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Undershepherd of Christ whom I love, trust, follow, and preach as a husband, dad, and pastor making disciples of the nations for God's glory, not my own.

Central Florida
Joined June 2009
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The world wants us Christians to affirm every religious belief except our own.
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The world is changing. The gospel isn’t.
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I want to hate my sins more than I hate the sins of others who sin differently than I do.
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May our passion for Christ always be greater than our passion for an easy and comfortable life.
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I want to hate my sins more than I hate the sins of others who sin differently than I do.
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In many churches today, it is considered worse to judge evil than to do evil.
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If you want to be a celebrity, please don’t become a pastor.
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I want to hate my sins more than I hate the sins of others who sin differently than I do.
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Unbelievers don't read the Bible, they read us.
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I want to hate my sins more than I hate the sins of others who sin differently than I do.
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We don’t believe in the power of prayer. We believe in the power of God, and that’s why we pray.
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Fundamentally, we don't go to church. We are the church, and we go to worship.
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The church doesn't need another cool, self-promoting, self-obsessed opportunistic entertainer, we need humble servant-shepherds who have died to self, who are willing to be disliked for preaching the truth, and who preach the Word no matter the cost.
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Don't believe everything you feel. Our emotions are the greatest liars we know. Preach the truth to your emotions and the truth will begin to change your emotions by the power of the Spirit.
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I pray that my kids will have boring testimonies.
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Those who say "If you become a Christian, all your troubles will be over" have no clue what true Christianity is. It’s only when we become Christians that the real war begins.
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You can't love Jesus and divorce yourself from his bride. If you truly love Jesus, you'll love his church and love to worship with the church.
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If you're afraid of ever offending anyone, don't become a preacher. If you love offending people, don't become a preacher.
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When someone asks if you believe you’re going to heaven, saying “I hope so,” isn’t humble, it’s arrogantly believing that it’s resting on your works. And if you respond, “Yes, I’m certain,” isn’t arrogance, it’s assurance—based on the works of Jesus Christ.
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Pastors who preach God's Word faithfully will be called boring only by those seeking something besides the faithful preaching of God's Word.
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Just because there's a church building on every corner doesn't mean the gospel is preached on every corner.
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I want to hate my sins more than I hate the sins of others who sin differently than I do.
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In many churches today, it is considered worse to judge evil than to do evil.
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We don’t believe in the power of prayer. We believe in the power of God, and that’s why we pray.
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Fundamentally, we don't go to church. We are the church. We the church go to worship.
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We don't repent to get God to love us, we repent because God loves us.
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The world wants us Christians to affirm every religious belief except our own.
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It's true, Jesus was a friend of sinners, and because he was a true friend, he called those friends to repent and believe.
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Human history is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy. CS Lewis
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If you don't believe in God's wrath, you can never really understand God's love.
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Fundamentally, we don't go to church, we are the church, and we go to worship.
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We don't repent to get God to love us, we repent because God loves us.
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Men, leading your family means leading in singing. Sing like you mean it, and stop using the excuse that people don't want to hear you sing. If you can cheer passionately for your team, you can most certainly sing to your Savior.
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We don’t believe in the power of prayer. We believe in the power of God, and that’s why we pray.
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Saying you're a new kind of Christian with a new kind of Christianity is basically saying you're an old kind of heretic.
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Heaven will be full of thankful people asking "Why me, Lord?" Hell will be full of people demanding fairness.
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Some pastors believe that we should avoid delving too deeply into theology for fear that it might drive people away. However, the deeper we go in our study of theology, the deeper we go in our knowledge of God, awe of God, love of God, humility before God, and worship of God.
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In heaven, I don't know if all our questions will be answered, but it seems to me that once we see Jesus face to face, we won't feel the need to ask many questions.
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If you want to be a celebrity, please don’t become a pastor.
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Our symbol is a cross, not a ladder.
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Once we get to heaven, I don't know if all our questions will be answered, but it seems to me that once we see Jesus we won't feel the need to ask many questions.
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Dear doubting Christian: You can tell that your faith is real if when the Holy Spirit pricks your conscience, you bleed repentance.
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In many churches today, it is considered worse to judge evil than to do evil.
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Let us be more bothered by our sin than our suffering.
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The “protestant” church is in greater need of reformation today than Roman Catholicism was in the 16th century.
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The world wants us Christians to affirm every religious belief except our own.
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The world is changing. The gospel isn’t.
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We don't repent to get God to love us, we repent because God loves us.
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Human history is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy. CS Lewis
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I preached myself, the scholars came and praised me. I preached Christ, the sinners came and thanked me. Bernard of Clairvaux
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It's true, Jesus was a friend of sinners, and becase he was a true friend, he called those friends to repent and believe that they might have hope, peace, and life in him.
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When someone asks if you’re going to heaven, saying “I hope so” isn’t humble, it’s arrogantly believing that your salvation is resting on your works. But if you respond, “Yes, I’m certain,” isn’t arrogance, it’s humble assurance because you’re resting on the works of Christ.
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It's true, Jesus was a friend of sinners, and becase he was a true friend, he called those friends to repent and believe.
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Joy isn't the absence of sadness, it's the presence of the Holy Spirit.
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Just because there's a church building on every corner doesn't mean the gospel is preached on every corner.
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Pastors, the difference between making disciples of Christ and making disciples who only follow us is the difference between a church and a cult.
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One of the more loving things Jesus did was preach about hell and the wrath of God.
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Pastors who preach God's Word faithfully will be called boring only by those seeking something besides the faithful preaching of God's Word.
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Our symbol is a cross, not a ladder.
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Just because there's a church on every corner doesn't mean the gospel is preached on every corner. Just because a man talks about Jesus doesn't mean he's preaching Christ and him crucified. Just because a man uses a Bible in a sermon doesn't mean he's preaching the word.
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Saying you're a new kind of Christian with a new kind of Christianity is basically saying you're an old kind of heretic.
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The greatest enemies of the church aren't atheists, Muslims or cultists, but hypocritical nominal "Christians.”
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Let us be more bothered by our sin than our suffering.
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The world wants us Christians to affirm every religious belief except our own.
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One of the greatest problems in our society is that we have raised a generation of guys, not a generation of men.
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Unbelievers don't read the Bible, they read us.
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Dear Christian, Satan hates you and is trying to destroy you. He's not afraid of you, but he's scared to death of the one within you. So when he tempts and prowls, point him not to your own strength but the one whose power is made perfect in your weakness.
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Pastors, our ultimate aim isn't the conference circuit, but the counseling room, the hospital bed, the graveside, the local church, being faithful in the daily little things, the ordinary life of a servant.
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The world is changing. The gospel isn’t.
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Let us be more bothered by our sin than our suffering.
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Unbelievers don't read the Bible, they read us.
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Jesus rebuked the Pharisees not because they were overly zealous for doctrine but because they invented their own doctrines.
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Let us be more bothered by our sin than our suffering.
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May our passion for Christ always be greater than our passion for an easy life.
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Just because there's a church building on every corner doesn't mean the gospel is preached on every corner.
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Abortion is government sanctioned murder for those inconvenienced by their children.
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Because God is holy he requires propitiation for his wrath against us for our sin against him, and because God is love he propitiated his wrath against us in Jesus Christ who took our sin and nailed it to the cross.
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Don't let your feelings inform your doctrine, make your doctrine inform your feelings.
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I want to hate my sins more than I hate the sins of others who sin differently than I do.
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Dear ladies without children, children do not complete you, Jesus does. Dear moms, children do not complete you, Jesus does.
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Pastors who preach God's Word faithfully will be called boring only by those seeking something besides the faithful preaching of God's Word.
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When someone asks if you believe you’re going to heaven, saying “I hope so” isn't humble, it’s arrogantly believing your salvation is resting on your works. But saying “Yes I’m certain” isn't arrogant, it’s humble assurance—believing your salvation is resting on Christ's works.
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Saying you're a new kind of Christian with a new kind of Christianity is basically saying you're an old kind of heretic.
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Theology is not simply the pursuit of knowledge about God, it's the pursuit of God himself.
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I want to hate my sins more than I hate the sins of others who sin differently than I do.
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You can't love Jesus and divorce yourself from his bride. If you truly love Jesus, you'll love his church and love to worship with the church.
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Heaven will be full of thankful people asking "Why me, Lord?" Hell will be full of people demanding fairness.
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Prayer is hard because dying to self, humbling ourselves, coming to the end of ourselves and admitting we’re helpless is hard.
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Those who say "If you become a Christian, all your troubles will be over" have no clue what true Christianity is—for it’s when we become Christians that the real war begins.
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Theology is not simply the pursuit of knowledge about God, it's the pursuit of God himself. The more we know about God the more we know God and the more we’re able to worship and glorify God as God.
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There are two types of preachers. Those who say: Look at me. or Look at Him. And usually everything else in the worship service and in the church follows suit.
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When people say "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" too often their focus is on "I can" rather than "through Christ."
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If we were God, we wouldn't save adulterer-murders like David, religious terrorists like Paul, doubters like Thomas, deniers like Peter, or wretched sinners like you and me.
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Christians should be the most repentant people non-Christians know.
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Grace doesn't free us to sin. Grace makes us despise our sin. Grace frees us to obey, and, when we sin, grace frees us to repent as we, by grace, rest in the perfect obedience of Christ.
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Grace doesn't free us to sin, grace makes us despise our sin, grace frees us to obey, and when we sin, grace frees us to repent as we rest in the perfect obedience of Christ.
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Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose. CS Lewis
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Don't believe everything you feel. Our emotions are the greatest liars we know. Preach the truth to your emotions and the truth will begin to change your emotions by the power of the Spirit.
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People claim they want to see revival in their churches and in their nations, but they complain if their pastor goes a little too long or preaches the gospel too often.
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Dads, be the chief of repenters in your home because you're likely the chief of sinners in your home.
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