Biblical Quote by Jerry Bridges Download Open image “Biblical community is first of all the sharing of a common life in Christ.” — Jerry Bridges ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Biblical Christ Common Common life Community Firsts Life
“The call of community isn't about finding people just like us, or at the exclusion of any people. Community in the biblical sense is… — Hugh Halter & Matt Smay Copy Share Image
It is not the fact that we are united in common goals or purposes that makes us a community. Rather, it is the fact… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
A willingness to share our possessions with one another is a very important aspect of true biblical community. — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“What determines our brotherhood is what that man is by reason of Christ. Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Christian community is the place where we keep the flame of hope alive among us and take it seriously so that it can grow… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Christians in community must again show the world, not merely family values, but the bond of the love of Christ. — Edmund Clowney Copy Share Image
Life in community is no less than a necessity for us, an inescapable ‘must’all life created by God exists in communal order and works… — Eberhard Arnold Copy Share Image
Religion is the first sense of community. Your sense of community occurs by reason of mutual experience with others. — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
“The Bible tells us that the small groups in New Testament times pursued the biblical purposes of fellowship, discipleship, ministry, evangelism, and worship.” — Steve Gladen Copy Share Image
We must allow the Bible to say what is says, not what we think it ought to say. — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
“Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (2 PETER 3:18)” — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
It is not the fact that we are united in common goals or purposes that makes us a community. Rather, it is the fact… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
A son or daughter in any human family is either born to or adopted by the parents. By definition, a child can't be both.… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
“We must be careful to let the Holy Spirit do this searching. If we try to search our own hearts, we are apt to… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
“Though the power for godly character comes from Christ, the responsibility for developing and displaying that character is ours.” — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
God's Word must be so strongly fixed in our minds that it becomes the dominant influence in our thoughts, our attitudes, and our actions.… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
The cure for impatience with the fulfillment of God's timetable is to believe His promises, obey His will, and leave the results to Him.… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
In a sermon entitled “God's Providence,” C. H. Spurgeon said, “Napoleon once heard it said, that man proposes and God disposes. 'Ah,' said Napoleon,… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Patience is the ability to suffer a long time under the mistreatment of others without growing resentful or bitter. — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Jesus said, "Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). We must honestly face the… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
We ought to be as earnest and frequent in our prayers of thanksgiving when the cupboard is full as we would be in our… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
The Louvre! The Louvre has me in its clutches. Every time I'm there rich blessings rain down upon me. I am coming to understand… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
“Richard Dawkins regards faith as an evil to be eliminated; he takes all religious faith to be blind faith. (Dawkins says) ‘Scientific belief is… — John Lennox Copy Share Image
The fall [of your soul] from perfection into duality...was naturally followed by the discovery of the duality of good and evil...This is the Biblical… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“And I pray mark how he begins: he sets not up trophies to himself, but triumphs in his God-- "I will love thee, O… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason. — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“The Bible isn’t a list of requirements; rather, it’s a list of results after experiencing God’s love. Following God isn’t an action but a… — Peter Haas Copy Share Image
I portray myself as wicked, hoping I will not be regarded as wicked. But I may be wicked in the biblical sense — Errol Flynn Copy Share Image
[John Calvin's] treatment of the person and work of Christ, of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, of prayer and liturgy,… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
If I had to choose between the two ways of approaching the deity, I should prefer the existential relational way, to the abstract philosophical… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
We have used the Bible as if it was a mere special constable's handbook — an opium-dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Mother's Day is among the most appropriate to reflect on the true meaning of love. -I Corinthians 13:4-7 — Bible Copy Share Image