Articles and Blogs

The New Tolerance Must Crumble – Desiring God interviews D.A. Carson

7 Ways to Fight Distraction During Prayer – Grant Ortland

The Enemy’s Primary Strategies Against the Church – Chuck Lawless

12 Reasons People Give Up on the Church – Chuck Lawless

Nine Things that Worked in the Church A Decade Ago that No Longer Work – Carey Nieuwhof

How to Spot a False Teacher – Nathan Finn

Worth Repeating

“The most glorious reason you exist is for the proclamation of the glory of God to the ends of the world.” – David Platt (Twitter – @Secret_Church)

“The nature of human beings is such that we tend not to drift into better behaviors.  We usually have to be asked by someone to consider taking it up a level.” – Bill Hybels in Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs

“No one is more influential in your life than you are, because no one talks to you more than you do.  Whether you realize it or not, you are in an unending conversation with yourself, and the things you say to you about you are formative of the way that you live.” –Paul David Tripp in Dangerous Calling

“All things are difficult before they are easy.” – Thomas Fuller  from @RonEdmondson

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” – Winston Churchill from @TomVann1

“Use your voice. You’re the only one who has it. ” @JonAcuff

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