Jesus' life was a storm of controversy. The apostles, like the prophets before them, could hardly go a day without controversy. Paul said that he debated daily in the marketplace. To avoid controversy is to avoid Christ. We can have peace, but it is a servile and carnal peace where truth is slain in the streets.

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Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once and He volunteered.

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happened happens people

I think the greatest weakness in the church today is that almost no one believes that God invests His power in the Bible. Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a methodology, in a technique, in anything and everything but that in which God has placed it—His Word. He alone has the power to change lives for eternity, and that power is focused on the Scriptures.

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life-changing believe thinking

God just doesn't throw a life preserver to a drowning person. He goes to the bottom of the sea, and pulls a corpse from the bottom of the sea, takes him up on the bank, breathes into him the breath of life and makes him alive.

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breathe alive sea

A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol.

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wrath idols justice

The greatest weakness in the church today is that the servants of God keep looking over their shoulder for the approval of men.

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church-today servant-of-god men

We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.

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religious christian jesus

The pursuit of God is not a part-time, weekend exercise. If it is, chances are you will experience a part-time, weekend freedom. Abiding requires a kind of staying power. The pursuit is relentless. It hungers and thirsts. It pants as the deer after the mountain brook. It takes the kingdom by storm...The pursuit of God is a pursuit of passion. Indifference will not do. To abide in the Word is to hang on tenaciously. A weak grip will soon slip away. Discipleship requires staying power. We sign up for duration. We do not graduate until heaven.

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weekend passion exercise

He is intangible and invisible. But His work is more powerful than the most ferocious wind. The Spirit brings order out of chaos and beauty out of ugliness. He can transform a sin-blistered man into a paragon of virtue. The Spirit changes people. The Author of life is also the Transformer of life.

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powerful men order

We talk about predestination because the Bible talks about predestination. If we desire to build our theology on the Bible, we run head on into this concept. We soon discover that John Calvin did not invent it.

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theology desire running

When there’s something in the Word of God that I don’t like, the problem is not with the Word of God, it’s with me.

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word-of-god problem

To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.

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christian god love

We do not segment our lives, giving some time to God, some to our business or schooling, while keeping parts to ourselves. The idea is to live all of our lives in the presence of God, under the authority of God, and for the honor and glory of God. That is what the Christian life is all about.

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spiritual christian ideas

Isn't is amazing that almost everyone has an opinion to offer about the Bible, and yet so few have studied it?

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It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.

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believe-in-god one-thing believe

Sin is not simply making bad choices or mistakes. Sin is having the desire in our hearts to do the will of the enemy of God.

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choices mistake heart

God is not going to negotiate His holiness... in order to accommodate us.

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accommodate holiness order

If God is the Creator of the entire universe, then it must follow that He is the Lord of the whole universe. No part of the world is outside of His lordship. That means that no part of my life must be outside of His lordship.

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servant-of-god mean world

As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.

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foolishness denial height

The main problem with those who deny the existence of God is not intellectual. It is not because of insufficient information, or that God's manifestation of himself in nature has been obscured. The atheists' problem is not that they cannot know God, rather it is they do not want to know him. Man's problem with the existence of God is not an intellectual problem; it is a moral problem." For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men - Rom. 1:18"

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philosophical atheist men

God does not rule by the consent of His subjects but by His sovereign authority. His reign extends over me whether I vote for Him or not.

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