Jesus’ mission is not to make converts, and it never has been. His mission is to make disciples.
– Jim Putnam –
Gospel
Preach the gospel to yourself – Jerry Bridges
Preach the gospel to yourself every day.
– Jerry Bridges –
It’s their nature – Charles Spurgeon
Let the dogs bark, it is their nature too. Go on preaching Christ crucified.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Believing the whole Gospel – Augustine
If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
– Augustine –
Gospel begins and ends with God – Tom Houston
The gospel begins and ends with what God is, not what we want or think we need.
– Tom Houston –
One God, One Gospel – James Denney
As there is only one God, so there can be only one gospel.
– James Denney –
The whole gospel – John Calvin
The whole gospel is contained in Christ.
– John Calvin –
Preaching the whole Gospel – John Wesley
Before I preach love, mercy, and grace, I must preach sin, law, and judgment.
– John Wesley –
Taking the Gospel too seriously – Leonard Ravenhill
Many pastors criticize me for taking the Gospel so seriously. But do they really think that on Judgment Day, Christ will chastise me, saying, “Leonard, you took Me too seriously?”
– Leonard Ravenhill –