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God doesn't NEED raw material. He MAKES material.

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In essence, we are reconciled to reconcile.
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There isn’t a violent soul on the planet that God might not save and transform for himself.
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The spiritual power in the gospel is denied when we augment or adjusting gospel into no gospel at all. When we doubt the message alone is the power of God for salvation we start adding or subtracting, trusting our own powers of persuasion or presentation.
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Progress stems from education, culture, freedom and equality. Without these fundamentals, mankind will flounder.
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The more you make this world about you, the more miserable you will be.
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What drives me mad in evangelical circles, including some young Reformed circles, is that there is often a sit-on-the-couch-and-wait-for-God-to-do-something mentality that is unbiblical and wicked. It's probably been true of every generation, but I can see it most clearly in the younger crowd. There seems to be so little war when it comes to sin.
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Jesus doesn't avoid those who mess up. Jesus runs to those who mess up.
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I was used to being the smartest guy in the room, and then God dropped me in a place that was well beyond me. It was painfully awesome.
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He can heal me. I believe He will. I believe I'm going to be an old surely Baptist preacher. And even if He doesn't...that's the thing: I've read Philippians 1. I know what Paul says. I'm here let's work, if I go home? That's better. I understand that.
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All ministry that is faithful & eventually fruitful finds its roots in the life, death, & resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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Every missionary I know is extraordinarily ordinary. Everything they do, they do by the grace of God.
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The cross of Christ exists because mankind-loved by God, created by God, set in motion by God-betrayed God and prefers his stuff to him.
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The reconciling gospel is always at the forefront of the church’s social action, because a full belly is not better than a reconciled soul.
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The commands of God are given, not to rob me of joy, but lead me into the fullness of joy.
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God does not regret saving you. There is no sin which you commit which is beyond the cross of Christ.
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