Erwin W. Lutzer
Erwin W. Lutzer
matter worship eternity
If we haven't learned to be worshipers it doesn't really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.
self grace defense
When the mask of self-righteousness has been torn from us and we stand stripped of all our accustomed defenses, we are candidates for God's generous grace.
christian letting-go strong
Someone has said that the marks of a strong church are wet eyes, bent knees, and a broken heart. We'll never be powerful until we let God be God and jealously guard His honor.
taken hero risk
Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and bea hero; better to be content with poverty than to die a slave towealth; better to have taken some risks and lost than to havedone nothing and succeeded at it.
mind sin
Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.
christian sacrifice giving
Those who give much without sacrifice are reckoned as having given little.
encouragement religious might
Everything that God brings into our life is directed to one purpose: that we might be conformed to the image of Christ.
jesus sacrifice thinking
Don't ever think that there are many ways to the Divine. Jesus is the one qualified mediator, the only qualified sacrifice, and the only qualified savior.
way credit done
It is not enough to do God's work; it must be done in His way and for His credit.
christian communication long
The activities we do for God are secondary. God is looking for people who long for communication with Him.
spiritual maturity comfortable
Spiritual maturity is marked by being comfortable with the unpredictability of God.
prayer taken simple
Prayer, desperate prayer, seems so simple, but it’s a step rarely taken by those in family conflict.
christian integrity gay
To those who say that they are Christian and gay, what we must keep in mind is that absent in that kind of lifestyle is a call to holiness, a call to celibacy and integrity. Obviously, it is a capitulation toward one's desires and the sexual sins that the Bible so strongly condemns.
sorrow lords-supper alive
If Melanchthon were alive today, he might not weep because of controversies that surround the Lord's Supper, but he might well sorrow because of our indifference to its meaning and importance.