Thomas Schriener and Christian Tithing

"Even though tithing is not mandated, there is no call in the New Testament to hoard one's possessions or to live selfishly ... The tithe itself is not mandated by Scripture and Scripture is our rule and authority rather than a tradition that requires believers to tithe".

Thomas Schriener - "40 Questions on Christians and Biblical Law" - Kregel Books - 2010 - pp221.

Sir Winston Churchill on Totalitarian Leadership

Sir Winston Churchill was making this statement against government - but it could just as easily apply to wrong and legalistic church leadership;

"The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist."

Sir Winston Churchill - "Quotes from Sir Winston Churchill" - Date: November 21, 1943

C H Spurgeon on Hebrews 12 & God's "Punishment"

"God's people can never by any possibility be punished for their sins. God has punished them already in the person of Christ, Christ, their substitute, has endured the full penalty for all their guilt, and neither the justice nor the love of God can ever exact again that which Christ has paid. Punishment can never happen to a child of God in the judicial sense".

C H Spurgeon - "Chastisement" - New Park Street Pulpit - delivered on Sabbath Morning, October 28, 1855

Homer Simpson on Maturity

"Oh Lisa ... when I was young I used to believe in things too".

Homer Simpson to Lisa after she had kidnapped a pig from his BBQ trying to promote her belief in vegetarianism.

Terry Virgo and the Challenge of Faith

"The challenge is to make sure that faith remains faith even when we experience delay. We must not slip the car into neutral and begin to coast. We must keep the gear of faith fully engaged, especially when we encounter unexpected curves in the road".

Terry Virgo - "Faith to inherit – Part 2" - Terry Virgo's Blog - June 15th, 2009

John Hosier on the Word of God

"Scripture doesn't tell us everything we want to know but it tells us all we need to know for living a godly life".

John Hosier cited in Terry Virgo - "Farewell to John & Sue Hosier" - CCK Blog - May 22nd, 2009.

John Piper on Forgiveness

"What I find in the New Testament is that one powerful way of overcoming bitterness and revenge is to have faith in the promise that God will settle accounts with our offenders so that we don't have to".

John Piper - "Future Grace" - IVP, Leicester (1995) - (p261).

Bill Johnson on the Normal Christian Life

"I have come to see that the normal Christian life means miracles, spiritual intervention and revelation. It means peace, joy, love, a sense of well-being and purpose - all these traits that ellude so many Christians. Written into the spiritual DNA of every believer is an appetite for the impossible that cannot be ignored or wished away. The Holy Spirit, the very Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives in us, making it impossible for us to be content with what we can only see, hear, touch, taste and smell. Our hearts know there is much more to life than what we perceive with our senses; we are spiritually agitated by the lack of connection with the realm of the supernatural".

Bill Johnson - "The Supernatural Power of a Transformed Mind" - Destiny Image, Shippensburg (2005) - (p31).

Rob Rufus on Destiny and Circumstances

"God won't talk to you about your circumstances although He cares about it - He will talk to you about your destiny. God is after destiny for you and me - when you obey your destiny, your circumstances will improve".

Rob Rufus - "Attitudes That Attract The Empowering Grace Of God - Part 2" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 27th July 2008.

Rob Rufus on the Gospel - Belief and Living

"The Gospel is not right living - it's right believing. When you believe right you will also begin to live right. But if you aspire to live right without believing the wonder of this Gospel you will come under law and you will see the glory of God begin to fade".

Rob Rufus - "A Covenant of Grace" - Newfrontiers Europe Conference - Session 1 - 10 May 2008.

Dr Ern Baxter on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

"The Holy Spirit is much more than we have generally concluded. His coming was the result of Jesus' sacrifice before God. One of the reasons why the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the whole matter of the Holy Spirit has been so fiercely contested by people who should know better - is because the Holy Spirit is the communication of God to men concerning the work of Jesus Christ in the Presence of God.

When God baptises you in His Holy Spirit, you have received a bell-like communication that Jesus Christ, our great High Priest, has accomplished His great priestly work. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is not a peripheral experience for a few freaks. It is the very normal experience of every child of God. Every child of god has the right to the evidence of the golden bells of the baptism of the Holy Spirit to give him experimental evidence that the legal work of the Cross is real".

Dr Ern Baxter - "The Priestly Clothing Series" - "The Robe of the Ephod Transcripts" - personally transcribed and published - (p97).

J Rodman Williams on Christ the Baptizer with Spirit

"There is no Spirit Baptism without the direct activity of Jesus Christ. It is Christ the Crucified, Risen and Exalted Lord who pours forth the Holy Spirit - this is not a "pneumacentric" event but a "Christocentric" event".

J Rodman Williams - "The Pentecostal Reality" - 1972 - Logos - (p14).

J Rodman Williams on Terminology of the Baptism of the Spirit

"Whatever the expression - "baptism" or "outpouring" or otherwise - reference is thereby made to a dynamic movement of the Holy Spirit which results in a new sense of God's Presence and power, various charismata becoming manifest and the emergance of a different style of life. These things are possible only through the event of the Spirit".

J Rodman Williams - "The Pentecostal Reality" - 1972 - Logos - (p14).

J Rodman Williams on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

"The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is the actualization of a dynamic whereby the whole person is energized to full new possibilities".

J Rodman Williams - "The Pentecostal Reality" - 1972 - Logos - (p12).

Rob Rufus on Sin in Grace and Legalist Churches

"Legalists are always safe when someone sins under their ministry because they can say, "I told them not to" - but when someone sins under the grace ministry, they can say; "It's the message".

Rob Rufus - "Session 1" - "Glory and Grace Conference in Sydney" - 26th March 2008.

Dr Lloyd-Jones on Excess and Enthusiasm

"There is no problem of discipline in a graveyard; there is no problem very much in a formal church. The problems arise when there is life. A poor sickly child is not difficult to handle but when that child is well and full of life and of vigour - well then you have your problems. Problems are created by life and by vigour, and the problems of the early church were spiritual problems, problems arising because of the danger of going to excess in the spiritual realm".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Joy Unspeakable" - Kingsway, Eastbourne (1995) - (p19).

Dr Lloyd-Jones on a Period of Non-Revival

"Go on with all your activities, if you wish to do so. Go on with your work. I am not saying that you should stop all your efforts and just wait. No, go on, if you like, doing all that you are doing but I do say this - make certain that you leave time to pray for revival and to see that has more time than anything else".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Revival" - Crossway Books, Wheaton (1987) - (p210).

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Angels

"I fear that we neglect the ministry of angels; we do not think sufficiently about it. But whether we realise it or not, there are angels who are looking after us; they are round and about us. We do not see them, but that does not matter. We do not see the most important things; we only see the things that are visible. But we are surrounded by angels and they are appointed to look after us and to minister to us - guardian angels.

I do not pretend to understand it all; I know no more than the Bible tells me - but I do know this, that His servants, the angels are my servants. They are surrounding us all, they are looking after us and they are manipulating things for us in a way we cannot understand".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Ephesians: Life in the Spirit (Ephesians 4:18-6:9) - Banner of Truth Trust, Edinburgh (1980) - (pp205-206).

Ryan Rufus on How Sanctification Happens

"Sanctification is where your earthly condition starts to become more and more like your heavenly position - the means of this happening is not by willpower or self-effort or through the Law but through regular transforming encounters with the God of glory".

Ryan Rufus - "Sanctification By Grace"The Trinity of Man - Part 1" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 30th March 2008.

Ryan Rufus on What Sanctification Is

"Sanctification is about allowing our position in Christ to flow through our current condition".

Ryan Rufus - "Sanctification By Grace"The Trinity of Man - Part 1" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 30th March 2008.