“A sermon without Christ! As well a loaf of bread without flour in it. How can it feed the soul?”
— Charles Spurgeon
Who is Your Faith Founded on? (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)
“A sermon that just informs the mind can give people things to do after they go home, but a sermon that moves the heart from loving career or acclaim or one’s own independence to loving God and his Son changes listeners on the spot.”
— Tim Keller
God's Blessing Breaks Barriers (Acts 8:26-40)
“The only bond of unity [among the apostles] is Jesus’ choice and call.”
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
The Church in Expansion (Acts 15:1-35)
“God-given prayer and praise have as their essence a waiting on God, a willingness to be wrought upon by the hammer and the fire of the Almighty, until the chains of self-centered desires fall away from the personality, and the love of Christ become the deepest hunger of the inner life.”
—Jack Miller, Heart of A Servant Leader