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Everybody knows something's broken in the world. But illogically, foolishly, we are looking for fixes from broken people with broken ideas in broken places.

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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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All ministry that is faithful & eventually fruitful finds its roots in the life, death, & resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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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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In essence, we are reconciled to reconcile.
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We carry an insidious prosperity gospel around in our dark, little, entitled hearts.
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Jesus doesn't need you to make him palatable...he needs you to be faithful.
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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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We can never grasp the extent of our depravity until we recognize the excellencies of our created dignity
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Apart from worshiping God, everything becomes superficial. But when you understand the driving force behind everything, all of a sudden there's an eternal amount of joy at our disposal, because everything we do is enlightened and enlivened by the endless glory of the eternal God.
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The more you make this world about you, the more miserable you will be.
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Because a God who is ultimately most focused on his own glory will be about the business of restoring us, who are all broken images of him. His glory demands it. So we should be thankful for a self-sufficient God whose self-regard is glorious.
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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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Our goal is transformed hearts that lead to transformed lives. Transformed lives do not lead to transformed hearts. Are you trackin' with that?
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Our senses are never more awakened to our need for His love than when our need is most exposed.
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You and I are stymied in our own creativity. We can only create as sub-creators, and even then our best work is only sub-creation.
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If you add to or subtract from the cross, even if it is to factor in biblically mandated religious practices like prayer and evangelism, you rob God of His glory and Christ of His sufficiency.
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Trying to make the Gospel relevant is like trying to make water wet.
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God is awesome he doesn’t need you to be awesome. He wants you to be obedient.
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What stirs up in my heart is, 'Oh would we see an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.'
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