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“It is impossible to be a true soldier of Jesus Christ and not fight.”

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John Gresham Machen was an American theologian and philosopher, born on July 28, 1881, and died on January 1, 1937. He had a profound impact on Christian theology and philosophy, particularly known for his criticism of modern liberal theology. more

“Do you and I believe him (Christ) enough to obey him and to follow him wherever he leads, even when the crowds in our culture - and maybe in our churches - turn the other way?...For the sake of an increasingly marginalized and relatively ineffective church in our culture, I want to risk it all. For the sake of my life, my family, and the people who surround me, I want to risk it all.”

People Way Want Believe Enough Turns Culture I Believe Christ Church Risk My Family Sake Crowds Surround Risk It Marginalized

Author:David Platt

“Satan's strategies to stop the church will ultimately serve to spread the church. And Satan's strategies to inflict earthly pain in your life will ultimately serve to increase eternal glory with your God; 'Light momentary affliction.'”

Light Pain Church Eternal Glory Increase Strategy Spread Satan Affliction Momentary

Author:David Platt

“Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.”

Mean Waiting Tasks Gods Will Conclusion God Will Provide

Book:A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society

Source: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society

“For the Christian church.... to ignore, euphemize, or otherwise mute the lethal reality of sin is to cut the nerve of the gospel. For the sober truth is that without full disclosure on sin, the gospel of grace becomes impertinent, unnecessary, and finally uninteresting.”

Reality Christian Church Sin Grace Cutting Truth Is Nerves Unnecessary Sober Mute Disclosure Christian Church

Author:Cornelius Plantinga

“There is nothing - not any religious or secular body of work - that comes close to the Bible in forming the moral bases of Western civilization and therefore of nearly all moral progress in the world.”

World Body Religious Moral Progress Civilization Bases Western Secular Western Civilization

Author:Dennis Prager

“I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.”

People Want Play Church Ten

Author:Leonard Ravenhill

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