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“Leading a local church in a pandemic and coming out of a pandemic has been filled with both pain and beauty. God has done exceedingly more than I could ask or imagine.” - Eric Gieger
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“He directs us through hard things to teach us the right way and to build our strength and fit us for greater victories.”
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The Other Beatitudes, Part 4: Discipline - Olinger
“Jesus said that people will know us by our fruit. Who are you?”
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“The sixth fruit that the Spirit grows in the developing character of a Christian is ‘goodness.’ … One of my friends posted recently, ‘Joe Biden wasn’t elected. He was installed. Like a toilet.’ Nope. Wrong fruit.” - Olinger
Authoritative vs. Nurturant Styles of Religion
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“I would prefer to describe these two postures as ‘authoritarian’ and ‘nurturning.’ Its only a slight change of words, but ‘authoritative’ and ‘nurturant’ just don’t sound quite right to me. For one thing, I think religious leaders should be authoritative but without being authoritarian.” - Roger Olson
“In much of life we build habits and patterns the way people build roads.”
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“The man who grumbles in his heart will soon grumble before his household and before his fellow church members. He has begun to walk a trail of complaint and will find that others begin to follow in his footsteps, that they begin to imitate him….But what is true of bad habits is equally true of good.” - Challies
“Salvation is indeed simple and free, but it’s not just a single event at one point in time.”
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“I’ve been a believer for 60 years now, and I’m still amazed every day at how much spiritual growth still lies ahead of me—at often I tell myself, ‘Dan, after all this time, you really ought to be better at this.’” - Olinger
An Illustration of Repentance
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“Some sins are small and easy. We stop and walk the other way. Some sins, like the bicycle, are a little more difficult. … there is the process of coming to a stop, the process of the turn itself, and the process of getting up to speed in faithfulness. But some sins are enormous…. God works patiently with us, carefully slowing us down, as the captain does with the ship…” - Ligonier
2021 Bible Reading Plans
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“Whether you are looking to complete the Bible in a year or focus on different books and themes, we hope these [more than a dozen] plans will be of great help to you, your family, and your church.” - Ligonier
Making Disciples Jesus’ Way
By Rich Van Heukelum
“If you can see your target, you have a better chance of hitting it.
If you can watch an expert, you have a better chance of doing it well.”
—Source Unknown
My father was part of the US Army during WWII. One day I saw his uniform in the closet and noticed a sharpshooter medal. When I asked him about it, he told of the day he won that recognition. He had been firing rapidly and doing okay. Then his trainer told him to slow down and take time to aim for each shot. Effective shooting requires knowing not only what the target is but also how to shoot.
