The Compelling Community Quotes

“A cold heart that does not love suggests one of two things. Either it has never been forgiven, or it does not appreciate the depth of its forgiveness. In fact, much of our growth in Christ is simply growth in our understanding of what Christ has done for us.”
― Mark Dever, The Compelling Community: Where God's Power Makes a Church Attractive

“We commit to other believers in the local church simply because it's part of God's calling us into his family. It's what it means to be a Christian. Take the passage from 1 John 4:19-21. It starts with our salvation: "He first loved us." Then it continues into our love for other Christians. "Whoever loves God must also love his brother." Every person loved by God in this salvific sense loves other Christians. There are no exceptions. And that means we should stop viewing commitment to a local church as a process and start viewing it as an event. The event is our salvation, and commitment is something that inevitably follows- not something that merely happens as we mature.”
― Jamie Dunlop, The Compelling Community: Where God's Power Makes a Church Attractive

“God loves to defend his reputation. We we pray together, our needs become public. When he answers, his glory becomes public.”
― Jamie Dunlop, The Compelling Community: Where God's Power Makes a Church Attractive

“When the Bible speaks of love, it measures it primarily not by how much you want to receive but by how much you are willing to give of yourself to someone. How much are you willing to lose for the sake of this person? How much of your freedom are you willing to forsake? How much of your precious time, emotion, and resources are you willing to invest for this person?”
― Mark Dever, The Compelling Community: Where God's Power Makes a Church Attractive

“Em qualquer relacionamento de autoridade, o antídoto para o temor é o entendimento. Tememos a autoridade que é usada sem consideração às nossas necessidades. Mas, quando alguém que está em autoridade mostra que entende e considera a nossa situação, a confiança se torna atraente.”
― Jamie Dunlop, A Comunidade Cativante: onde o poder de Deus torna uma igreja atraente

“What about for your church? What boundaries has the gospel overrun that society fiercely respects?”
― Mark Dever, The Compelling Community: Where God's Power Makes a Church Attractive

“the most basic level of commitment by a Christian to his church is surprisingly substantial.”
― Mark Dever, The Compelling Community: Where God's Power Makes a Church Attractive