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The heart of our problem is the problem of our hearts.

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I have always deeply desired to be an honest man who said it when I struggled, stumbled and worried. I longed to be a man with real friends - friends who knew me at my worst and loved me.
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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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In essence, we are reconciled to reconcile.
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The context of the gospel message is not our benefit or our salvation the context of the gospel is the supremacy of Christ and the glory of God.
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Grace does not make sin safe. But grace does make sinners safe.
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If we confuse the gospel with response to the gospel, we will drift from what keeps the gospel on the ground, what makes it clear and personal, and the next thing you know, we will be doing a bunch of different things that actually obscure the gospel, not reveal it.
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The cross of Christ is the response of God to men for belittling His name.
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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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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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Stop going to church everywhere and start belonging to church somewhere.
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The reality is that all God has to do is reveal himself to you,and you'll gladly join the mission in service to his kingdom. He doesn't force the issue he just has to reveal himself as is: mighty,wondrous, gracious, loving, and radically saving. No man goes back to saltine crackers when he's had fillet mignon.
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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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Could it not be, that God loves me too deeply, by having people challenge me so that I know I'm not perfect.
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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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I'm wise to be a good steward, but I'll never be my own rescuer. The worth thing you can do with fear and anxiety is to pretend you're too strong to have them. The best thing you can do is just to let Him be in charge of them
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When God saves you, he doesn’t do it because you gave him permission. He did it because he’s God.
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God doesn't NEED raw material. He MAKES material.
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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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Intellectual ascent to correct doctrine is not salvation
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Church of Jesus, let us please be men and women who understand the difference between moralism and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Let’s be careful to preach the dos and don’ts of Scripture in the shadow of the cross’s ‘Done!’
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