Author Archives: Matt Jury

God Loves the Cheerful Giver

Posted on by under Fun Stuff

At some point, you have to wonder if he has used all of his dance moves.  I mean, save some moves for next week, man!  You also have to wonder if he is ever going to put the check in the offering plate.

Feeding the Sheep or Entertaining the Goats

Posted on by under Stewart Custer

The great task of all faithful preachers is to win souls to the Lord Jesus Christ, to so preach as to move people to surrender to the Lord Jesus. The great temptation of our day for preachers is to ‘pack the pews’ rather than to get people saved. We must beware of entertaining the goats, when we should be transforming them into sheep and feeding them.

Stewart Custer, Biblical Viewpoint Nov. 2000 “The Training of the Twelve”, p. 71

Unity

Posted on by under Francis Schaeffer

As a matter of fact, we have a greater possibility of showing what Jesus is speaking about here, in the midst of our differences, than we do if we are not differing. Obviously we ought not to go out looking for differences among Christians; there are enough without looking for more. But even so, it is in the midst of a difference that we have our golden opportunity. When everything is going well and we are all standing around in a nice little circle, there is not much to be seen by the world. But when we come to the place where there is a real difference, and we exhibit uncompromised principles but at the same time observable love, then there is something that the world can see, something they can use to judge that these really are Christians and that Jesus has indeed been sent by the Father.

Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984)