“Jesus Christ is our supreme commander, but He operates only through His word, which is unquestionably a training manual. However, He has many interpreters, and few people see the Bible as a true training manual.” PeopleJesusChristTrainingJesus ChristSupremeCommandersManualsInterpreter Author:Gary North
“Palestine was the West Point and Annapolis for the world. In that little country God was training up a people out of whom, when the fullness of the time should come, His gospel cadets should emerge, fitted by all the training of all their national history for going out among the heathen and proclaiming the unsearchable riches of Christ.” PeopleWorldShouldLittlesCountryChristTrainingWestMissionsRichesGoing OutPalestineFullnessHeathenProclaimingWest PointCadetsAnnapolis Book:Moses the Law-giver Source: Moses the Law-giver
“The pulpit only "teaches" to be honest; the market-place "trains" to overreaching and fraud; and teaching has not a tithe of the efficiency of training. Christ never wrote a tract, but He went about doing good.” ChristTeachTeachingHonestExampleTrainingTrainBeing HonestFraudEfficiencyDoing GoodPulpitTitheOverreaching Book:Demands of the Age on Colleges Source: Demands of the Age on Colleges
“There are congregations on nearly every corner. I'm not sure we need more churches. What we need is a church. I say one church is better than fifty. I have tried to remove the plural form churches from my vocabulary, training myself to think of the church as Christ did, and as the early Christians did. The metaphors for her are always singular - a body, a bride. I heard one gospel preacher say it like this, as he really wound up and broke a sweat: "We've got to unite ourselves as one body. Because Jesus is coming back, and he's coming back for a bride not a harem.” ThinkingNeedsBodyChristianFormJesusChristChurchHeardTrainingMetaphorCornersWoundsBrokeNot SureFiftyRemoveSweatPreacherVocabularyComing BackBridesCongregationHarem Author:Shane Claiborne