Great preachers are the ones who preach really bad sermons. The difference is that they preach really bad sermons when they’re young, and are sharpened for life by critique.
Mediocre preachers are those who start off with sermons that are, eh, pretty good, but they’re never critiqued and thus never grow.
You might as well ask the […] Secretary of Transportation why he allows accidents on the highways. No doubt he would take exception to the accusation implied in your question, pointing to the well-defined rules of the road. “Every time a law is broken,” he might reply, “the offender places himself and others in danger. Accidents and suffering occur as a result.”
People suffer chiefly for one reason: They have chosen to ignore God’s rule book, the Bible, and everything has gone terribly wrong as a result. Our loving Creator knows exactly how we have been made and what will harm us. Consequently, with a caring, protective heart he says, “You shall not…”. His commands are not dictatorial edicts designed to spoil our fun; rather they are manufacturers operating instructions. God knows that our psyches cannot handle sin and that we are actually crushed and tormented by our own misdeeds. Few would argue against the wisdom of reading the instruction manual before using a new appliance. People take care not to break a tape recorder or a new washing machine, but strangely, many don’t seem to mind destroying their own spirits and souls with the poison of sin.
–Reinhard Bonnke, TIME IS RUNNING OUT
Every unredeemed life cries out for the gospel, like a fish on the riverbank gasping for water. Many in the world have given up hope. They have seen the limits of science, technology, medicine, politics and education, and they turn to opiates to forget- drugs, drink and religious mysticism. Like the mythical hydra, evil grows two heads for every one that we cut off. This monster needs the dagger of the cross of Christ plunged into its heart.
Reinhard Bonnke, TIME IS RUNNING OUT
When we are touched by inspired music, we often receive a glimpse of the eternal. Music only suggests infinity, however; the melody echoes a faraway greatness that it cannot fulfill. That infinity is God himself.
—Reinhard Bonnke
Every unredeemed life cries out for the gospel, like a fish on the riverbank gasping for water. Many in the world have given up hope. They have seen the limits of science, technology, medicine, politics and education, and they turn to opiates to forget- drugs, drink and religious mysticism. Like the mythical hydra, evil grows two heads for every one that we cut off. This monster needs the dagger of the cross of Christ plunged into its heart.
—Reinhard Bonnke, TIME IS RUNNING OUT
When I arrived at the church, I was armed with books and ideas on growth, evangelism, and reaching the community. Unity was the last thing I was worried about. If you’d told me to slow down and focus on camaraderie and unity, I’d have chided you for your inward, even self-centered, approach to ministry. We had a world to conquer.
The Unity Factor, Larry Osborne
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