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In a smaller church your pastoring sets up your preaching. In a larger church your preaching sets up your pastoring.

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Without the gospel we hate ourselves instead of our sin.
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The key question in order to change you is not 'What would Jesus do?' but What has Jesus done for you?
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The world is a dark place, and yet the coming of Jesus Christ shows us no one and nothing is hopeless.
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If you need something in addition to God to make you happy, that is your true King.
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One of the most frequent responses I get from non-Christian readers is: 'I'm not sure I agree with all this, but I must say this is the first book I've read by a Christian that didn't treat me like I was an idiot.'
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The main problem in the Christian life is that we have not thought out the deep implications of the gospel, we have not 'used' the gospel in and on all parts of our life.
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If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life.
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Idolatry happens when we take good things and make them ultimate things
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The gospel is not just the “ABCs” but the “A-to-Z” of the Christian life.
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The ministry of mercy, then, is the best advertising a church can have. It convinces a community that this church provides people with actions for their problems, not only talk. It shows the community that this church is compassionate.
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A person's faith can collapse almost overnight if she failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection.
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The Bible judges the church the church does not judge the Bible. The Bible is the foundation for and the creator of the church the church is not the foundation for or creator of the Bible. The church and its hierarchy must be evaluated by the believer with the biblical gospel as the touchstone or plumb line for judging all truth claims.
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By praying with friends, you will be able to hear and see facets of Jesus that you have not yet perceived.
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If you say: I believed in God, I trusted God and He didn't come through - You only trusted God to meet your agenda.
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Most apologetic books are really written for Christians, even the ones that purport to be written for non-believers.
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A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself.
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It is possible to avoid Jesus as Savior as much by keeping all the Biblical rules as by breaking them.
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The primary means-of-reviva l that everyone agrees upon is extraordinary prayer.
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Our need for worth is so powerful that whatever we base our identity and value on we essentially 'deify.' We will look to it with all the passion and intensity of worship and devotion, even if we think ourselves as highly irreligious.
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We think that idols are bad things, but that is almost never the case. The greater the good, the more likely we are to expect that it can satisfy our deepest needs and hopes. Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.
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