“… There has to be something else besides you that is the source of your meaning, the source of your worth, and the source of your security”
Source: How Sin Makes Us Addicts (Sermon)
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“You can’t just say, ‘All that matters to me is I like me.’ You’re never going to get your worth that way. You can’t say, ‘I’m just going to live for my own happiness.’ You’ll never get your meaning that way …”
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“… becoming weak and flesh, a man with life going to the cross and losing his life, being the ultimate sacrifice, tabernacling, becoming our temple”
Source: In the Beginning (Sermon)
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“We can’t live without absolutes, but we can’t have an oppressive absolute. We need a non-oppressive absolute, and here it is: a man dying on the cross for your sins, a God of strength …”
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“Why repent? Because there’s absolutely no other way emotionally or spiritually to get freedom”
Source: Admitting (Sermon)
“… into the fullness of the measure of the stature of Christ. That’s what we’re out for. Nothing less”
Source: Principles of Christian Growth, Part 2 (Sermon)
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“When you look at the human Jesus Christ, you’re actually looking at God, the divine grandeur through a human nature. Paul has the audacity to say you can grow up into that, …”
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“Do not assign a position to an opponent that they will not own. Always put their argument in the best light. Persuasion is an art in how to have a conversation with people with the hope of changing their minds”
“Your real cornerstone, the thing you really base your life on, will always set the course of your life”
Source: The Cornerstone (Sermon)
“If you don’t understand the absolute imperative nature of growth, if you don’t yearn to grow, if you don’t see yourself as foolish, as young, as a baby, you don’t really understand the nature of the Christian faith and the nature of the Christian life”
Source: Principles of Christian Growth, 2
“Prayer is the victory of the lame, the ones who surrender, who say ‘Thy will be done’”
“Sorrow and grief drive you into God and show you resources you never had and never knew you needed”
“If there are real moral absolutes and we don’t care to discover them, it would be like closing our eyes while driving”
“Of all the powers love forgives the most, but condones the least”
“Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it to them”
“Do you realize that it is only in the gospel of Jesus Christ that you get the verdict before the performance?”
“If the origin of your life is meaningless, destiny is meaningless”
“In Jesus, we're given a Second Adam, not a second chance”
“Doing justice is inseparably connected to preaching grace”
“… When we look at Jesus Christ as he is shown to us in the Scriptures, we are looking at the glory of God through the filter of a human nature”
Source: Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
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“We cannot look directly at the sun with our eyes. The glory of it would immediately overwhelm and destroy our sight. We have to look at it through a filter, and then we can see the great flames and colors of it …”
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“If we know God's approval we won't need to fear any disapproval from others”
“'Truth’ without grace is not really truth, and ‘grace’ without truth is not really grace”
“… You’re always looking at what is right and wrong on the basis of the meaning in life, on the basis of who you know God is and who you know you are. There is an integration. Don’t live a life of ignorance”
Source: The Battle For the Heart (Sermon)
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“A holy life means you integrate how you live. You know why you’re doing the things you’re doing, because you’re always thinking, “What is the meaning of my life?” And you have it in front of you …”
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“Joy is the marker of justified persons”
“… We want to feel like our lives matter. We want some inspiration. But boy, oh boy, there’s a lot more to it than that”
Source: Perfect Freedom (Sermon)
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“When I came to Christ, when you come to Christ, when anybody comes to Christ—we come with the most unbelievably small ambitions. We want inner peace. We want a little reorientation. We want a little pickup …”
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“Though a supernaturally changed heart will always lead to a life of service, we have to remember you must not identify with a life of service, because you can have a life of service without having a supernaturally changed heart”
Source: Love and the Fruit of the Spirit (Sermon)
Lust says, "What can you do for me?" Love says, "What can I do for you?"
