“If Jesus is Lord then the only right response to him is surrender and obedience. He is Savior and he is Lord. We cannot separate his demands from his love. We cannot dissect Jesus and relate only to the parts that we like or need. Christ died so that we could be forgiven for managing our own lives. It would be impossible to thank Christ for dying and yet to continue running our own lives.” IfsNeedsWould BeRunningJesusChristChristianityLordImpossibleDyingDemandDiedResponseSurrenderChristian LifeRelateObedienceSaviorForgivenHis Love Author:Rebecca Pippert
“The Christian life is a thank-you from beginning to end as we ponder what God has done. What an absurdity to think that we could ever bargain with God, as if there were anything we could put on the table. Nothing we can do would ever earn his favor. Yet all is ours for free. And the cross reveals his willingness to forgive not just once, but over and over and over again. How can we repay such extravagant, generous love? We cannot and need not, and the heart's only answer is gratitude.” IfsThinkingNeedsHeartEndsDoneChristianLife IsCan DoAnswersGratitudeCrossesTablesForgivingFavorsChristian LifeGenerousWillingnessAbsurdityBargainsPonderingExtravagantGenerous Love Author:Rebecca Pippert
“If the cross shows me that I am far worse than I had ever imagined, it also shows me that my evil has been absorbed and forgiven. If the worst thing any human can do is kill God's son, and that can be forgiven, then how can anything else not be forgiven?” IfsHumansHas BeensShowsEvilCan DoWorstSonCrossesShow MeWorst ThingsForgiven Book:Hope has its reasons: surprised by faith in a broken world Source: Hope has its reasons: surprised by faith in a broken world
“If you live by the same values and priorities [Jesus] had, you will find evangelism happening naturally. It becomes a life-style and not a project.” IfsValuesJesusStyleProjectsHappeningsPrioritiesLive ByEvangelismLife Style Author:Rebecca Pippert
