The pagans will continue to co-opt Christian symbols, but they can never possess them. Try and steal the sacred all you want - the earth is the Lords. The rainbow, the supper, crowns of glory - it all belongs to Him. Every knee will bow, every tongue confess: Christ is Lord.

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Technology is great, but your true community is made up of those you play, live, work and go to church with. You can’t convince me otherwise. Get rid of social media: 1. Your friend circle dwindles. 2. Life gets simpler. 3. You don’t care as much about what people think of you.

Christian, do not labor to be remembered on earth. Instead, rejoice that your name has been remembered in heaven. And then work hard for the Lord who saved you.

God is patient. God is kind. May this wake up any pastor in a slumber. May this cause tonight for some pastors to confess sin to their wives. Pastor, you’re not exempt. You are weaker than you realize. Fix your eyes on Christ and pray for your pastor. Pray for Steve.

A pastor belongs at home every night, sleeping next to his wife. It’s time to kill the conference circuit.

“Live slowly enough to be able to think deeply about God” - J.I. Packer

Love Jesus. Pursue Holiness. Abide. Rest. Trust. Pray. *fixed.

Lawson was prophetic and didn’t even know it. It’s almost as if the Lord is kind and patient. I wonder how many other times Lawson had an “out.” Once again, pastor who may read this, repent.

Let not your 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘪𝘯 quench your 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘯. —Puritan William Bridge, Works 5:20

Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires. Rom 13:14 I love that: “Don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.” Rather, we must set our minds on things above.

If we live, it’s to honor the Lord. And if we die, it’s to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Rom. 14 Do you live in this way?

The main temptation of the minister is not pride but discouragement. Dick Lucas

Nothing will make you so lonely as unconfessed sin.

In the gospels, Jesus asks 308 questions. Good way to evangelize & disciple.

Christian, it's ok to believe someone with zero fruit in keeping with repentance is not with Jesus after he dies.

"Out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires have come the deepest things that I know about God." -Elisabeth Elliot.

I had an 84-year-old church member call me today. She was concerned because she wasn’t sure she had ever really “felt” the Holy Spirit. She told me her sister spoke in tongues, and it left her worried. So I asked her a few questions. “Have you ever felt conviction over your