creating by his Spirit in his Son."
"at its heart Holy Scripture is about the relationship of God the Creator to his human creatures...The biblical way to say that the Bible is about the relationship of God and human beings is to say that it is about covenant.""Jesus' mission as covenant-keeper and curse-bearer in our place is the amazing grace that lies at the foundation of the covenant of grace."
"The golden covenant thread interwoven throughout the tapestry of Scripture leads us to Christ. The mountain stream of covenant motifs shows us the lay of the land, how everything in biblical history, law, wisdom, prophecy, and more slopes and flows toward Jesus, the reservoir of God's glory and grace."
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