#pastors

We must admit that simply knowing the contents of the Bible is not a sure route to spiritual growth. There is an aweful assumption in evangelical churches that if we can just get the Word of God into people's heads, then the Spirit of God will apply it to their hearts. That assumption is aweful, not because the Spirit never does what the assumption supposes, but because it excused pastors and leaders from the responsibility to tangle with people's lives. Many remain safely hidden behind pulpits, hopelessly out of touch with the struggles of their congregations, proclaiming the Scriptures with a pompous accuracy that touches no one. Pulpits should provide bridges, not barriers, to life-changing relationships. ↗

— Larry Crabb

#knowledge #learning #pastors #pulpits #relationships

Happy and fortunate indeed would this nation be, nay, completely blessed, if it had good prelates and pastors, and but one prince, and that prince a good one. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#completely #fortunate #good #had #happy

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#curse #get #idealism #into #materialism

At the time I perceived most religious men, particularly the pastors with all their talk about love, faith and relationship, as effeminate. ↗

— Luke Ford

#effeminate #faith #i #love #men

It's interesting to note that all revolutionary literature was written by pastors. These guys were involved in a revolution against the mightiest power that the world had ever seen. ↗

— Randall Terry

#ever #guys #had #interesting #involved

Coming to the END of MYSELF and all SELF effort...seems to be the very point that God steps in and shows HIMSELF to be more than ENOUGH. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#church #inspirational #john-paul #john-paul-warren #john-warren

Leaders in OVER their heads is the mere result of getting ahead of their intended SEASON. ↗

— John Paul Warren

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The secret to strong leaders is that strong leaders are strong because they have been tempered by the negative. They have discovered the secret of combining the negative and the positive to PRODUCED their very own POWER plant! ↗

— John Paul Warren

#central-christian-church #church #inspirational #john-paul #john-paul-warren

You can lose your MONEY. You can lose your FRIENDS. You can lose your JOB and you can lose your MARRIAGE...and still recover...as long as there is HOPE. Never lose HOPE. ↗

— John Paul Warren

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A true dreamer is one who knows how to navigate in the dark”. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#church #conferences #john-paul #john-paul-warren #leaders