Our Most Present Pressing Need
J.I. Packer argues that our most pressing need is to to rediscover the gospel and reject its substitutes:
Without realizing it, we have during the past century bartered the gospel for a
Quotes
The Gospel is the Center of the Message
From J.D. Greear’s book Gospel: Recovering the Power that Made Christianity Revolutionary
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Nonbelievers need to hear the gospel to believe it and be saved. Believers need to be reminded of the
Preachers: Now Is Our Time
A great challenge from Spurgeon:
Now is our time for preaching; now is your time for teaching the children. Seven heavens could not find us another pulpit when once we got to glory;
Fellowship of the Weak
I find this quote by Henri Nouwen challenging. It speaks to the kind of church I long for, and the risks it will take to get there:
I feel within me a strong
The Clearest and Most Accurate Ideas About God
C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity on the importance of theology:
They all say “the ordinary reader does not want theology”…I have rejected their advice. I do not think the ordinary reader