“Garrison adds, “Words that name colors, shapes, sounds, odors, and other tangibles help create backgrounds that evoke moods. Anything that moves you can move your listeners—provided they are brought into firsthand encounter with stimuli that produced the emotion.”74” — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“Divine blessing flows from God’s mercy rather than from our merit.” — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“Grace is never out of view. Grace secures our relationship with God despite our sin. Grace maintains our forgiveness despite the inadequacies of our… — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel.” — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“There is a natural human inclination to take advantage of grace in order to excuse sin.” — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“Garrison explains why concreteness empowers illustrations and furthers understanding: “If I were to talk at length about my having been deeply moved by watching… — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“Because I am united to Christ, God’s love for me is not as variable as my loyalty to him…. God will not love me… — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“Success in the pulpit can be the force that leads a preacher from prayerful dependence on the Spirit.” — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“Repentance is not about earning grace but entering it; not about quenching his wrath but quieting the accusations of our hearts; not about unlocking… — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“God does not let our failures to keep his imperatives erase the indicative of his love for us.” — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“When God removes good works as a condition for his acceptance, he does not remove righteousness as a requirement for life.” — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“We also use the name of Jesus in our prayers to acknowledge what he is doing now. Not only does Christ give us his… — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“The challenges of raising a child are as much for the sanctification of the parents as they are for the benefit of the child.” — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“As expository preachers, our ultimate goal is not to communicate the value of our opinions, others’ philosophies, or speculative meditations but rather to show… — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
“Our works are made worthy of eternity by virtue of the mercy in him, rather than on the basis of the merit in them.” — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
