Theologians aren’t made simply by thinking and reading, but by suffering, living, dying, and being damned.
Martin Luther via Tullian Tchividjian
Category: Random
Purpose of Theology
Some people get into theology for what they could know. We don’t want that. Knowledge is given not so we can wow people with information but so we can be better servants of God.
—Paul Barker
Fair News
Hindi ko hinihiling na kumatha kayo ng mga gawa gawang kwento o pagandahin ang imahe ng gobyerno. Ang akin lang po: kung naibabalita ang mga nagaganap na krimen at trahedya, ibalita rin naman po natin sana kung paano ito naresolba. Kung inilalantad po natin ang kabulastugan, matuto naman din po sana tayong kilalanin ang mga nagagawang kabutihan.
—President Noynoy Aquino
Just a Bunch of Hot Air
Joshua Harris in Dug Down Deep:
There’s a story in the Bible of a young king named Josiah, who lived about 640 years before Christ. Josiah’s generation had lost God’s word. And I don’t mean that figuratively. They literally lost God’s Word. It sounds ridiculous, but they essentially misplaced the Bible.
If you think about it, this was a pretty big deal. We’re not talking about a pair of sunglasses or a set of keys. The Creator of the universe had communicated with mankind through the prophet Moses. He gave His law. He revealed what He was like and what He wanted. He told His people what it meant for them to be His people and how they were to live. All this was dutifully recorded on a scroll. Then this scroll, which was precious beyond measure, was stored in the holy temple. But later it was misplaced. No one knows how. Maybe a clumsy priest dropped it and it rolled into a dark corner.
The Deeper Sin of Unbelief
Every single sin we do is a result of the deeper sin of unbelief- unbelief in the ability of God to give us the satisfaction we are all looking for. When this happens,we feel that the burden falls on us to go out there and find something to satisfy our souls.
Ministry Scoreboard
Our obsession… our scorecard must always must be shaped by a desire to see lives transformed by the power of Christ, not just to run certain mathematical formulas to grow.
…the focus of many in the Church Growth Movement was more on formulas than on faithfulness.
Jojo Agot 