May 2009
14 posts
God always uses imperfect people.
If you don’t deny yourself, you will deny the Lord. (Orig? from a sermon by Bill Newby)
Mother Theresa was often asked, How can I make a difference with my life as you have with your life? Her answer: Find your own Calcutta.
If you succeed at the wrong thing, you’ve failed.
The Christian recognizes that our real problem is not in achieving freedom but in learning service under a better master. -E. Peterson
Ambition is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
God does not treat us according to our deserts, but according to his plan. He is not a police officer… He is a potter. - E. Peterson
Missionary Bible Schools are like mortar. One can stack bricks without mortar, but the result is never very tall and always pretty shaky.
Happy Mother’s Day to my mom, who is the only one in the world who thinks my wife married “up.”
When lips and life contradict, go with the life. - DJP
When a church is bringing transformation to a city, it fills up with
sinners. A lot of churches are doing all they can to avoid that.
First clue a church has forgotten how to be fishers of men: they try to
clean the fish before they catch them.
What do we mean when we say we have a heart for missions, but our
actions don’t demonstrate a heart for people?
We are not saved by works, but we are saved _for_ works. - Jonathan Edwards