Sin breaks the heart of God, and when the Spirit of God is in you, sin breaks your heart, too.

Jesus ate with Pharisees and sinners. Only eating with sinners can turn you into an anti-religious Pharisee. Never eating with sinners can turn you into an anti-missional Pharisee.

Great wisdom John. As John Stood says: 'We're not sunny optimists. Neither are we gloomy pessimists. Rather, we are biblical realists!'

Yes, our world is changing- 'In the age of social media, virtue is not defined by how compassionately you act. Virtue is defined by how vehemently you react to that which you find offensive.' David Brooks (NYT 27.11.2018)

Problems aren’t the only things waiting for you tomorrow. God is, too. The God who gives you strength today will give you strength tomorrow. J.D. Greear

‘Every day I put hope on the line. I don’t know (for sure)one thing about the future. I don’t know what the next hour will hold.’ E. Peterson

Was Jesus Tempted To Commit Murder? thinktheology.co.uk/blog/article/w… #jesus

Our problem is not so much that the 'boat' of the church is in the 'water' of the world. It’s that the 'water' of the world has got into the 'boat' of the church.

Terry Virgo keeps seeing things in Scripture that we less mature pilgrims seem to miss!

Churches that overfocus on their buildings run the risk of becoming like shopping malls in the age of Amazon, taxis in the age of Uber, or cable TV in the age of Netflix, Disney+ and YouTube. careynieuwhof.com/should-you-clo… via Carey Nieuwhof

If your mission is to fill buildings, then keep going with your current strategy. But if your mission is to reach people, it might be time to rethink things. careynieuwhof.com/should-you-clo… via Carey Nieuwhof

Brilliant

“There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” - C.S. Lewis

Sin acts like a bomb, not a bullet. There's always unintended, horizontal consequences. Amazingly, repentance from sin works the same way.

An hour & a half on Sundays is not sufficient to REHABITUATE hearts that are daily emerged in rival liturgies.. James KA Smith

Impossibly perfect. treehugger.com/natural-scienc…

"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” ― Margaret Thatcher

'Divine grace is God acting in our life to accomplish what we cannot do on our own.' Dallas Willard. I really need this grace!

"To be fully known but not fully loved is rejection, and to be fully loved but not fully known is sentimentality. Only in the gospel are we completely known and completely loved” (Matt Papa)