Juniper Teshwanzi

“When we cannot pray as we would, it is good to pray as we can.”
― Charles Spurgeon, Encouraged to Pray: Classic Sermons on Prayer

“I repeat: the pressure to apply is a modernist pressure, not a biblical pressure. William Willimon observes that most congregations love hearing preaching with this application emphasis. The only problem, he says, is that such preaching is not biblical preaching. The 'subtext' of so much of this must-apply preaching is, 'You are gods unto yourselves. Through this insight, this set of principles, this well applied idea, you can save yourselves by yourselves'.”
― Darrell W. Johnson, The Glory of Preaching: Participating in God's Transformation of the World

“Equality is treating everyone the same. But equity is taking differences into account, so everyone has a chance to succeed.”
― Jodi Picoult, Small Great Things

“The streaming wounds of Jesus are the sure guarantees for answered prayer.”
― Charles Spurgeon, Encouraged to Pray: Classic Sermons on Prayer