New testament Quote by Jim Putman Download Open image ““The New Testament church was all about being and making disciples of Jesus.”” — Jim Putman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare New testament
“the church is part of God’s plan for every Christian, that Christian selves are a work in progress that cannot be left to the… — Heath White Copy Share Image
“Effective discipleship builds the church, not the other way around. We need to understand the church as the effect of discipleship and not the… — Mike Breen Copy Share Image
“the New Testament holds up the model of a church whose activities exist primarily for the sake of outsiders. What keeps us from becoming… — Philip Yancey 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
“every church can treat each discipleship class and each worship service as an opportunity for continual rehearsal of what the words, stories, symbols, rituals,… — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
“If you make disciples, you always get the church. But if you make a church, you rarely get disciples.” — Mike Breen Copy Share Image
“The church the Bible described is exciting and adventurous and wrought with sacrifice. It cost believers everything, and they still came.” — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
“Jesus did not have the time nor the desire to scatter himself on those who wanted to make their own terms of discipleship.” — Robert E. Coleman Copy Share Image
“Church, in the New Testament sense of the word, is not a meeting we attend, but a group of which we are a part,… — Keri Wyatt Kent Copy Share Image
“According to Jesus examples discipleship is not a program we launch. It is a lifestyle we embrace.” — Jonathan Hayashi Copy Share Image
“Inspired by Jesus (literally), we seek to love people and tell them what we have found in him.” — Jim Putman Copy Share Image
“As a group, Christians are known more for what we are against than for our love.” — Jim Putman Copy Share Image
“But attendance, busyness, construction, finances, and programs are not real indications of success. The core question of effectiveness — the question that ultimately matters… — Jim Putman Copy Share Image
“Instead of seeking to hide their sin and project an image of perfection, church leaders need to show people they lead that they too… — Jim Putman Copy Share Image
“While it is in one sense a result of God’s presence within us, the New Testament also describes a process involved in our “putting… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“days of the earliest Church? I ask you: Do you want things to go on as usual, or do you want to see God… — R. T. Kendall Copy Share Image
The definition of a Church is crystal clear in the New Testament. We see the picture of it. They came together the first day… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
“A careful reading of the Old and New Testaments shows that idolatry is nothing like the crude picture that springs to mind of a… — Richard Keyes Copy Share Image
What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to believe that… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Someone gave me a New Testament. I had never before read it systematically. Some parts made sense, some parts shocked me. — Lionel Blue Copy Share Image
“The church has a reputation for being antipleasure. Many characterize Christians in general the way H. L. Mencken wryly described Puritans: people with a… — Tish Harrison Warren Copy Share Image
Who wrote the Bible? Current scholarship, to my knowledge, assumes that the material that constitutes the Old Testament was put together from various oral… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Consider these questions: Did Jesus ever suggest by word of example that we should aspire to acquire, let alone take over, the power of… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“The New Testament uses five main Greek words for sin, which together portray its various aspects, both passive and active. The commonest is hamartia,… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
