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We are justified by faith alone, but by a faith that is not alone. John Calvin

These are great....and should be everywhere...Some new billboards are getting attention in Cleveland. Some reported seeing one or two messages, but the newspaper listed all of them. Here's a list of all variations of the "God Speaks" billboards. The billboards are a simple black background with white…

The salvation of a single soul

There is a great difference between sin dwelling and reigning in us. It dwells in every believer, but reigns in the unbeliever. - D. L. Moody Sin is to be overcome, not so much by maintaining a direct opposition to it, as by cultivating opposite principles. Would you kill the weeds in your garden, plant…

From: Jim Meigs from FBC, Center Point, Alabama

Bill Cosby said, “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” —Jim L. Wilson and Rondall Leggett “The 15 Best Quotes to Inspire Perseverance,” http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/comfort-cravings/201401/the-15-best-quotes-inspire-perseverance Galatians 6:9…

There are several witty sayings that sound like they came from the Bible, but are not in the pages of scripture. Some of the quips sound so good, well-intentioned people will quote them with the same authority as a passage from the Bible. Recently, White House Spokesman Jay Carney made just such a mistake…

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. —Jean-Jacques Rousseau Preaching change is much different than practicing it. Change is tiring and toilsome work, requiring persistence…

"The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew every time he sees me, while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them." ~ George Bernard Shaw "True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information."…

GOODNESS, QUOTES “He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer.” —William Blake, Jerusalem “Men have never been good, they are not good and they never will be good.” —Karl Barth, Christian Community “The greatest…

Being moved by music is secondary to worshiping God. The Spirit is always to be free to direct our worship, whether the music moves us or not. It is only when being moved by music is coupled to a PRECEDING passion for God that we are truly moved. Behind all of this is the Lord’s continuous invitation…

"What we think or what we know or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only [thing that matters] is what we do." -- John Ruskin

"There are two great moments in a man's life: the moment he is born and the moment he realizes why he was born." -- Anonymous (collected from ministers' meeting @ CSC -- 102907)

"Death is not a period, but a comma in the story of life." -- Amos Traver

"You are nobody until you become somebody in Christ Jesus. You will never be somebody until you become nobody." -- Mark Driscoll (collected from ministers' meeting @ CSC -- 102907)

"To lead people, you must love people. To save people, you must serve people. What is the depth of your love and what is the level of your service?" - Unknown (T ... is S...ckey) -- (collected from ministers' meeting @ CSC -- 102907)

“The Christian Church is the one organization in the world that exists purely for the benefit of non-members.” Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple “Worship is our response to God’s Grace and Love.” Phil Taylor “Separating the bread & cup from the basin & towel is the great sin and heresy of the Church.”…

"God's provisions are strategically located along the path of your obedience." -- C. Elijah Browner (collected from ministers' meeting @ CSC -- 102907)

"Ministry is not something we pursue. Ministry is what gets left behind in our footprints as we pursue Christ." -- Jay Jackson, New Tribes Missionary (collected from ministers' meeting @ CSC -- 102907)

Quotes from Martin Luther for thought and reflection: “Believing in God means getting down on your knees.” “The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold on me.” The Bible was written for a man with a head upon his shoulders.” “God creates out of nothing.…

Beware of worshipping Jesus as the Son of God, and professing your faith in Him as the Savior of the world, while you blaspheme Him by the complete evidence in your daily life that He is powerless to do anything in and through you. Oswald Chambers, Christianity Today, Vol. 37, no. 11.

"Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity." -- John Milton

"It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability that counts." -- Corrie ten Boom (collected from ministers' meeting @ CSC -- 102907)

"The casket is not an eternal resting place, but a cocoon that houses our bodies until Christ transforms them and sets them free to fly." -- Source Unsure