Week Six of
Pioneering words of wisdom.
- We want a blueprint for the future, but God gives us a call.
- The power of a sermon often lies in its illustrations.
- You need to hear what God is saying about your city.
- Church growth experts identify three things in a growing church: a positive attitude, leadership, and outreach.
- It's easier to get a bone from a dog by giving him another with more meat, then by taking away the bone he has. In dealing with people, give them Jesus and they'll drop their old bones of sin and religion.
- Every time you meet people you can't be trying to get something out of them.
- We aren't enforcers of the truth, but declarers.
- In the early days, the discipline needs to be with the pastor, not forced on the people.
- Money has a powerful spiritual impact. What we do with it and how we use it determines our future.
- Men are attracted by a vision and a cause.
- "What we need is not so much 'faith,' but the absence of unbelief, which limits God." Ron Jones
- "The problem with living sacrifices is they have a tendency to get up off the altar." Anonymous
- "If I was to start a church, I'd take twelve men and pour my life into them." Billy Graham
- "The church is a reflection of the pastor." Jack Harris