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“The unchangeableness of the divine purpose is a necessary consequence of the unchangeableness of the divine nature.”

Johann Keil
Pastor
Hildesheim, Germany

Quoted in John Blanchard, Gathered God: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians

“We are to evangelize not because it is pleasant, not because it is easy, not because we may be successful, but because Christ has called us. He is our Lord. We have no other choice but to obey him.”

Leighton Ford
President, Leighton Ford Ministries
Charlotte, North Carolina

Quoted in John Blanchard, Gathered God: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians

“As a race we are not even stray sheep, or wandering prodigals merely, we are rebels with weapons in our hands. Our supreme need from God, therefore, is not education of our conscience … but our redemption.”

P. T. Forsyth
Scottish Theologian
Principal of Hackney College, London

Quoted in John Blanchard, Gathered Gold: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians

“Jesus is with us! His authority rests with his Church! Let us possess and use it with humility and energy.”

R. Kent Hughes
Professor of Practical Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary
Glenside, Pennsylvania

Mark: Jesus, Servant and Savior

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Warning and Hope

Posted on15 January 202015 January 2020AuthorStuart ChaseLeave a comment

Paul was no lone ranger. In general church life and in gospel ministry he surrounded himself with those who would encourage and strengthen him. Sometimes, however, other Christians deeply disappointed him. His honesty about both his encouragements and his disappointments serves to warn us and Read More …

Bushfires and the Bible

Posted on10 January 202010 January 2020AuthorStuart Chase

Australia is no stranger to seasonal bushfires. Stories and images of this season’s fires are impossible to miss. While the current disaster is hardly the worst in recorded history (the 1974–75 fires consumed in excess of 95 million hectares, compared to the present approximate 11 Read More …

The Most Optimistic Time of the Year

Posted on31 December 2019AuthorStuart ChaseLeave a comment

If Christmas—“with the kids jingle belling and everyone telling you be of good cheer”—is the most wonderful time of the year, New Year’s is probably the most optimistic time of the year. It is the time of year in which, having taken some time to Read More …

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

Posted on6 December 20196 December 2019AuthorAnton Beetge

The short, full days. The rush, the deadlines, the targets, the drain. The demanding customers who have only now woken up to all the orders they need to place before year’s end. It’s the end-of-year fatigue. Can you feel it? Very few of us are Read More …

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