Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Tegel Prison in May 1944: “…I can only say that I have no wish to live in any other time than our own, even though it is so inconsiderate of our outward well-being. +++ It will be the task of our generation, not to “seek great things,” but to save and preserve …
First Sunday prayer service at mgpc tomorrow night. J.D. Greear provides an extended quote from Charles Spurgeon. An excerpt: Keep up the prayer-meeting, whatever else flags; it is the great business evening of the week, the best service between the Sabbaths; be you sure to make it so. If you find that your people cannot …
Thanks to Ray Ortlund for posting this quote from Lesslie Newbigin: “There has been a long tradition which sees the mission of the Church primarily as obedience to a command. It has been customary to speak of ‘the missionary mandate.’ This way of putting the matter is certainly not without justification, and yet it seems …
At mgpc we’ve been blessed by the testimony of one of our families as they’re going through a season of great trial. I’ve been trying to encourage folk to know that the faith which has encouraged us so much is the fruit of purposeful Christian discipleship. This quote from John Flavel expresses it as well …
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