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Faith is not just what we believe internally. It's how we behave externally.

Part of the fruit of the Spirit is self-control. Once you get married, however, a good defense is frequency and freedom.

The only thing worse than dying is living a boring life.

Many modern Christians will take the best programs from every church while committing to no church. They even have a name for it: church shopping.

Sometimes we're so focused on our desired blessings that we fail to stop and thank God by remembering the blessings we already have in Christ.

Corporate worship is to be seeker sensible.

The Bible is not a book of principles to live by but rather a Person to live for.

Looking for a word from the Lord? Believe that he has already spoken, and read what he's already written.

When you are lying in bed angry with your backs turned towards each other, imagine Satan sleeping in the space between you.

Ultimately I think the difference between reading the Bible and studying it is making the connections between who Jesus is and what he's done.

I am not ashamed of the Gospel.

Not all parachurch ministries are bad; in fact, the best ones foster collaboration across churches for important ministry and unity.

Worship is living our life individually and corporately as continuous living sacrifices to the glory of a person or thing.

Every great cause was initiated by someone whose heart was broken.

Anxiety is not to be managed it is a sin that needs to be repented of

There are some women who are a good time and there are some women who are a good legacy.

older generation accounts for only 19 percent of the national church, they give 46 percent of the donations.

Has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake.

Tragically, we live in a day when offense to God doesn't matter nearly as much as offense to others.

Everything may not be OK but if God is with you, you will be OK.

If you really want to be a rebel get a job, cut your grass, read your bible, and shut up. Because no one is doing that.

Fear is vision without hope.

Fear is not always a sin but it always is an opportunity.

Some will tell you that there are multiple worldviews. The Bible says we have only 2: the Truth and the Lie.

If you can't take a nap, if you can't take a day off, heaven's going to drive you nuts.

Much of spirituality today is an effort to change God to suit us. But he's not going to become more like us, we need to become more like him.

Back in high school, once she suspected that I was probably not a Christian, she did not break up with me as she should have.

The questions today are different, and if people don't get answers from pastors and parents, they will find them in dark, depraved places.

The least likely person you'll see in church is a single twentysomething male. He is as rare at church as a vegan at a steak house.

Corporate worship is to be unselfish.

Forgiveness is both a decision and a process.

Corporate worship is to be intelligible.

Singles, fornicating is an internship for adultery.

I'd go home to a wife whom I was not sexually enjoying.

You have to laugh at yourself. Otherwise you'll waste all that great material.

I want to live with autonomy. That's the essence of sin.

God is tolerant in that He asks everyone to repent.

Sometimes prayer moves the hand of God, and sometimes prayer changes the heart of the person who is praying.

This world needs more than good works. It needs good news. Good works come out of the good news.

The big idea here is not, have you sinned, but are you changing?

Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things

Work like an Arminian, sleep like a Calvinist.

Tribes must be our homes, not our prisons.

Past: Jesus saved us from the penalty of sin. Present: He saves us from the power of sin. Future: He will save us from the presence of sin.

Study the Bible like a soldier on a mission, not a scholar on a sabbatical.

A lot of people are using the Church, but not a lot of people are loving the Church.

There is a pile of dead bodies behind the Mars Hill bus, and by God's grace, it'll be a mountain by the time we're done,

Sin is not just action. It's life direction.

I cannot worship the hippie, diaper, halo Christ because I cannot worship a guy I can beat up.

If you're not a Christian, you're going to hell. It's not unloving to say that. it's unloving not to say that.

We need to pay attention to the questions non-Christians are asking, and the conversations that Christians are having.

Fathers need to be tough and tender ... you be tough for your family, be tender with your family. You protect them, and you be a safe place.

You can't meet Jesus and not change. If you haven't changed, you haven't met the real Jesus.

To live is Christ, and to die is gain.[213]

Faith only grows through suffering.

Ladies, use a loving voice, use a respectful voice, use a godly voice, but don't lose your voice.

God loves you enough to receive you as you are. He loves you too much to keep you as you are.

Truthless times need timeless truths.

Chesterton is quoted as saying, When a man stops believing in God, he doesn't then believe in nothing, he believes anything.

I know who made the environment and he's coming back and going to burn it all up. So yes, I drive an SUV.

Three, Christians who practice repentance should be the only ones allowed into church membership and leadership.

Jesus, could you please rapture the charismaniac lady who brings her tambourine to church?

We will take a few moments and make fun of religious people, and we do this in love. No, we do, because we love to make fun of religious people.

Spirituality, without the Holy Spirit, is demonic.

Repentance keeps sin from condemning us because Jesus died and scorned the shame.

I'll preach anywhere. If it's a round trip ticket to preach in hell, I'll take it-as long as it's round trip.

Everyone has something to teach you if you are humble enough to learn.

The world has enough politicians; it needs more prophets.

I came to the conclusion that the cure for a lot of my moodiness was having more frequent sex with my wife.

Corporate worship is to be God-centered.

God wants his glory to shine through men. God wants his Kingdom to be made visible through them.

All of the modern counseling vernacular is really not dealing with the root issue of idolatry. Someone or something's preeminent rather than God.

We're not to follow our hearts, we're to guard our hearts.

A pacifist has a lot of difficulty reconciling pacifism with scripture.

Gentleman, it is a terrifying thing for a woman to trust a sinful man.

I study the Bible all week, pray to the Lord, and then I speak from my heart. It's all about brutal honesty.

Who you think you are is what compels you to do what you do!

Fear in the mind causes stress in the body.

What happens if you walk into a church and try to find out what a man looks like?

You don't need to beat yourself up in order to make God love you. Jesus already took your beating.

The problem with criticism today is that is instant, constant, global and permanent.

Did think you were here to kill time listening to Christian music until you go to heaven? We've got work to do.

Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or are suffering.