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“Unbelief is demonstrated often not in loud hostility, but in quiet discontent.” -- Keith Foskey
“God’s mercies are like God’s manna. They are new every morning.” -- H. B. Charles, Jr.
“Spiritual distempers are not so soon cured as caught.” -- Matthew Henry
“Character is not a secondary, nice-to-have feature for an elder; it is essential to the role.” -- Luke Mitchell
“Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe rebuke that calls a brother back from the path of sin. It is a ministry of mercy, an ultimate offer of genuine fellowship.” -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Beliefs are what you have learned and are able to pass on as information. Convictions are things you would lay down your life for.” -- Chuck Swindoll
“Worship is self-emptying, or emptying of self; it is dethroning self.” -- Terry Sisney
“Sprinkling is sprinkling, let it be done how you please – but it never was, nor never will be baptizing.” -- Benjamin Keach (from Gold Refin’d; or Baptism in its Primitive Purity, 1689)
“Don’t say you’ll go to jail for your faith when you won’t even go to church for it!” -- Unknown
“We [Christian leaders] often act like we are franchise owners competing for a market share.” -- Scott Aniol
“Some were called, some were sent, and some just went!” -- Common saying about calling and motivation for the ministry (origin unknown)
“What is takes shape out of what was.” -- Credited to George McBeth (but perhaps Leon McBeth)
“Theological liberalism is not just a different interpretation of Christianity, but it’s a different religion altogether.” -- J. Gresham Machen
“The way to stop discrimination based on race is to stop discriminating based on race.” -- John Roberts
“Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor; Jesus can understand you.” -- J. C. Ryle
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