C. J. Mahaney
C. J. Mahaney
Charles Joseph Mahaney, commonly known as C.J., is an American Christian minister. He is currently the senior pastor at Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville, and was formerly president of Sovereign Grace Ministries, now known as Sovereign Grace Churches, a network formed to establish and support local churches. He was one of the founding pastors and leaders of Covenant Life Church, in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Under Mahaney's leadership, Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville is a member of Sovereign Grace Churches and works...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth21 September 1953
CountryUnited States of America
We make time for what we truly value. We build habits and routines around the things that really matter to us. This is an important principle to understand as we seek to build our lives around the gospel. Do you want a cross centered life? A cross centered life is made up of cross centered days.
No matter the severity of suffering we experience in this life, it will always be less that what we have deserved for our sins
Pride takes innumerable forms but has only one end: self-glorification. That’s the motive and ultimate purpose of pride—to rob God of legitimate glory and to pursue self-glorification, contending for supremacy with Him. The proud person seeks to glorify himself and not God, thereby attempting in effect to deprive God of something only He is worthy to receive
If you crossed Matthew Henry's path, you would quickly realize that here was someone taking thankful notice of all God was doing for him, and doing so in an attractively joyful way that was infectious.
The personal desolation Christ is experiencing on the cross is what you and I should be experiencing--but instead, Jesus is bearing it, and bearing it all alone. Why alone? He's alone so that we might never be alone.
To grow in your passion for what Jesus has done, increase your understanding of what He has done.
Never be content with your current grasp of the gospel.
All gifts from God are intended to direct our attention to God and create fresh affection for God.
Encourage others each and every day-nothing's more important than our words.
Effective teaching involves explaining to our children what they're already observing in our lives by example.
Today, the greatest challenge facing American evangelicals is not persecution from the world, but seduction by the world.
Only those who are truly aware of their sin can truly cherish grace.
If there's anything in life that we should be passionate about, it's the gospel. And I don't mean passionate only about sharing it with others. I mean passionate about thinking about it, dwelling on it, rejoicing in it, allowing it to color the way we look at the world. Only one thing can be of first importance to each of us. And only the gospel ought to be.
We don't accidentally drift into holiness; rather we mature gradually and purposefully, one choice at a time.