The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set Quotes

“advanced technology is converting many industries into factories full of robots raises questions about work, leisure, and meaning for life. The proliferation of nuclear weapons creates a morbid fear of the destruction of the human race which undermines the moral and ethical foundations of our society.”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation

“The organizing theme of 1 Corinthians is how to live as a Christian in an increasingly secular world.”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation

“To bear the name, to be with Jesus, marks them as aliens in the world. And this provokes trouble; for when they are faithful to the word Jesus has given them, the world reacts with hostility.”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation

“Holy” in Greek always had in it the idea of difference and separation. The Christian is to be distinctly different—set apart by God for His purposes. The church has often mistaken the meaning of this. The separation is not from the world, but a difference expressed in the world.”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation

“Thomas Merton asked, “What am I?” and answered, “I am myself a word spoken by God.” How we perceive ourselves, who we think ourselves to be, determines the direction of our lives and shapes our relationships. To”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation

“Grace is God’s stance of giving, loving, blessing. The Greek word for grace (claris) means favor and gift and blessing. In”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation

“Paul never thought of himself as having chosen God—it was the other way: God had chosen him. This”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation

“Paul was convinced that God had a plan for his life. Are you? Like”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation

“Paul’s claim to apostleship was that he had seen the risen Christ (1 Cor. 9:1). His calling had come directly from Christ, not from men nor through man (Gal. 1:1). He was commissioned as an ambassador of Christ (2 Cor. 5:20).”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation

“The sheer power of emotional response to situations when the mind is put out of gear can lead a life on a reckless uncontrolled journey to disaster. For”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation

“It is right and proper that Christian men should rejoice in whatever manner they feel is compatible with their experience of Christ and the wishes of the Christian community to which they belong.”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation

“Paul also reminds the Roman believers that “we have peace through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom. 5:1). Foerster helpfully writes, “The basic feature of the Greek concept of ‘eirene’ is that the word does not primarily denote a relationship between several people, or an attitude, but a state, i.e., ‘time of peace’ or ‘state of peace’ originally conceived of purely as an interlude in the everlasting state of war.”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation

“Love is never passive. It is the very nature of love to give the best and not hold back. And the gift is unique, “the only begotten.” The greater the object of love, the more costly the gift. “Any old thing” is not good enough. That would not be love.”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation

“Beyond earth, however, is heaven. Beyond time is eternity. Beyond change is the changeless promise of God. Thus”
― Stuart Briscoe, The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis – Revelation