How Does One Become a Worshiper?

The love of Christ is rich and free;
Fixed on His own eternally;
Nor earth, nor hell, can it remove;
Long as He lives, His own He’ll love. Continue reading →

What Does a Healthy Church Look Like?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Matt Jury under A. W. Tozer

What the church does is what the individuals do. How well or how sick the church is depends on how well or sick the individuals are.

A. W. Tozer, Rut, Rot, or Revival, pp. 17-18

Discipleship Is Expensive

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Matt Jury under Uncategorized

Jesus asks us to invest our lives in Him, for although salvation itself costs nothing, discipleship will cost us everything.

Kenneth Frederick, The Making of a Disciple, p. 158

Worship Results from Biblical Truth

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Matt Jury under Scott Aniol

Worship is a spiritual response to God as a result of understanding biblical truth about God.

Scott Aniol, Worship in Song, p. 30

Man’s Standards Always Fail

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Matt Jury under Francis Schaeffer

If standards are raised which are not really scriptural… it can only lead to sorrow. If we try to have a spirituality higher than the Bible sets forth, it will always turn out to be lower.

Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984)

Pastor, You Have the Joy and Privilege To Preach!

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Matt Jury under John Piper

[The] highest joy [of preaching] is in the great ambition that is set before it, the glorifying of the Lord and the saving of the souls of men. No other joy on earth compares with that. The ministry which does not feel that joy is dead.

John Piper, Desiring God, pp. 109-110

Life Is Worship

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. (Psalm 29.2)

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How Does One Become a Worshiper?

Worship is a response to greatness. A man does not become a worshipper merely by saying, ‘Now I shall become a worshipper.’ That is impossible. That cannot be done. A man becomes a worshipper when He sees something great that calls forth his admiration or his worship.

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The Love of Christ Is Rich and Free

What Does a Healthy Church Look Like?

What the church does is what the individuals do. How well or how sick the church is depends on how well or sick the individuals are.

Discipleship Is Expensive

Jesus asks us to invest our lives in Him, for although salvation itself costs nothing, discipleship will cost us everything.

Worship Results from Biblical Truth

Worship is a spiritual response to God as a result of understanding biblical truth about God.

Man’s Standards Always Fail

If standards are raised which are not really scriptural… it can only lead to sorrow. If we try to have a spirituality higher than the Bible sets forth, it will always turn out to be lower.

Pastor, You Have the Joy and Privilege To Preach!

[The] highest joy [of preaching] is in the great ambition that is set before it, the glorifying of the Lord and the saving of the souls of men. No other joy on earth compares with that. The ministry which does not feel that joy is dead.