Quotes to Ponder

Do you ever get tired of me sharing quotes with you?  I hope not.  I have had several people comment that they have benefited from the quotes, so I keep doing it.  Here are some quotes from Jesus Is            and Creature of the Word:
"Grace is the foundation of Christianity and the essence of salvation."
"That's why I think we should smile in church-we should dance, we should celebrate, we should laugh, and we should get over our serious selves and represent the joy of heaven."
"We are sons and daughters of God by birth, not by worth."
"Our sonship is not based on our performance but on Jesus's finished performance . . ."
"Jesus died for us before we were born, before we had done anything, good or bad. Why is he going to start making us live by rules and law now?"
 "Jesus fulfills every promise of the Old Testament, bringing light and clarity to the entirety of the canon of Scripture."
"Gospel-centered preaching and teaching should invade every aspect of teaching in the Church."
"The Holy Spirit always uses the revealed Word of God to open the eyes of both the unbeliever and believer to the wonders of the gospel."
"In short, the Bible is about God."
"There is only one Hero in the Church, and it is not the preacher."
"The preacher has the opportunity to create in the culture of a church the importance of the Word of God. If the Word is central in preaching, teaching, music, and the ordinances, then the church culture will flow from this."

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