Christianity spread rapidly during the first century because all Christians saw themselves as responsible for disseminating the gospel.
There is more grace in God's heart than there is sin in your past.
God loves the world. Go thou and do likewise.
I think that as Christians we need to walk the delicate balance between standing in opposition to same-sex marriages and yet showing that we can do that without becoming angry or hateful.
Emotional peace and calm come after doing God's will and not before.
Our response to temptation is an accurate barometer of our love for God.
Winning the world to Christ means winning individuals.
Paul taught that religions evolved because man did not honor the true God. Because of rebellion, they "exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of the corruptible man and birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. " One characteristic of idolatry is that it always confuses the creature with the creator.
There’s no such thing as a bitter person who keeps the bitterness to himself.
Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.
Temptation is not a sin; it is a call to battle.
Mass communication can aid in personal evangelism and the development of Christians, but it cannot be a substitute for the world seeing the truth lived through us.
Those who have failed miserably are often the first to see God's formula for success.
If we haven't learned to be worshipers it doesn't really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.
You become stronger only when you become weaker. When you surrender your will to God, you discover the resources to do what God requires.
Within evangelicalism is a distressing drift toward accepting a Christianity that does not demand a life-changing walk with God. Many evangelicals (today) do not realize that the church has always been an island of righteousness in a sea of paganism, but as a result they turned the world upside-down.
I thank God for the way he made you, distinct, special and unique. You were not made from a common mold.
Make no mistake about the intention of these secularists: It is to discredit the voice of Christians so that America will tolerate only one view.
Prayer, desperate prayer, seems so simple, but it’s a step rarely taken by those in family conflict.
We need a broad-based coalition that is way beyond the bounds of Christianity to be able to help people to understand that there is a groundswell of support for the marriage amendment and for opposition to same-sex marriages.