Quotes from Books I am reading
Currently, I have several books I am reading. Here are a few quotes from recent chapters:
Miracles are associated in the Bible with the prophetic office far more frequently than they are with priests or with kings.
The miracles that God worked through prophets were not merely acts of raw power to compel awe. The form of the miracle reinforced the message delivered in the words that the Lord gave his prophets.
The message that the Lord conveyed through prophets can be summed up in the contrasting terms prosecution and promise.
Contentment trusts God to be God.
We don't find our strength in the stuff of the world; we find it in the work of the Spirit. But to be filled with the Spirit and learn this supernatural contentment, we must often be emptied by the Spirit of all else that might satisfy.
Fasting from anything is a sign that we are denying "more" and saying "enough."
Prayer and fasting are expressions (and embracings) of our weakness and, as such, provide more room for God's strength.
The spirit of contentment crushes this demonic self-centeredness.
a settled conviction that gospel-centrality is right and is the best thing biblically, ecclesiologically, culturally, and missionally.
Miracles are associated in the Bible with the prophetic office far more frequently than they are with priests or with kings.
The miracles that God worked through prophets were not merely acts of raw power to compel awe. The form of the miracle reinforced the message delivered in the words that the Lord gave his prophets.
The message that the Lord conveyed through prophets can be summed up in the contrasting terms prosecution and promise.
Contentment trusts God to be God.
We don't find our strength in the stuff of the world; we find it in the work of the Spirit. But to be filled with the Spirit and learn this supernatural contentment, we must often be emptied by the Spirit of all else that might satisfy.
Fasting from anything is a sign that we are denying "more" and saying "enough."
Prayer and fasting are expressions (and embracings) of our weakness and, as such, provide more room for God's strength.
The spirit of contentment crushes this demonic self-centeredness.
a settled conviction that gospel-centrality is right and is the best thing biblically, ecclesiologically, culturally, and missionally.
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