Posts Tagged with "Sunday Sermon Quotes"

"Although there have been several accounts of persecution so farin Luke's narrative, the pastoral application in these versesfunctions to challenge readers more directly about this issue thanever before." David Peterson "The cross is a sword because its message is not the messagethat insurrectionists want to hear. Who wants to hear that he issinful at the core of his bein...

"New Years finds me employed. I compare it to a hill on the road, from the top of which I endeavor to look back on the way that the Lord has led me thus far through the wilderness. I look around to contemplate the difference his goodness has made between my situation, and that of thousands of my fellow creatures. I then look forward and perceive that I am drawing apace to ...

"It may be unpopular to trespass on popular images associated with Christ's birth and to debunk myths, but it is theologically dangerous to allow the account of his birth to be hijacked by fiction. Christmas fables lure us to seasonal sentimentalityThe sentimental Christmas may be popular as a religious holiday for some because it can come off as celebrating the birth of a...

"What Jerusalem was to the Israelites the church is to the Christian. Here are his closest ties, his brethren and companions." Derek Kidner "Perhaps the greatest single weakness of the contemporary Christian church is that millions of supposed members are not really involved at all, and what is worse, do not think it strange that they are not." Elton Trueblood "The peopl...

"Here was a crisis point in the history of the early church, for much depended on Barnabas's reaction, counsel, and report-not only at Antioch itself, but also at Jerusalem and in the later advance of the gospel through Paul's missions." Richard Longenecker "They must have taught about Christ, making sure that the converts knew both the facts and the significance of his l...

"A more exotic person could hardly be imagined! Not only fromone of the most remote regions of the world, he was also animportant official there and a eunuch as well." Conrad Gempf "How difficult it was to understand the prophecy before it wasfulfilled; how easy, once the fulfillment is known." F.F. Bruce "It was clearly a part of God's plan for the gospel to reach thisB...

"[Envy is] resentment that it's going well for the other person and not for you." John Piper "What an envier wants is not, first of all, what another has; what an envier wants is for another not to have itThe envier has empty hands and therefore wants to empty the hands of the envied. Envy, moreover, carries overtones of personal resentment; an envier resents not only som...

"Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing." John Piper "The forty days which Jesus spent on earth after His resurrection constitute an important part of His life and teaching. We usually do not pay enough attention to this. But the moment we attentively survey what Jesus said and did during those forty days, we detect that these shed an entirely ...

"In this state of exaltation Christ continues the work which He began on the earth. There is a great difference between the work which Christ achieved in His humiliation and that which He accomplishes in His exaltationHe did not at His ascension enter upon an unproductive rest but instead now applies the fulness of His achieved salvation to His church." Herman Bavinck "He...

"The private world of the first psalm opens out into the public world of the second; the personal is followed by the cosmic; in airport terminology, one is 'domestic' and the other is 'international.' Psalm 1 talks the everyday language of wisdom books like Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, while Psalm 2, raising its eyes to world affairs beyond the control of ordinary people, sp...

"Who doesn't love a good dragon-slaying story? There is a reason that classic literature features such stories-we love them! But why? We love good dragon-slaying stories because they echo the greatest story-the grand story of the Bible. Stories that parallel the greatest story make our hearts soar with delight. Those stories are often fiction, such as Tolkien's The Lord o...

"You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound." (Psalm 4:7) "Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation." (1 Peter 2:2) "It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when in...

"This passage offers a picture of Christ far different from, yet complementary to (and hinted at by) the portrait of His earthly life presented in the Gospels. He is represented as a divine warrior executing judgment and ruling sovereignly over all. He will crush His enemies in the winepress of the wrath of God. Not only this, His saints will assist Him in the execution of...

"you were ransomed not with perishable things such as silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot." 1:18-19 "The elders are to serve, not for their own satisfaction in the job, but as glad volunteers in God's service." J.N.D. Kelly "The elder has authority; he is called to exercise a shepherd's oversight. Christ the...

"Oh, for a higher experience [ofknowing the love of Christ]!It is one thing to hear theoutwardsound of love, it is another thing to feel an inward sense of it. It ispleasant to hear the rippling of the brook; but if you are dying of thirst thatsilver music will not refresh you if you are unable to drink of the stream.Come, Holy Spirit, come! We beseech thee, take of the th...

"But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!" (Revelation 12:12) "Historical Babylon was by this point a ruin of a place, a relatively small and certainly enfeebled center without significant influence. But Babylon had stood in Old Testament times for all that was pagan, powerful, self-promot...

"It was good for me as a boy to hear my preacher-father say with the most earnest expression that I could then imagine, 'It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment' (Hebrews 9:27). It brought a certain weight to my life. And I am so thankful.In order for the gospel to make sense, we must expect and fear the wrath of God. But for the wrath of God to b...

"I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." Genesis 3:15 "This symbolism is meant to describe the repeated historical manifestations of this monster. He emerges in a Nero, in the Roman Emperor, in a Hitler. In every case, the monster is cut down. Many people think th...

"Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, "Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me" (Genesis 37:9) "Satan accuses Christians day and night. It is not just that he will work on our conscience to make us feel as dirty, guilty, defeated, destroyed, weak, and ugly as he possibly can; i...

"The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my Godand I will write on him the name of my God." (Revelation 3.12) "These who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb." (Revelation 14:4) "In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him...

"The modern habit throughout the Christian church is to play this subject down. Those who still believe in the wrath of God say little about it; perhaps they do not think much about it. To an age which has unashamedly sold itself to the gods of greed, pride, sex and self-will, the church mumbles on about God's kindness but says virtually nothing about his judgmentThe fact ...

"Is anyone or anything intrinsically worthy of awe? The loss of awe in the modern world could be attributed to the expansion of scientific understanding, the democratic impulse in world politics, or our growing technological capacity to simulate the miraculous on film, television and computer screens, where we can create a virtual world in which anything can happen but not...

"Numerous lies were made up during this time to harm the Christians, some so outrageous that only unthinking hate could believe themsuch as the Christians were responsible for every famine, epidemic, or earthquake that afflicted any part of the Roman empire. Money was offered to those who would testify against the Christians, and many innocent people were slaughtered for f...

"and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth." Revelation 1:5 "The exalted Christ is challenging them with a powerful rhetorical question, 'Don't you realize that you make me sick?" Grant Osbourne "Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk ...

"No other part of the Bible has provided such happy hunting grounds for all sorts of bizarre and dangerous interpretations." Eugene Boring "Hence, as John stands at the beginning of the end times, he is to record both what is already happening around him and the things which will continue to unfold as the end times proceed. Thus the scope of Revelation deals with all the ...

"The book of Psalms was the hymnal of ancient Israel, in which the people of Yahweh turned to him in every kind of experience. Because the psalms grow out of the full range of life, from the most tragic to the most delightful situations, for nearly three thousand years they have taught believers how to approach God no matter what they may be facing. God's people will never...

"Having wended our way in five consecutive psalms (Pss. 3-7) through the dark valleys of lament and pleas for deliverance, we hear the strains of a joyful melody rising from just beyond the steep hill represented by Psalm 7, and we arrive at the crest to discover a welcome prospect of breathtaking beauty and awesome delight. Psalm 8 introduces us to the first experience of...

To be able to confess that the Jesus of the incarnation, cross, and resurrection is truly the Lord, especially in the face of a society that has lords aplenty, already attests the powerful, transforming work of the Holy Spirit. (D.A. Carson) ""But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bea...

"I recall one day when I was in college, Clyde Kilby, my favorite English teacher, said something to this effect: 'One of the greatest tragedies of the fall is that we get tired of familiar glories.' That simple statement sank deep into my consciousness. It made me very sad, because I saw how superficial and unresponsive I was to so many wonders around me. It filled me wit...

"You think you need something new and better. But much of wisdom is about remembering what we know, rather than discovering fresh insight." Ed Welch "Evil, being ruthlessly competitive, is attracted to weakness, to give a last push to whatever is leaning or tottering." Derek Kidner "Meanwhile his experience is something to share. What he has found in one crisis will avai...

"This is a psalm of powerful contrasts, a glimpse of human wickedness at its most malevolent, and divine goodness in its many-sided fullness. Meanwhile the singer is menaced by the one and assured of victory by other. Few psalms cover so great a range in so short a space." Derek Kidner "He that wishes to attain right views about Christian holiness must begin by examining ...

"These songs capture the experiences of life (all of them, no matter where you are this morning emotionally and spiritually and physically, no matter what you are going through, there is a psalm for you). And these poems capture the emotions we feel in the midst of those experiences. And they give expression to those emotions with piercing accuracy. And so, we relate. This...

"You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise." (Deuteronomy 6:57) "Now these thi...

"One of the most remarkable inconsistencies in studies on Paul is that thousands of books exist that search every aspect of Paul's thinking, while only a few seek to come to terms with his life of prayer. Indeed, most people's understanding of Paul is limited to either Paul the missionary or Paul the theologian. But what is clear from Paul's letters is that he was a pray-e...

"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you." "And when they bring ...

"For Paul the Spirit, as an experienced and living reality, was the absolutely crucial matter for the Christian life, from beginning to endthe health of the contemporary church necessitates that its theology of the Spirit and itsexperience of the Spirit correspond more closely." Gordon Fee "In recapturing the dynamic life of the Spirit there will also be the renewal of th...

"It is not just that the shame of the cross is inevitably followed by the glory of the exaltation but that the glory is already fully displayed in the shame." D.A. Carson "We are not saved by service, but we are saved to service." Charles Spurgeon "Anything can stand in the way of true discipleshipnot just evilbut anything. Nor should it be surprising that the greatest c...

"Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come." 1:10 "Through the blessings of grace, walking with Jesus is no longer a forced march of meritbut a willing response of love, gratitude, and thanksgiving." Bryan Chapell "and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, that no one be moved by these affli...

"If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all. And the moment I did join it, if I had found one, I should have spoiled it, for it would not have been a perfect church after I had become a member of it. Still, imperfect as it is, it is the dearest place on earth to us." Charles Spurgeon "It is a very simple pas...

"Perhaps no single problem plagues people more than worry or anxiety. It may arise suddenly. It may accompany you daily. It saps your sleep, drains your joy, exhausts your energy, ruins your relationships, and aggravates your body ailments. For some people, worry is chronic and crippling. For all of us, worry is one of the most typical, everyday sins."ROBERT D. JONES (JBC ...

"The good news is that Thessalonian place of assembly is not some Ground Zero that Timothy gazed on in horror, but a thriving body of believers." Gary Shogren "Now at last comes the moment of great relief! The collapse of this newly planted church did not happen and this paragraph from beginning to end simply breathes gratitude." Gordon Fee "The deep emotional notes of t...

"And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few leading women. But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowdThe brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night ...

"Since these folks have never come to faith, never repented of their sins, and never sought to please God, in the judgment they will not survive." Allen Ross...

"They tell us that the Bible is the Word of God-a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. They tell us that we shall find in it the knowledge of God and of his will for our lives. We believe them; rightly, for what they say is true. So we take our Bibles and start to read them. We read steadily and thoughtfully, for we are in earnest; we really do want to know God. But ...

"Angelic activity was prominent at the great turning points in the divine plan of salvation." J.I. Packer "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at this birth, for he will be great before the Lord." Luke 1:13-15 "...

"GUILT. What a horrendous burden. Sometimes people carry a tremendous weight of subjective guilt-i.e., of felt guilt-when they are not really guilty. Far worse is the situation where they carry a tremendous weight of objective guilt-i.e., they really are guilty of some odious sin in the eyes of the living God-and are so hardened that they do not know it." D.A. Carson "Dav...

"A fierce delight and pride in the great march of God gleams through every line of this little poem-a masterpiece whose flights of verbal fancy would have excluded it from any hymn book but this. Here is the exodus not as a familiar item in Israel's creed but as an astounding event: as startling as a clap of thunder, as shattering as an earthquake." Derek Kidner "No human...

"James attributes no magical significance to the words themselves." Doug Moo "Apart from God I cannot exist; apart from me God does exist. God does not need me in order for Him to be. I do need God in order for me to be. This is the difference between what we call a self-existent Being and a dependent being. We are dependent. We are fragile." R.C. Sproul "To James the si...

"His response is described by the strongly emotional Greek verb splanchnizomai, which speaks of a warm, compassionate response to need. No single English term does justice to it: compassion, pity, sympathy, and fellow-feeling all convey part of it, but 'his heart went out' perhaps represents more fully the emotional force of the underlying metaphor of a 'gut response'It is...

God's will is that I never give false testimony against anyone, twist no one's words, not gossip or slander, nor join in condemning anyone without a hearing or without a just cause. Rather, in court and everywhere else, I should avoid lying and deceit of every kind; these devices the devil himself uses, and they would call down on me God's intense anger. I should love the ...

"Stealing threatens the social order and causes pain to others by undermining the ability to possess with sure access things that are useful and needful. The food thief makes others go hungry; the work animal thief interrupts farming; the kidnapper tears apart a family; the clothing thief makes another suffer from the sun or the cold." Douglas K. Stuart "Stealing may conv...

"Sound doctrine is a summary of the Bible's teaching that is both faithful to the Bible and useful for life." Bobby Jamieson "This compressed phrase indicates that two strands are to be interwoven in Titus' teaching. On the one hand there is 'the sound doctrine,' the definite article once again implying that an identifiable body of teaching is in mind. On the other hand, ...

"It may be the most famous of all Jesus pronouncement stories." Robert Stein "The statement by our Lord was not only astounding the instant it was uttered, but is even today universally acclaimed to be the single most influential political statement ever made in the history of the world." Kent Hughes "The answer Jesus gave is the most important and influential statement ...

Quotes from C.J.'s sermon on Hebrews 3:12-13...

On Sunday, CJ utilized several outstanding quotes to clarify our understanding and application of the text. How kind of the Lord that we have a wealth of scholars and teachers to aid us in our study of God's Word! ...

Yesterday, CJ brought in his "smart guys" to to shed added light on the Parable of the Sower and, by extension, all parables. Enjoy these quotes!...

This past Sunday, Bob gave a sermon titled "Living before the King of Glory" on Psalm 24. Here are some quotes he shared....

On Sunday C.J. introduced our church's first gospel series in Mark. Let's pray that in this season we will see and behold the beauty of our Savior and King. And sermon quotes, like the following, will be provided not only stir your memory but inspire your own study of the Gospel according to Mark....

Sunday we took a break between sermon series to explore the important topic of evangelism. Here are several quotes from Jeff Purswell's sermon, "Evangelism and a Sovereign God" that we pray stir your soul for the privilege of evangelism....