“If the focus of our testimony is our changed life, we as well as our hearers are bound to be disappointed.” IfsWellsFocusChangedBoundsDisappointedTestimonyChanged Life Author:Michael Horton
“I think that the church in America today is so obsessed with being practical, relevant, helpful, successful, and perhaps well-liked that it nearly mirrors the world itself. Aside from the packaging, there is nothing that cannot be found in most churches today that could not be satisfied by any number of secular programs and self-help groups.” ThinkingWorldWellsSelfHelpingTodayAmericaFoundChurchNumbersSuccessfulGroupsSelf HelpProgramMirrorsPracticalsSatisfiedObsessedHelpfulRelevantSecularAmerica TodayPackagingChurch Today Book:Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church Source: Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church
“My conscience does not render a positive verdict in God’s courtroom when I look inside myself. The only reason I can sleep well at night is that even though my heart is filled with corruption and even though I am not doing my best to please him, I have in heaven at the Father’s right hand the beloved Son, who has not only done his best for himself but has fulfilled all righteousness for me in my place.” WellsLooksHeartDoeI CanReasonDoneHandsNightFatherHeavenSleepSonMy HeartPleaseConscienceFilledCorruptionBelovedRighteousnessFulfilledVerdictCourtroomSleep WellBeloved Son Author:Michael Horton
“The key to maturity is time and community. Discernment and godly wisdom develop in a community that spans generations. The church is called to be this place where the [God's] Spirit uses normal patterns and rhythms of the Christian life in a community, so that we may bear fruit like a well-watered tree. Despite common appearances, the church is the place where God's new creation is coming into existence and being sustained by the Spirit like a great vineyard.” WellsMayUseChristianSpiritCommunityChurchCommonExistenceGenerationsTreeCreationKeysBearsNormalFruitPatternsAppearanceChristian LifeDespiteRhythmMaturityGodlyDiscernmentVineyards Author:Michael Horton
“Christians must return to the great story that has its fulfillment in life after death, so we may live and die well in the light of our extraordinary hope that enables us to embrace the ordinary lives God gives us here and now.” GivingWellsMayStoriesLightChristianDiesReturnOrdinaryEmbraceExtraordinaryFulfillmentHere And NowAfter DeathOrdinary LifeLife After DeathFulfillment In Life Author:Michael Horton
