Jennifer Brogdon > Jennifer's Quotes

“The gospel is not good advice to men, but good news about Christ; not an invitation to us to do anything, but a declaration of what God has done; not a demand, but an offer.”
― John Stott, The Message of Galatians

“the law says ‘Do this’; the gospel says ‘Christ has done it all’. The law requires works of human achievement; the gospel requires faith in Christ’s achievement.”
― John Stott, The Message of Galatians

“Some Christians sow to the flesh every day and wonder why they do not reap holiness. Holiness is a harvest; whether we reap it or not depends almost entirely on what and where we sow.”
― John Stott, The Message of Galatians

“Every time we allow our mind to harbour a grudge, nurse a grievance, entertain an impure fantasy, or wallow in self-pity, we are sowing to the flesh.”
― John Stott, The Message of Galatians

“Every time we linger in bad company whose insidious influence we know we cannot resist, every time we lie in bed when we ought to be up and praying, every time we read pornographic literature, every time we take a risk which strains our self-control, we are sowing, sowing, sowing to the flesh.”
― John Stott, The Message of Galatians

“The difference between an unconverted and a converted man is not that the one has sins and the other has none; but that the one takes part with his cherished sins against a dreaded God, and the other takes part with a reconciled God against his hated sins.3”
― Greg Gilbert, What Is the Gospel?

“Indeed I believe one of the greatest dangers the body of Christ faces today is the temptation to rethink and rearticulate the gospel in a way that makes its center something other than the death of Jesus on the cross in the place of sinners.”
― Greg Gilbert, What Is the Gospel?

“The highest of missionary motives is neither obedience to the Great Commission (important as that is), nor love for sinners who are alienated and perishing (strong as that incentive is, especially when we contemplate the wrath of God . . .), but rather zeal—burning and passionate zeal—for the glory of Jesus Christ. . . . Only one imperialism is Christian . . . and that is concern for His Imperial Majesty Jesus Christ, and for the glory of his empire.”
― John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions

“Jesus warns that the word of God, the gospel, which is meant to give us life, can be choked to death by riches.”
― John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions

“My biggest concern about the effects of the prosperity movement is that it diminishes Christ by making him less central and less satisfying than his gifts.”
― John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions

“But when we commend Christ as the one who satisfies our soul forever—even when there is no health, wealth, and prosperity—then Christ is magnified as more precious than all those gifts.”
― John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions

“It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions when we try to make it a domestic intercom to call upstairs for more comforts in the den.”
― John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions

“On popular issues like poverty and slavery, where Christians are likely to be applauded for our social action, we are quick to stand up and speak out. Yet on controversial issues like homosexuality and abortion, where Christians are likely to be criticized for our involvement, we are content to sit down and stay quiet. It’s as if we’ve decided to pick and choose which social issues we’ll contest and which we’ll concede. And our picking and choosing normally revolves around what is most comfortable—and least costly—for us in our culture.”
― David Platt, A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography

“Jesus’ primary concern—the very first petition of the prayer he teaches—is that more and more people, and more and more peoples, come to hallow God’s name. This is the reason the universe exists. Missions exists because this hallowing does not.”
― John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions

“The goal of our mission is that people from all the nations worship the true God. But worship means cherishing the preciousness of God above all else, including life itself.”
― John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions

“O! one hour with God infinitely exceeds all the pleasures and delights of this lower world.”
― Jonathan Edwards, The Life and Diary of David Brainerd - Missionary to the Indians

“The point is that an $80,000 or a $180,000 salary does not have to be accompanied by an $80,000 or a $180,000 lifestyle. God is calling us to be conduits of his grace, not cul-de-sacs. Our great danger today is thinking that the conduit should be lined with gold. It shouldn’t. Copper will do. No matter how grateful we are, gold will not make the world think that our God is good; it will make people think that our god is gold. That is no honor to the supremacy of his worth.”
― John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions

“Seeing the brilliance of the cross and embracing its message are at the core of how God wants to work in our mundane to bring glory to himself.”
― Gloria Furman, Glimpses of Grace: Treasuring the Gospel in Your Home

“God is a good Father, and he never, ever considers for even one moment letting us remain satisfied with anything less than himself, because he is the most satisfying treasure in the whole wide world.”
― Gloria Furman, Glimpses of Grace: Treasuring the Gospel in Your Home