Whoever faithfully administers the Word will be exposed to a contest with the world.
John Calvin, as quoted by Oswalt
Quotes
Becoming a Man
I want to suggest that wherever you can as a young man or one involved in any way in training young men, you point them toward manhood, maturity, adulthood, responsibility, ambition, strategy, vision, focus. Yes, it can be fun to be boyish. But you know what’s far more satisfying? Becoming something. Becoming something greater than you are. Becoming a man. Building stuff.
The Making of Theologians
Theologians aren’t made simply by thinking and reading, but by suffering, living, dying, and being damned.
Martin Luther via Tullian Tchividjian
Worship’s Marveling Effect
Worship produces a marveling effect that deeply satisfies our hearts so that we come to a point where we don’t feel the need to sin just to be happy.
Adapted from John Piper
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.
Test of Worship
The real test of being in the presence of God is that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object.
C.S. Lewis via Jared Wilson’s Gospel Deeps
Jojo Agot 