by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Jun 14, 2023 | Essentials-Sermons, Sermon Quotes By Topic
Sermon quotes on focus Augustine of Hippo Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you. W.H. Auden To pray is to pay attention to...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Jun 10, 2023 | Essentials-Sermons, Sermon Quotes By Topic
Sermon quotes on persecution Bernard of Clairvaux Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor. Billy Graham Persecution is one of the natural consequences of living the Christian life. It is to the Christian what “growing pains” are to the growing...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Jun 10, 2023 | Essentials-Sermons, Sermon Quotes By Topic
Sermon quotes on Abandonment Dietrich Bonhoeffer God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment. No evil can befall us; whatever men may do to us, they cannot but serve the God who is secretly revealed as love and rules the world and...
by Bill Rowley | Jun 9, 2023 | Essentials-Sermons, Sermon Quotes By Topic
Sermon quotes on anti-intellectualism Dallas Willard Feelings are, with a few exceptions, good servants. But they are disastrous masters. The Renovation of the Heart (NavPress, 2002) Dallas Willard Stupidity and ignorance, even if chosen in response to warnings...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Jun 5, 2023 | Essentials-Sermons, Sermon Quotes By Topic
Sermon quotes on Destructive behavior Milton But what will not Ambition and Revenge Descend to? Who aspires must down as low As high he sor’d, obnoxious first or last To basest things. Paradise Lost Blaise Pascal There was once in man a true happiness of which there...
by Bill Rowley | May 25, 2023 | Essentials-Sermons, Sermon Illustrations By Topic, Sermon Quotes By Topic
Sermon Illustrations on Spiritual formation Background Stories Analogies More Resources Background Being Formed in Christ’s Image In their excellent book Invitation to a Journey, M. Robert Mulholland and Ruth Haley Barton describe the Biblical understanding of...
