Pastor Quotes

• The Bible is the ultimate authority and infallible, not the pastor and not the elders. And it doesn't mean that you believe everything he says without examining it.

  John Piper

  Believe, Mean, Authority

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• I have tried to devote my life - with all my husband failures, father failures, pastor failures, friend failures, any other possible failures I'm sure I've done them - to the God-centeredness of God and my aspiring, yearning to join Him in that activity. God is passionate about hallowing the name of God.

  John Piper

  Husband, Father, Names

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• Creative words generate energy; negative words drain out energy.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Motivational, Positive, Christian

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• The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word

  John Owen

  Firsts, Flocks, Duty

  John Owen (1853). “The works ...”, p.74

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• The church is not a campus but a community. Pastors are not CEOs; they are shepherds.

  Dillon Burroughs

  Community, Church, Shepherds

  Dillon Burroughs (2011). “Undefending Christianity: Embracing Truth Without Having All the Answers”, p.97, Harvest House Publishers

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• The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came. Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory.

  R. A. Torrey

  Motivational, Success, Christian

  R. A. Torrey, Edward D. Andrews (2016). “CHRISTIAN LIVING: How to Succeed in the Christian Life [Updated and Expanded]”, p.259, Christian Publishing House

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• There is more grace in God's heart than there is sin in your past.

  Erwin W. Lutzer

  God, Christian, Heart

  Erwin W. Lutzer (2011). “Making the Best of a Bad Decision: How to Put Your Regrets behind You, Embrace Grace, and Move toward a Better Future”, p.87, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.

  John Ortberg

  Christian, Jesus, Arguing

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• God uses millions of no-name influencers every day in the simplest selfless acts of service.  They are the teachers whose names will never be in the newspaper, pastors who will never author a book, managers who will never be profiled in a magazine, artists whose work is buried in layers of collaboration, writers whose sphere of influence is a few dozen people who read their blogs.  But they are the army that makes things happen.  To them devotion is its own reward.  For them influence is a continual act of giving, nothing more complicated than that.

  Mel Lawrenz

  Teacher, Book, Army

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• Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.

  Timothy Keller

  Funny, Humility, Talking

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• When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates.

  Billy Graham

  Family, Society, Baptists

  Twitter post from Jul 12, 2013

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• This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways that display his greatness

  David Platt

  Faith, God, Christian

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• Whoever uncouples the religious and the social life has not understood Jesus. Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.

  Walter Rauschenbusch

  God, Faith, Christian

  "Christianity and the Social Crisis". Book by Walter Rauschenbusch, 1913.

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• Believers should acknowledge and wrestle with doubts... It is no longer sufficient to hold beliefs just because you inherited them.

  Timothy Keller

  Faith, Doubt, Religion

  Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.18, Penguin

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• The lens of fear magnifies the size of uncertainty.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Fear, Anxiety, Doubt

  Charles R. Swindoll (2012). “Perfect Trust”, p.30, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The Kingdom of God is not a matter of getting individuals to heaven, but of transforming the life on earth into the harmony of heaven.

  Walter Rauschenbusch

  Life, Christian, Religious

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• As worship leaders we might use music as a tool, but music is only ever just that - a tool with which to encourage lives to be renewed and awakened to God.

  Reuben Morgan

  Music, Encouraging, God

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• Faith and repentance are the same; they are not two separate decisions. One cannot trust Christ as Savior without repenting or changing his mind. The very fact that he trusts Christ for salvation shows that he has changed his mind regarding sin, salvation, and God.

  Curtis Hutson

  Change, Trust, God

  Curtis Hutson (2000). “Salvation Crystal Clear”, p.331, Sword of the Lord Publishers

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• For God to mend your broken heart you must give him ALL the pieces. You can't hold any back.

  Rick Warren

  Broken Heart, God, Religious

  Twitter post from Oct 21, 2013

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• Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking God uses only 'special' people the strong, the intelligent, the beautiful. We don't think He has a place for the rest of us. We are so wrong!

  Chuck Smith

  Beautiful, God, Christian

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• Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.

  Rob Bell

  Christian, Religious, Choices

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• I want to change my circumstances. God wants to change me.

  Rick Warren

  Change, God, Faith

  FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from May 17, 2012

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• Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Strength, Christian, Religious

  Tullian Tchividjian (2013). “One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World”, p.225, David C Cook

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• Great moves of God are usually preceded by simple acts of obedience.

  Steven Furtick

  God, Faith, Christian

  Twitter post from May 16, 2017

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• ...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.

  Timothy Keller

  Religious, Humility, Thinking

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