Favorite Quotes from Books I am Reading
Here are some quotes from books I am currently reading:
We daily face the temptation of self-worship.
the Holy Spirit's purpose is to point our attention continually to Jesus.
Regardless of whether you're conscious of the Spirit's work in your life, he is still working. He doesn't need you to help him. He is who he is and he does what he does.
The preaching is the steering wheel of the church.
Is it enough simply to get sheep in the pasture while leaving them thereafter unfed?
Gospel-driven preaching that proclaims and exults in the revealing of God's glory in Christ.
The point is to point them to he living God in the content and through your passion so that that they might respond to God's good news in worship.
for the sermon cannot do any good unless there is a savor of Christ in it.
The worship gathering ought to seek to orchestrate an encounter with God, not an experience of him.
The worship service is primarily about helping people behold and believe, not behave and feel. Our behavior and feelings are implications of our beholding and believing, but the beholding and believing must come first.
It's not enough to do the right things; we must do the right things in the Lord's power. Prayer helps us tap into that.
The beauty of gospel-driven worship is that It provides the best picture of biblical worship and the best opportunity for both the sanctification of Christians and the salvation of non-Christians.
These leaders (prophets, priests, kings) stood between the Lord and his people as covenant mediators, functioning both as buffers and as bridges.
Through these intermediaries, therefore, the Lord kept his people at arm's length, lest his holiness incinerate them; but he extended his hand to them in words, in atoning mercy, and in strong defense and just governance.
we can see the biblical basis for summing up Christ's mission using the categories of Prophet, Priest, and King.
these find its final expression in Christ's ministries of revelation, reconciliation, and rule.
the Holy Spirit's purpose is to point our attention continually to Jesus.
Regardless of whether you're conscious of the Spirit's work in your life, he is still working. He doesn't need you to help him. He is who he is and he does what he does.
The preaching is the steering wheel of the church.
Is it enough simply to get sheep in the pasture while leaving them thereafter unfed?
Gospel-driven preaching that proclaims and exults in the revealing of God's glory in Christ.The point is to point them to he living God in the content and through your passion so that that they might respond to God's good news in worship.
for the sermon cannot do any good unless there is a savor of Christ in it.
The worship gathering ought to seek to orchestrate an encounter with God, not an experience of him.
The worship service is primarily about helping people behold and believe, not behave and feel. Our behavior and feelings are implications of our beholding and believing, but the beholding and believing must come first.
It's not enough to do the right things; we must do the right things in the Lord's power. Prayer helps us tap into that.
The beauty of gospel-driven worship is that It provides the best picture of biblical worship and the best opportunity for both the sanctification of Christians and the salvation of non-Christians.
Through these intermediaries, therefore, the Lord kept his people at arm's length, lest his holiness incinerate them; but he extended his hand to them in words, in atoning mercy, and in strong defense and just governance.
we can see the biblical basis for summing up Christ's mission using the categories of Prophet, Priest, and King.
these find its final expression in Christ's ministries of revelation, reconciliation, and rule.
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