“It's a disgrace to see my church giving Holy Communion to a man who helped lead a reign of terror. What is the message? You kill, you maim, you commit crime, and you gain sanctuary. It's shameful.” MenGivingChurchCrimeHolyMessagesGainsTerrorCommitCommunionReignDisgraceSanctuaryShamefulHoly CommunionReign Of Terror Author:Curtis Sliwa
“The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first take the sledge-hammer of the Law in His fists and smash the beast of self-righteousness and its brood of self-confidence, self wisdom, and self-help. When the conscience has been thoroughly frightened by the Law it welcomes the Gospel of grace with its message of a Savior Who came-not to break the bruised reed nor to quench the smoking flax-but to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, and to grant forgiveness of sins to all the captives.” FirstsPersonsHas BeensIdeasSelfHelpingLawSinPleasurePoorBreakGraceSelf HelpBrokenHolyMessagesConscienceDenySelf ConfidenceGladHealSavingBeastSmokingSinnerGrantsRighteousnessFrightenedSaviorFistsHammersHeartedCaptivesReedsBruisedSelf RighteousnessBroken HeartedQuenchTidingsForgiveness Of SinsFlax Author:Martin Luther
“Live in robust sanity, in holy obedience to the ordinary." (The Message) "In an insane asylum like the world, simple sanity can be a heroic achievement.” WorldSimpleHolyAchievementMessagesOrdinaryInsaneObedienceSanityHeroicRobustAsylumsInsane Asylum Author:Peter Kreeft
“His throne is the pulpit. He stands in Christ's stead. His message is the Word of God. Around him are immortal souls. The Savior, unseen, is beside him. The Holy Spirit broods over the congregation. Angels gaze upon the scene, and heaven and hell await the issue. What associations and what vast responsibility!” SoulSpiritHeavenChristResponsibilityHellIssuesHolySceneMessagesAngelHoly SpiritImmortalSaviorWord Of GodAssociationThronesUnseenHeaven And HellCongregationPulpitImmortal Soul Book:Lectures on Preaching: Delivered to the Students of Yale College in 1879 Source: Lectures on Preaching: Delivered to the Students of Yale College in 1879
“Holy men of old were moved upon by the Holy Spirit and the revelation given to them is God's Word in the Holy Scriptures. Is God speaking any less today through holy men called of God to bring a message through revelation to this generation? ... We wave our Bibles and cry, 'This is the Word of' God.' Indeed it is God's Word, but the Holy Spirit yet brings revelation to this generation today that is no less God's Word... The prophet is not a method that God uses; but in fact is the only method he uses to speak to this generation.” MenFactsUseTodaySpiritSpeakGivenGenerationsCryHolyMessagesMethodMovedWaveScriptureHoly SpiritProphetRevelationsWord Of GodThis GenerationHoly ScripturesHoly ManGod Speaking Author:Earl Paulk
“Sadly enough, there is a kind of an anti-intellectualism among many Christians: spirituality is falsely pitted against intellectual comprehension as though they stood in a dichotomy. Such anti-intellectualism cuts away at the very heart of the Christian message. Of course, there is a false intellectualism which does destroy the work of the Holy Spirit. But it does not arise when men wrestle honestly with honest questions and then see that the Bible has the answers. This does not oppose true spirituality.” MenHeartKindDoeEnoughChristianSpiritSpiritualityCoursesAnswersCuttingHonestHolyMessagesIntellectualHonestlyAriseHoly SpiritComprehensionIntellectualismDichotomy Author:Francis Schaeffer
“I think there are a lot of closet charismatics out there. A lot of [clergy] personally have had their vocations saved because of their experience of Christ and the Holy Spirit through the renewal, but they discovered it wasn't cool [to say so out loud] because it was considered fringe. They got the message from the environment not to talk about it very much. I think the time has come for the closet charismatics to come out.” ThinkingSpiritChristEnvironmentHolyMessagesSavedLoudHoly SpiritClosetsVocationRenewalFringeClergy Author:Ralph Martin