"What I’m most deeply grateful for...is that God’s love for me, approval of me, and commitment to me is not dependent on my resolve but on Jesus’ resolve for me. The gospel is the good news announcing Jesus’ infallible devotion to us in spite of our inconsistent devotion to him. The gospel is not a command to hang onto Jesus. Rather, it’s a promise that no matter how weak and unsuccessful your faith and efforts may be, God is always holding on to you." Tullian Tchividjian
Tullian Tchividjian
This weekend at Riv, we wrapped our series on 1 Timothy. Normally, the quotes I use during the series are on the screen and posted at Live.RivChurch.com but many of them weren’t this week because of some last minute changes I made to the message. For those of you who have been asking for the [...]
“Yet, in spite of these spectacular strides in science and technology, and still unlimited ones to come, something basic is missing. There is a sort of poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually. [...]
There’s an illustration I have used for years when it comes to the substance and style of church worship services. I had no idea that I had inadvertently lifted the idea from Thomas Jefferson. I guess there truly is nothing new under the sun: In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of [...]
God created us to live with a single passion: to joyfully display his supreme excellence in all spheres of life. The wasted life is the life without this passion. God calls us to pray and think and dream and plan and work, not to be made much of, but to make much of him in [...]
In honor of Apple’s (potentially) big announcement today, I thought I’d share an old Steve Jobs clip. He models great leadership here. My favorite line: “This is a very complicated world, it’s a noisy world. And we’re not going to get a chance to get people to remember much about us…and so we have to [...]
Thanks to Brad for this amazing quote by Spurgeon: “Before I enter upon our text, let me very briefly tell you what I believe preaching Christ and him crucified is. My friends, I do not believe it is preaching Christ and him crucified, to give people a batch of philosophy every Sunday morning and evening, [...]
Thanks to Manvotional for this amazing Teddy Roosevelt quote: It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by [...]
Thanks to MondayMorningInsight.com for my new favorite Abraham Lincoln quote: “If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to [...]
(via Will…make sure you click on the link to see the post title of the day) “Why do some Christians bash Christianity like they’re not a part of it? When a Christian expresses discouragement with or disapproval of the Church, shouldn’t it be from a spirit of remorse rather than criticism?” – Abraham Piper