God writes…

“God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.” — Martin Luther

preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge…

If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality. – Oswald Chambers 

Bad Conscience

“The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.” – John Calvin

Save Only Our Own Unbelief

No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief. – John Calvin

God Preordained

“God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation” – John Calvin

The Christ of the Prophets

“The consummation of redemption is, according to prophetic intuition, introduced on the one hand by the personal coming of Jehovah in His glory, but on the other by the coming of a King of the race of David, the Messiah” (Oehler).

Keep the Gospel Pure!

All the world would be Christian if they were taught the pure Gospel of Christ! — Thomas Jefferson

For the sake of the Gospel

For the sake of the Gospel we must never negotiate the holiness of God. – R.C. Sproul

The Gospel Requires a Response

To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is addressing at the moment, because God has among them those whom He is at the moment calling; it requires that the speaker should expect a response.–Roland Allen

Gospel Album

My mother kept asking me, ‘When are you going to do a gospel album?’ And I’ve always wanted to do a gospel album. Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more. Alan Jackson

The Gospel Bore Your Burdens

“I’m gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot bear these burdens alone.”

– Aretha Franklin

How Often Do You Preach the Gospel?

My Thoughts: How often do many of us preach the Gospel? How often should we preach the Gospel? How often can we preach the Gospel? At certain times in the time-consuming world that we live in, we get caught up with work, family, situations in making us react a certain way and the daily grind of walking through life and forgetting about the Gospel, extremely easily. How often does the Good News of the Gospel even cross ours minds throughout one day? In our life’s we often think of it as some story, event, but should view it as it is, OUR LIFE, OUR BREATH, OUR EVERYTHING. Living out the Gospel, is living our your life.

“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.” – St. Francis of Assisi

Responsibility of Communicating the Gospel

Gospel Quote of the Week

“Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting.” – Francis Schaeffer

The Gospel is a Treasure

Gospel Quote of the Week

“Christ’s riches are unsearchable, and this doctrine of the gospel is the field this treasure is hidden in.” – Thomas Goodwin.

My Thoughts: It is often great to dwell upon the gospel at least a few times a day. When seeing the gospel rooted in and through Christ is when the believer can enjoy the true treasures that are in it. Make sure you, yourself at least take a few times out of the day thanking Christ for the gospel.

Bishop Desmond Tutu on the Preaching of the Gospel

Gospel Quote of the Week

“I don’t preach a social gospel; I preach the Gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is concerned for the whole person. When people were hungry, Jesus didn’t say, “Now is that political or social?” He said, “I feed you.” Because the good news to a hungry person is bread.” – Bishop Desmond Tutu

My Thoughts: It is always great to dwell upon, no matter who the person is, saved, unsaved, old, young, rich or poor, the gospel is enough for him. For there is truly no greater food then for the believer and unbeliever to come and feast upon the gospel for the glory of God. Mention about feeding on the gospel reminds me of a friend I meet this past spring that is doing a blog full of gospel-centered resources for the believer to be “Feeding on Christ.”