Daily Gospel Quotes
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Quotes from contemporary (e.g., Francis Chan, Tim Keller, John Piper) or earlier (Jonathan Edwards, ML Jones, AW Tozer) preachers and Christian writers (Jerry Bridges, CS Lewis, Glen Scrivener)
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“The first sin was rebellion, idolatry, treason, and pride, all rolled into a single bite. Adam and Eve made a conscious choice to rebel against their Creator and live on their own terms. And we imitate their decision every time we choose our desires over God’s” #FrancisChan
“Rachel, not Leah, was beautiful and loved. Yet God made Leah, not Rachel, the foremother to His Messiah. God accepts and uses those the world rejects” #MattSmethurst
“In Genesis 40, Joseph has criminals on both sides. He promises death to one and life to another. Then he’s lifted up and given all authority. Sound familiar?” #AndrewWilson
“Jesus was indeed tested or tempted outwardly, and enticed by the devil, but he was never tempted inwardly by being dragged by his own desires into sin. He was a perfect, sinless sacrifice” #JohnPiper
Susan asks Mr. Beaver if Aslan is safe, to which Mr. Beaver replies, “Safe? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King” #CSLewis
“The timespan from the creation of Adam to the death of Noah is roughly the same as that from Abraham to Jesus” #GeraldBray God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology
“God’s method of sanctification is neither activism (self-reliant activity) nor apathy (God-reliant passivity), but God-dependent effort” #JIPacker
“I don’t remember 99% of the meals I’ve eaten, but they’ve kept me alive. God uses faithful, forgettable sermons to beautify His bride” #MattSmethurst
“Jesus doesn’t promise to give us more of what death will only steal anyway. He wants to give us what death can’t touch” #MattMcCullough
“I need Christ, not something that resembles Him” #CSLewis
“If God is our pleasure, then pleasure can't be in competition with God” #JohnPiper
“2,000,000,000,000 galaxies exist for no apparent reason beyond teaching us theology” #TonyReinke
“I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done” #JamesHudsonTaylor
“The first Adam ate from a tree in rebellion—and we died. The second Adam hung from a tree in love—and we live” #MattSmethurst
“God is without beginning, without ending, and without becoming. He is absolutely self-sufficient” #JohnPiper
On Easter: “Let us eat, drink, and be merry, for yesterday we were dead” #RussellMoore
"’The Lord told me' is no substitute for 'the Bible says’” #VoddieBaucham
“He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace” #JoniEarecksonTada (paralyzed for over 50 years)
“God will meet every need of ours, not every want. And our need is to glorify Him and be happy in Him forever” #JohnPiper
“Sin has the power of pleasure. And the Bible breaks that power with the power of a superior pleasure” #JohnPiper
“Christianity (...) has been ravaged by the dominant idea that a decision for God is more defining than delight in God” #JohnPiper
“Sometimes Jesus calms the storm. And sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child” #MattSmethurst
“Never fear dying, beloved. Dying is the last, but the least matter that a Christian has to be anxious about. Fear living—that is a hard battle to fight, a stern discipline to endure, a rough voyage to undergo” #CHSpurgeon
“… and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite”

Isaiah 57:15

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“I dwell in the high and holy place …”

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