As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“The five most frequently chosen specific reasons for dropping out were: moving to college and no longer attending (34 percent); church members seeming judgmental or hypocritical (32 percent); no longer feeling connected to people in their church (29 percent); disagreeing with the church’s stance on political or social issues (25 percent); and work responsibilities (24 percent).” -
In this excerpt from his classic text, Biblical Preaching, Haddon Robinson explains his view of the “big idea” of biblical preaching:1
“What leadership virtue are we mistaking bullying for? Which trait is such a priority that we aren’t even aware when it is deployed in an ungodly, and biblically prohibited, way? In short, why do we end up with bullies as prominent pastors?” - TGC
“Jesus called these the first and second greatest commandments and said everything else is just an application of them. Love God supremely; love others deeply.” - SBC Voices
Martin Lloyd-Jones: “The preacher must never be dull, and he must never be boring…there is something radically wrong with dull and boring preachers.” - Cripplegate
“Even with 1 in 4 leaving over politics, college kids are more likely to return after a hiatus than leave for good.” - CToday
“If you sing pop lyrics, you are going to have a problem with your ministry because rock n’ roll by definition, and popular music, is about sexuality.” A judge then interjected, “And demons.” Simmons then repeated, “And demons.”
— Gene Simmons, a famous rock musician; transcribed from a video clip from an episode where he appeared on American Idol
“James MacDonald’s church takes unfavorable ruling as “God’s direction” to abandon legal effort against Julie Roys and Elephant’s Debt blog.” - CToday
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