Tag Archives: Church
Every Church’s Future
The church that does not evangelize will fossilize.
Revival Is Social
Revival is a social, corporate thing, touching and transforming communities, large and small.
HT: @LifeAction
The Church’s Wedding Dress
Commenting on the fine linen worn by believers in Revelation 19.8:
It’s only because of the Bridegroom’s work that the chosen princess, the church, can enter the presence of her Lord. Yet her wedding dress is woven through her many acts of faithfulness while away from her Bridegroom on the fallen Earth. The picture is compelling. Each prayer, each gift, each hour of fasting, each kindness to the needy, all of these are the threads that have been woven together into this wedding dress. Her works have been empowered by the Spirit, and she has spent her life on Earth sewing her wedding dress for the day when she will be joined to her beloved Bridegroom.
Randy Alcorn, Heaven (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 2004), 199-200.
Your Vote Matters in Eternity
Our vote for President of the United States . . . is important. We are held accountable . . . for the discharge of our ruling responsibilities in this life. But our vote for President is less important than our vote to receive new members for baptism into our churches. A President is term-limited and, for that matter, so is the United States (and every other nation). The reception of members into the church, however, marks out the future kings and queens of the universe. Our church membership rolls say to the people on them, and to the outside world, “These are those we believe will inherit the universe, as joint-heirs with Christ.”
Christians Must Do Their Duty to Their Country as a Part of Their Duty to God
The church must take right ground in regards to politics . . . The time has come for Christians to vote for honest men, and take consistent ground in politics or the Lord will curse them. . . . Politics are a part of a religion in such a country as this, and Christians must do their duty to their country as a part of their duty to God. . . . God will bless or curse this nation according to the course Christians take in politics.
Church Is a Hospital, not a Show Window
A Christ-centered church is not a showcase for saints but a hospital for sinners.
Prepare for Sunday Today
If you would receive a blessing from the Lord, when you hear his word preached, pray to him, both before, in, and after every sermon.
George Whitefield (1714 – 1770)
HT: @whitefieldg
Preaching Inherently Implies Hearing
In proportion as it is a solemn work to preach it is a solemn work to hear.
Charles Spurgeon (1834 – 1892)
HT: @chspurgeon
Danger to the Church Often Comes from Inside
Satan is most effective in the church when he comes not as an open enemy, but as a false friend.
HT: @ghostlntheshell
Life Is Worship 