“"Christ" is bigger than the Earth planet. If tomorrow we discover life on another planet, the whole "Jesus" piece would not make sense anymore. If he did everything for just us on this planet he wouldn't be the savior of the "world."” IfsWorldWholeEarthJesusChristPiecesPlanetsTomorrowBiggerMake SenseSavior Author:Richard Rohr
“Every time you prefer the pleasures of this world to the joys of heaven, you spit in the face of Christ; every time when to gain in your business, you do an unrighteous thing, you are like Judas selling Him for thirty pieces of silver; every time you make a false profession of religion, you give Him a traitor's kiss; every word you have spoken against Him, every hard thought you have had of Him, has helped to complete your complicity with the great crowd which gathered around the Cross of Calvary, to mock and jeer the Lord of life and glory.” WorldGivingHardFacesJoyHeavenChristPleasureLordPiecesThis WorldKissingGloryGainsCrossesCrowdsProfessionSellingThirtySilverSpitTraitorMockComplicityJudasCalvary Author:Charles Spurgeon
“You will not get to steal quietly into heaven, into Christ's company, without a conflict and a cross. I find crosses to be Christ's carved work that he marks out for us and that with crosses he portraits us to his own image, cutting away pieces of our ill and corruption. Lord cut - Lord carve - Lord wound - Lord do anything that may perfect thy Father's image in us and make us ready for glory.” MaySufferingFatherHeavenChristPerfectCompanyLordPiecesCuttingReadyConflictGloryCrossesMarkIllCorruptionWoundsStealingPortraitsAffliction Author:Samuel Rutherford
“He who receives Communion is made holy and Divinized in soul and body in the same way that water, set over a fire, becomes boiling... Communion works like yeast that has been mixed into dough so that it leavens the whole mass; ...Just as by melting two candles together you get one piece of wax, so, I think, one who receives the Flesh and Blood of Jesus is fused together with Him by this Communion, and the soul finds that he is in Christ and Christ is in him” ThinkingWayHas BeensMadeTwoSoulWholeBodyTogetherJesusChristWaterFirePiecesBloodHolyMassFleshCandleCommunionSacramentsMeltingOne PieceFlesh And BloodBoilingDoughSoul And BodyYeastBlood Of Jesus Author:Cyril of Alexandria
“As two pieces of wax fused together make one so he who receives Holy Communion is so united with Christ that Christ is in him and he is in Christ.” TwoTogetherChristUnitedPiecesHolyCommunionHoly Communion Author:Cyril of Alexandria
“I have heard of some good old woman in a cottage, who had nothing but a piece of bread and a little water, and lifting up her hands, she said, as a blessing, What! all this, and Christ too?” LittlesSaidHandsChristWaterPiecesHeardBlessingBreadBeing ThankfulLiftingOld WomanCottagesAppreciate What You HaveLifting Up Book:The Spurgeon Series 1855 & 1856: Unabridged Sermons In Modern Language Source: The Spurgeon Series 1855 & 1856: Unabridged Sermons In Modern Language
“Only Christ could build a bridge to God with only two pieces of wood. The Christian life is a life of paradoxes. We must give to receive, realize we are blind to see, become simple to be wise, suffer for gain, and die to live. If I might be the means of saving one soul I should prefer it to all the riches and honor in the world” IfsWorldGivingShouldMeanTwoSoulMightChristianLife IsSufferingDiesChristRealizingSimplePiecesWiseHonorGainsBlindWoodsRichesChristian LifeSavingBridgesParadoxBeing Wise Author:Asahel Nettleton
“We are living at a time when the Prostestant church is rediscovering the truth that transformation in Christ occurs through the disciplines of formation. Finally, Adele Calhoun has pulled all of these together into one volume, complete with clear definitions and practices of a variety of ways that God uses to grow our lives. No longer do you have to root through scattered pieces of paper, nor a chapter here and there to get the big picture of the tried and true disciplines. This is one resource you will want to have at your fingertips.” WayWantUseBigsTogetherGrowsChristChurchPracticeClearPiecesOur LivesDisciplinePaperResourcesRootsTransformationDefinitionsVarietyChaptersVolumeHere And ThereFormationBig PictureFingertips Author:Greg Oden