Sunday Sermon Quotes: "Deepening Our Joy"

“Inexplicable suffering is still with us, as is undeserved prosperity.” -Gerald Bray

“It is not easy thing to stand the trial of prosperity.” -Charles Spurgeon

“Although the major thrust of these verses is to diminish the importance of individual leaders, it is worth pointing out that Paul does not fall into the trap of dismissing the parts played by Apollos and himself as irrelevant. Indeed he stresses that through the ministry both of himself and of Apollos the Corinthians had come to faith in God. They are insignificant compared with God himself but they are vital to the divine scheme of things." -David Prior