For centuries, Christian quotes have been a source of inspiration and guidance to believers. From the thoughtful wisdom of Reformed preachers like John Calvin, who challenged us to consider that ‘God’s mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water, or deprive the sun of its light, than diminish the mercy of God,’ to the comforting words of Martin Luther, who reminded us that ‘The heart of religion lies in its personal pronouns,’ these quotes echo with the testimony of unwavering faith. By reflecting on such profound statements, believers can find strength in their journey, whether they’re facing trials or seeking encouragement. Diving into these riches can help cultivate a heart firmly grounded in the truth of God’s Word.

R.C. Sproul Quotes:

“Regeneration is a work of the omnipotent power of God, power that nothing can overcome or resist.”

“The more we understand God’s sovereignty, the more our prayers will be filled with thanksgiving”

“Christ not only died for us, He lived for us. That’s the whole point of the gospel.”

“The gospel is only good news when we understand the bad news.”

“When God forgives us, we are forgiven. When God cleanses us, we are made clean. That is a cause for great celebration.”

“It is possible to have a sound theology without having a sound life. But we cannot have a sound life without having a sound theology.”

“We are not free to do what is right in our own eyes. We are called to do what is right in His eyes.”

“We cannot change God. God is unchangeable. If changes are to be made, they must be made in us.”

“We have a generation of people who think they can stand before the judgment seat of God despite their sins.”

“In heaven, the church will be beautiful, as well as good and true.”

“Sometimes we emulate the Pharisees more than we imitate Christ.”

“The authority of the Bible is based on the fact that it is the written Word of God.”

“Not until we take God seriously will we ever take sin seriously.”

“Confession is like a declaration of bankruptcy. God requires perfection. The slightest sin blemishes a perfect record.”

“We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.”

“Sin is cosmic treason. Sin is treason against a perfectly pure Sovereign. It is an act of supreme ingratitude toward the One to whom we owe everything, to the One who has given us life itself.”

“The most violent expression of God’s wrath and justice is seen in the Cross. If ever a person had room to complain for injustice, it was Jesus. He was the only innocent man ever to be punished by God.”

“We do not segment our lives, giving some time to God, some to our business or schooling, while keeping parts to ourselves. The idea is to live all of our lives in the presence of God, under the authority of God, and for the honor and glory of God.”

“The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in.”

“You are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace, and you are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.”

“God is not going to negotiate His holiness… in order to accommodate us.”

“If God is sovereign, then He has the right to be worshiped by His creation, even if His creatures refuse to worship Him.”

“What is the greatest need of the church today? The one word that I would use is ‘awakening.’”

“No one was ever saved by a profession of faith. It is possessing faith that saves.”

“The idea of holiness is so central to biblical teaching that it is said of God, ‘Holy is his name.’”

“We are not justified by our works. We are justified by faith alone, but not by a faith that is alone.”

“The Bible is God’s Word to us, and it is meant to transform our lives by the power of His Spirit.”

“Right now counts forever.”

“The more we understand God’s holiness, the more we will understand the depths of our sin and the magnitude of God’s grace.”

Burk Parsons Quotes:

“At the cross, God simultaneously showed us the greatness of our sin against him and the greatness of his love for us.”

“Pastors, we are not entertainers on a stage, and we are not gurus on a mountain top. We are expositors, shepherds, and servants in a pasture.”

“We’re called out of darkness and into the light and then called to go back into the darkness and shine.”

“Truth doesn’t have to try to act cool or popular.”

“As Christians, we are focused especially on the proper interpretation of sacred Scripture, for the lack of a sound, consistently applied hermeneutic results in poor interpretations and applications of Scripture.”

“When Jesus does return, He will bring the full and final consummation of God’s kingdom; establish the new heaven and new earth; conquer all His and our enemies; save all who are true Israel and united to Him by faith; dry every tear from our eyes; and fully and finally eradicate sin and death.”

“Grace is only amazing to you when you realize how big of a wretch you are.”

“What is the kingdom of God? The answer can be stated simply: the kingdom of God is the supreme and sovereign rule and reign of God over all.”

“Beware of men who have no authentic accountability and of men who say they are accountable only to God and not to men.”

“The gospel is God’s gospel. The gospel originates with God, it belongs to God, and it is all about what God has done for his people through Christ by the Spirit. Because it’s his gospel, we must not mess with it, dilute it, change it, or complicate it.”

“Prayer is hard because dying to self, humbling ourselves, coming to the end of ourselves and admitting we’re helpless is hard.”

“Be enamored by the Word of God rather than your pastor’s style, personality, and charisma. Pastors, be enamored by the Word of God rather than your style, personality, and charisma.”

“Scripture is our only infallible rule for faith and practice and provides us with hermeneutical principles rooted in Scripture.”

“We too often worry about tomorrow because our focus is on tomorrow and not on our God who is sovereign over tomorrow.”

“I can’t count how many times I have heard pastors say that sheep are dumb. However, sheep are not dumb, they are dependent. Sheep are in fact very intelligent, complex, and unique in their individual personalities, and they have incredible memory capacity.
But they are dependent. They desperately need a shepherd.”

“Many professing Christians strayed from the narrow, old path and have taken the road more traveled by the culture. Many churches have ceased urging people to follow the ancient Christian way because it is not attractive to those who want something new and fresh.”

“Your Enemy is set on trying to destroy you, but he’ll settle with just getting you to become bored with the gospel.”

“For some people, worship is something to get done with and get out of the way so they can get on with the day and get on with their lives.

For Christians, worship is life.”

“If you’re afraid of ever offending anyone, don’t become a preacher.

If you love offending people, don’t become a preacher.”

“One of the greatest sins for which we need to ask forgiveness is our lack of believing that God has forgiven us.”

“Your hope is not ultimately based on your strength to hold on today but on Christ’s strength holding you forever.”

“Uzziah did what was right in God’s sight. He set himself to seek the Lord, and God made him prosper. His fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped…till he was strong. But when he was strong he grew proud to his destruction. Let us take heed.”

“The more we mature in our love for Christ, the more we pray for his return on good days and not just on bad days.”

“The Psalms remind us we’re not alone.”

“What I learned from a pastor in Bogota, Colombia, about 18 years ago:

What does it profit a pastor if he gains the applause of the whole church yet loses his family.”

“The only way to persevere to the end is to pursue humility. We never arrive at humility.
Humility is always running from us because humility can’t stand our pride.
It’s our constant pursuit of humility that keeps us chasing it knowing that we’ll never fully grasp it.”

“Life is hard. We are complex. The world is complicated. Satan is prowling and devouring.
People can act incomprehensibly. Christ lived the perfect life and fulfilled the law. Christ was raised for our justification through faith in Him. Sin is sad, frustrating, depressing, and miserable. By His kindness, God leads us repentance. The Lord is faithful and slow to anger. He is abounding in steadfast love.
Salvation is of the Lord. The Spirit is working.
Christ is coming. He is the judge. Heaven is home. Some day everything will not just be okay, it will be perfect.”

“We need men in the pulpit who know that the power is not in themselves, their eloquence, their charisma, their looks, their education, or their intelligence but in the gospel of Jesus Christ and aren’t afraid to preach it.”

“Being staunchly orthodox and biblically faithful means not only that we don’t compromise our doctrine but that we don’t compromise our love for one another.”

“When we see Jesus He will dry every tear from our eyes, not just our tears of sadness but our tears of joy, otherwise we would never be able to see Him.”
“Saying yo’re a new kind of Christian with a new kind of Christianity is basically saying you’re an old kind of heretic.”

“When we experience anxiety, let us remember that God cares more for us than we could ever care for ourselves. Let us run to Him in prayer, because going to our Father in prayer is the antidote to anxiety.”

“We too often only talk about the idols outside ourselves and overlook what is often our primary idol– ourselves.
Many who fall into grievous and heinous sins, especially pastors, have long been worshipping the idol of self and have fallen into sin already. Take up your cross.”

“We can’t “be Jesus” to others, that’s why we must proclaim Jesus. We strive to follow and obey Jesus. And as we shine as light through faith, repentance, and works, we show we’re in Christ. But ultimately we’ll disappoint. Jesus never will. We proclaim Him, not ourselves.”

“Our flesh fights against prayer because prayer humiliates, tortures, and kills our flesh.

“The world wants us Christians to affirm every religious belief except our own.”

“Don’t let your feelings inform your doctrine, make your doctrine inform your feelings.”

“The world is changing. The gospel isn’t.”

“I want to hate my sins more than I hate the sins of others who sin differently than I do.”

“May our passion for Christ always be greater than our passion for an easy and comfortable life.”

“I want to hate my sins more than I hate the sins of others who sin differently than I do.”

“If you want to be a celebrity, please don’t become a pastor.”

“I want to hate my sins more than I hate the sins of others who sin differently than I do.”

“Unbelievers don’t read the Bible, they read us.”

“In many churches today, it is considered worse to judge evil than to do evil.”

“We don’t believe in the power of prayer. We believe in the power of God, and that’s why we pray.”

“Fundamentally, we don’t go to church. We are the church, and we go to worship.” 

“Just because there’s a church on every corner doesn’t mean the gospel is preached on every corner. Just because a man talks about Jesus doesn’t mean he’s preaching Christ and Him crucified. Just because a man uses a Bible in a sermon doesn’t mean he’s preaching the Word.”

“A crowd of people in a building isn’t necessarily a community. Real community exists where we don’t have to put on a mask, where we can admit we’re sinners, and where true friends bear our burdens.”

Jonny Ardavanis Quotes:

“The best of men in Scripture are men at best. They aren’t superheroes. They are at times men who are profoundly weak and in dire need of strength and encouragement from a powerful God.”

“Remarkably, for those who set their minds and fix their gaze on God, He provides His children with what our hearts are searching for—peace. God did not remove Job’s problems, but He does, for those who draw near to Him, provide a supernatural peace even amidst unfathomable pain and relentless uncertainty.”

“Have you realized that your every worry is an invitation to draw closer to God? That every anxiety in your life compels you to direct your gaze to someplace or someone? One of the primary purposes of trials in our lives is to wean us from this world and strip us of earthly hope so that we would cling to the hope and strength that can only come from God (James 1:2-4).”

“The strongest remedy, the surest balm, and the most comforting pillow God provides for the despairing and anxious is the revelation of His own nature.”

“The peace of God does not fall into our laps as we sit and wait for it but rather is given by God to those who fix their minds on and fill their hearts with God‘s matchless and unchanging character.”

“I have come to the settled conviction that the pursuit of God leads to intimacy with Him, intimacy leads to trust, trust produces peace, and peace leads to unassailable joy.”

“The answer to anxiety has more to do with who God is than with who we are. The answer to our worry is not to look inward but to look upward.”

“As we look to the Bible and examine what God has to say about worry and anxiety, one powerful, comforting, and transforming truth emerges: gazing at God‘s glorious character is the pathway to peace.”

“God through His Word offers hope and peace for the full range of human anxiety and worry.”

Robert Murray M’Cheyne Quotes:

“It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus.”

“The greatest need of my people is my personal holiness.”

“I am convinced that the greatest need of the church is the prayer of her ministers.”

“Learn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ.”

“The more you know of the Lord, the more you will feel your need of Him.”

“There is no greater joy than to know that we are saved by the grace of God.”

“I am a dying man, preaching to dying men.”

“The best way to be happy is to be holy.”

Michael Reeves:

“Every time you rejoice in Christ, resist sin, proclaim him and show his love, you press home the victory of Christ. You stamp on the serpent’s head.”

“It is only when we appreciate Christ’s complete sufficiency as a Savior that we will be weaned off our self-sufficiency. Far from being an intellectual game, the truths of the gospel are the animating soul of Christian integrity.”

“The real change we long for doesn’t come by improving our behaviour. It happens from the inside out as the Holy Spirit turns the affections of our hearts in the preaching of the gospel.”

“The solution to sin is not the attempt to live without sin, but the gospel of God’s free grace.”

“We call on God as our Father, not just because we can, but because we’ve been transformed. The natural, sinful mind is hostile to God. But in salvation, the Spirit turns our hearts so that we love God. We cry “Abba” because we now adore him as our Father.”

“With the gospel as our anchor, evangelicals are able to see that not every issue is a gospel issue, and not every error (or departure from our view or practice) is a soul-killing heresy.”

“Not one tear will be wasted. The Lord invests all the troubles of his people. Matt 19:29”

“Christian, your current sin can and will hamper your enjoyment of the Christian life, but it can never alter your identity in Christ.”

“What trains us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, to live self-controlled, upright, godly lives? The grace of God. Titus 2:11-12”

“Penance does not equal repentance. Shows of penance often mask a lack of heartfelt contrition.”

“Preachers: Grace is how sinners’ hearts are first turned to God, and how believers’ hearts continue to be turned from the love of sin to love of God.”

“Christians don’t yo-yo in and out of God’s favour based on how good we are or feel. Every day, because of Jesus, we can sing: “my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness” (Isa 61:10).”

“Every day we fail. Every day Jesus remains spotless, and he is so for us, in our place.”

“Turn your eyes away from ALL works; depend solely on the promise of God. Then you’ll know the happy sigh of his children: ‘Abba!’”

“God graciously gives us himself. God is the blessing of the gospel.”

“Isaiah 11:1–3: The fear of the Lord is not something the Messiah wishes to be without. Even he, in his sinless holiness and perfection, has the fear of the Lord—but he is not reluctant about it.”

“Happiness in God is the heartbeat of healthy Christianity. Without it, all our efforts to be good and all our works will be hollow.”

“The preacher will smell of whatever he truly glories in. For good or ill, the heart of the preacher is itself a sermon.”

John MacArthur Quotes:

“Sin is what you do when you’re not satisfied with God.”

“No one is truly fit to lead the church if he is indifferent about holiness.”

“God speaks to us through His Word and when you start thinking God is giving you special revelation outside of His Word you have diminished the singular authority of Scripture.”

“Hope can only come through acknowledging that Jesus Christ is Lord and surrendering to Him.”

A.W Tozer Quotes:
“It is time for us to seek again the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Man’s lordship has cost us too much.”

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”

“It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it.”

“We can be in our day what the heroes of faith were in their day—but remember at the time, they didn’t know they were heroes.”

“The man who would truly know God must give time to Him.”

“Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth.”

“The Holy Spirit never enters a man and then lets him live like the world. You can be sure of that.”

“Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.”

“God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which He must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves.”

“An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but to each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others.”

“Outside of the will of God, there is nothing I want, and in the will of God, there is nothing I fear.”

“A low view of God is the cause of a hundred lesser evils. A high view of God is the solution to ten thousand temporal problems.”

“The church that can’t worship must be entertained. And men who can’t lead a church to worship must provide the entertainment.”

“Too many people consider Jesus Christ a ‘convenience.’ We make Him a lifeboat to get us to shore, a guide to find us when we are lost. We reduce Him simply to a Big Friend to help us when we are in trouble. That is not biblical Christianity!”

James White Quotes:

“Buy truth, and do not sell; Wisdom, discipline, and understanding. (Prov. 23:23). Truth, wisdom, discipline, understanding. Secularism can offer you none of these treasures. They are all hidden in Christ. If you have Him, you are rich.”

“You cannot ground your faith in men.”

“Anxiety. Worry. I will confess, it is a besetting sin. I am not sure why. Maybe I picked it up from my parents, not because they expressed it to me, but because I was astute enough to recognize how difficult their lives were. How little we had, and how hard they worked just to get by. Yes, it is a sin. In fact, think about this: our Lord invested a pretty hefty section of the Sermon on the Mount in warning us about the foolishness of the sin of worry (Matthew 6:25-34). He concludes that section, “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” And Paul echoed his Lord’s command, “Be anxious for nothing” (Phil. 4:6). There are few topics more cut and dried: anxiety is not to be a part of the Christian’s daily experience.

But…it is, at least for some of us. Not just the anxiety of the regular pressures of life, but in this present day, the anxiety of the direction of the entire world, embracing the rebellion of the day like a virus of the mind, rushing toward self-destruction, or, at least it seems so to us.

The root of anxiety is distrust: we have “small faith” in God, little faith in His promises, or even His ability to carry out those promises! Do we have example after example in Scripture and in church history of those before us pressing on in faith, trusting God, and finding Him faithful? Of course! But oh how the pressure of the moment can make us forgetful and anxious! In my own life I have seen God’s faithfulness over and over and over again. Amazing, isn’t it, that we can experience God’s faithfulness and in such a short time fall into doubt and distrust? Why do our memories focus on the negative, and do not dwell on the positive? [Suggestion: because we do not cultivate, or, at least I do not cultivate nearly enough, the Christian virtue of thanksgiving. Spending time each day giving true, heart-felt thanks to God for all He has done for us is, I know, the greatest antidote for anxiety]. I know we will all face reasons for anxiety today. For me, I will surely seek to keep my Lord’s words in mind, and pray for the peace which passes all understanding, which He can provide in abundance.”

“Prov. 21:8 – The way of a guilty man is perverse, But as for the pure, his work is upright.
‎When Scripture says for the pure, his “work is upright,” the Hebrew term for upright is יָשָׁ֥ר.  Interestingly, it is translated ὀρθὰ in the LXX, i.e., “straight.” I am reminded of the Greek term ὀρθοποδέω (Gal 2:14), to walk straight in accordance with a rule. 
We want to be described by God as those who are pure, so our work is to be ὀρθὰ, straight, orthodox, consistent.  Consistency is definitional of truthfulness.  How we think either honors our Maker, or insults Him.  Right now, with impurity the tsunami of the day, inconsistency, crookedness, is the hallmark of the impure. Stand firm, don’t give in, and honor God by so doing.”

Derek Thomas Quotes:
“Worship is the highest calling of the Christian. Everything else we do flows from it and leads to it.”

“God does not promise a life without suffering, but He does promise His presence in the midst of it.”

“The Christian life is not about self-improvement but about death and resurrection in Christ.”

“Grace is not God making up the difference; grace is God giving us everything we need.”

“The gospel is not good advice. It’s good news—something that has been done for us, not something we do.”

“We don’t need a better version of ourselves; we need Christ to dwell in us by His Spirit.”

“God is sovereign, and His plans are perfect, even when we can’t understand them.”

“The more we understand our sin, the more we appreciate God’s grace.”

“The Bible is a book about God. Its primary focus is on what God has done, not on what we must do.”

“Prayer is not about getting our will done in heaven but about getting God’s will done on earth.”

“Faith is not a leap into the dark but a step into the light based on the trustworthiness of God.”

“Holiness is not merely about avoiding sin but about pursuing God with all your heart.”

These quotes reflect Derek Thomas’s emphasis on God’s sovereignty, grace, and the Christian life’s focus on Christ. Let me know if you’d like more!

A.W Pink Quotes:
“The primary cause of our failure is that we do not take time to reflect upon our spiritual state.”

“It is one thing to say that we are justified by faith, but it is another thing to know what that means.”

“A man’s doctrine is of little use to him unless it is applied to his own heart and life.”**

“The Christian is called to be a witness, not a judge, and to present the truth, not to impose it.”

“God’s grace is the source of all spiritual life and the fountain from which all blessings flow.”

“The more we grow in grace, the more we should hate sin and love righteousness.”

“Our prayers are of no value unless they are joined with faith in God’s promises.”

“The believer’s comfort is not to be found in the trials themselves, but in God’s sovereignty over them.”

“The cross of Christ is the ultimate expression of God’s love and justice combined.”

“The Christian life is a life of conflict, but it is also a life of victory through Christ.”

“The Word of God is a mirror that shows us what we are, what we have been, and what we can become.”

“True repentance involves a complete change of heart and mind, not merely an outward display of sorrow.”

Joel Beeke Quotes:
“True Calvinism humbles sinners, exalts God, and promotes holiness, while providing comfort and assurance to believers.”

“The heart of Calvinism is knowing that God is in control, not just of the big things, but of every detail of our lives.”

“God’s sovereignty is not a doctrine to be feared, but a truth to be cherished, as it assures us that nothing in this world happens by chance.”

“Living for God’s glory means recognizing that every part of our lives belongs to Him and is meant to reflect His greatness.”

“Calvinism teaches us to see the world through the lens of God’s Word, where His grace is not just a concept, but a transformative force.”

“Faith is the root; obedience is the fruit. One cannot exist without the other in the life of the true believer.”

“When we grasp the depth of God’s love and the cost of our redemption, our natural response will be a life devoted to glorifying Him.”

Charles Spurgeon Quotes:

“Be dogmatically true, obstinately holy, immovably honest, and desperately kind.”

“Surely, if our King will come into the midst of His church again, and end these black days of doubt, we must and will shout, or else the very stones will cry out, Yes, O Lord Jesus, thou shalt have our Vivas: we will shout, “Long live the King!”

“If our graces are to be revived, we must begin with a renewed consciousness of pardon through the precious blood.”

“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

“A little faith will bring your soul to heaven; a great faith will bring heaven to your soul.”

“The Christian should never complain about what he does not have, but should be grateful for what he does.”

“The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.”

“It is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”

“God does not need our help; He has never needed it. He is able to do what He pleases.”

“The more we know of God, the more we will desire to know.”

“If you are not willing to be a fool for Christ’s sake, you are not willing to be a Christian.”

“The greatest enemy to hunger is not food but the lack of hope.”

“We are not called to be successful, but to be faithful.”

“Every good gift comes from God, and the best gift of all is Christ.”

“When you cannot trace God’s hand, trust His heart.”

“A church that does not evangelize will fossilize.”

“The best way to make a man believe the Bible is to make him read it.”

“The promises of God are not just for our comfort but for our sanctification.”

“Prayer is the breath of the soul.”

“The work of the ministry is a glorious work, but it is one that is done best in humble dependence upon God.”

“A true Christian is one who has a great deal of love for those who are not like him.”

“If you have a big heart, you will find big trials.”

“Jesus Christ is both the way and the end of the way.”

“There is no joy without sorrow, no life without death, no gain without loss.”

“The gospel is not about what we do for God, but about what God has done for us.”

“To be a Christian is to be a witness for Christ.”

“The world is a great stage, and we are all actors playing our parts.”

“Every Christian should be a theologian.”

“The cross is the ladder to heaven.”

“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

“God’s promises are like the stars; the darker the night, the brighter they shine.”

“We should preach with the conviction that God will use our words to change lives.”

“The only way to truly know God is to experience Him.”

J.I. Packer Quotes:

“If you ask, ‘Why is this or that happening?’ no light may come, for ‘the secret things belong to the Lord our God’ (Deuteronomy 29:29); but if you ask, ‘How am I to serve and glorify God here and now, where I am?’ there will always be an answer.”

“A healthy Christian is not necessarily a happy Christian, nor is the essence of Christian health a particular state of emotional well-being. The measure of Christian health is not how one feels but how one lives in relation to God’s commands and purpose. True Christian maturity involves a life of obedience, spiritual growth, and steadfastness in faith, rather than simply experiencing positive emotions or avoiding hardships. It is characterized by a deep, resilient trust in God, a commitment to His Word, and an active pursuit of holiness and righteousness, even amidst trials and difficulties.”

“There is a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly know God, you have energy to serve Him, boldness to share Him, and contentment in Him.”

“Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life’s problems fall into place of their own accord.”

“God’s love is an exercise of His goodness toward individual sinners, whereby, having identified Himself with their welfare, He has given His Son to be their Savior, and now brings them to know and enjoy Him in a covenant relation.”

“The essence of God’s action in wrath is to give people what they choose, in all its implications: nothing more, and equally nothing less.”

“The Bible is God preaching.”

“Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God’s holiness and sovereignty… can we ever possess true wisdom.”

“The fact we are justified does not change the fact we are sinners, but it does change our relationship to sin. We are not under its dominion.”

“The healthy Christian is not necessarily the extrovert, ebullient Christian, but the Christian who has a sense of God’s presence stamped deep on his soul, who trembles at God’s Word, and who lets it dwell in him richly by constant meditation upon it.”

“Repentance means turning from as much as you know of your sin to give as much as you know of yourself to as much as you know of your God.”

“The stars may fall, but God’s promises will stand and be fulfilled.”

“The Christian’s life in all its aspects—intellectual and ethical, devotional and relational, upsurging in worship and outgoing in witness—is supernatural; only the Spirit can initiate and sustain it.”

“The task of the preacher is to mediate the Word of God through his own personality, while being careful not to obstruct or distort it.”

“The invariable fruit of faith is obedience.”

“Doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrites; but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ’s sheep.”

“People treat God’s sovereignty as a matter of controversy, but in Scripture it is a matter of worship.”

“Holiness, in the Bible, means being near to God, being set apart for God, and being used by God.”

“A half-truth masquerading as the whole truth becomes a complete untruth.”

“God has a purpose for his church, and it is not to become a comfortable club for the cultivation of religion.”

“To worship God is to recognize his worth or worthiness; to look God-ward, and to acknowledge in all appropriate ways the value of what we see.”

“We never move on from the gospel; we move on in the gospel.”

Dustin Benge Quotes:

“Officials can write laws. Legislation can establish laws. Presidents can sign laws.
Military can enforce laws. Only the gospel of Jesus Christ can change the heart.”

“Poor knowledge of Scripture results in poor use of Scripture.”

“Moses, ‘I can’t speak.’ Job, ‘I have no peace.’

David, ‘I am a worm.’ Isaiah, ‘I am a man of unclean lips.’ Elijah, ‘I have had enough, Lord.’

Paul, ‘I am the chief of sinners.’

In our inadequacy, God is always adequate!”

“How do Christians glorify God in our jobs?

1. Be thankful for your job.
2. Recognize your work is to the Lord.
3. Strive to maintain a good reputation.
4. Show genuine care for your co-workers.
5. Do not be evangelistically obnoxious.
6. Work excellently for God’s glory.”

“Jesus intercedes for His own.

He prays for our:

1. Unity (Jn 17:21)
2. Sanctification (Jn 17:17)
3. Protection from Evil (Jn 17:15)
4. Joy (Jn 17:13)
5. Knowledge of God (Jn 17:3)
6. Glorification (Jn 17:24)
7. Love (Jn 17:26)”

“Justification:
‘Christ, you are my righteousness.’

Sanctification:
‘Christ, you are my holiness.’

Glorification:
‘Christ, you are my blessed hope.’”

“Churches open and close.
Preachers live and die.
Conferences come and go.
Ministries rise and fall. Christ remains the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

“Regardless of how bad things may get, all believers can rest in the following truths:

• Jesus is alive
• Jesus is reigning
• Jesus is praying for you
• Jesus is building His church
• Jesus is preparing a place for you
• Jesus is sanctifying you
• Jesus loves you”

Richard Sibbes Quotes:

“When we are in trouble we frame ourselves to God. Then all the tyrants in the world and all the devils in hell cannot hurt us.”

“There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.”

Jonathan Edwards Quotes:

“The strength of the good soldier of Jesus Christ appears in steadfastly maintaining the holy calm, meekness, sweetness, and benevolence of his mind, amidst all the storms, injuries, strange behaviour, and surprising acts and events of this evil and unreasonable world.”

Miscellaneous Quotes:

“A man who is afraid of sinning because of Hell-fire, is afraid, not of sinning, but of burning.” (Augustine)

“While drunk, Lot impregnated his daughter, who bore Moab, whence came Ruth, the great-grandmother of David, the king who murdered Bathsheba’s husband and with her fathered Solomon, who filled Jerusalem with idolatry. Christ’s genealogy preaches his will to save even the most messed up of families.” (Chad Bird)

“Praise is the sweetest part of divine worship; it is a short heaven here on earth. (Isaac Watts)

“To say that God has spoken expressly in His Word is to say that there are some things that He has said in Scripture directly, explicitly, plainly, and unmistakably.” (Mark A. Garcia)

“Beware of pastors who are addicted to “the glitter of praise, he will be injurious both to himself and to others, desiring through his love of applause to speak more for the sake of approval from his audience, than for their benefit.” (John Chrysostom)

“Jesus left a world in which angels cried, “Holy, Holy, Holy,” to come to a world in which sinners cried, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” Let us never cease to marvel at the glory of Jesus.” (Garrett Kell)

A passion to preach without a commitment to study is just a desire to perform. (H.B. Charles Jr.)

“The main message of the gospel is not that Jesus fixes our brokenness, which of course He does. The main message of the gospel is that Jesus saves us from the wrath of God which is to come at the final judgment. The gospel must proclaimed, according to Jesus, in this light.” (Grant R. Castleberry)

“Whatever happened to the Christian worldview, which values the life of the unborn, the sanctity of marriage and the family, and the freedom of nations to protect their own borders? The evangelical mind has become the secular, progressive mind.” (Grant R. Castleberry)

“The glory for the gospel’s advance belongs to God, who gives the growth (1 Cor 3:6). So we must be careful not to lift up any one man to a place that borders on the precipice of idolatry. Not Paul. Not Augustine. Not Calvin. Not Edwards. Not Whitefield. Not Spurgeon. Not Lloyd-Jones. Christianity has never depended on a mere man. The best of men are men at best. Christianity has always depended on Christ working in the church in the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Grant R. Castleberry)

Adriel Sanchez Quotes:

We are tempted to idolize pastors and politicians who champion our causes. This idolization keeps us from seeing clearly. We excuse their failures out of fear that to admit they’ve erred in one area is to open up the possibility that they’re wrong about the things we love them for. As is the case with idolatry, we end up with “eyes but cannot see” the faults of our heroes. The only sinless savior is Jesus. Everyone else will disappoint us, but that doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be accountability.

“It’s never too late to ask God for his forgiveness. His abundant mercy isn’t a license to sin, but a refuge from being crushed by your transgressions. Don’t let despair and unbelief keep you from laying hold of the grace found in Jesus Christ.”

“Legalistic Christian cultures can look strong from the outside, but they’re extremely fragile. Genuine Christian liberty isn’t permitted because its flexibility stretches the group-think to a breaking point. The rigidity is maintained by making everything a “Christian” issue, and charity gives way to new laws.”

“I had a NT Greek professor in college who would say, “Just knowing a little bit of Greek is a dangerous thing.” You know enough to make it sound like you’re learned, but you’re prone to make basic errors. Same is true with knowing just a little bit of theology, or the Bible.”