“Feelings can’t be beat back, by the way. Even if you’re the most effective stuffer ever to live, the very best at stuffing feelings way down deep, so far down you believe they can never be found. I’m here to tell you that those feelings don’t go quietly.”- Jennifer Allen In Chapter 1 (“Where Did […]
“You can’t go to the cross with just your head and not your heart. It doesn’t work that way. Calvary’s not a mental trip. It’s not an intellectual exercise. It’s not a divine calculation or a cold theological principle. . . . God, may we never be so ‘educated,’ may we never be so ‘mature,’ […]
“God, meanwhile, never enters a shouting match with Satan. Truth need not scream. He stands permanently, quietly, pleading, ever present. No tricks, no side shows, no temptations, just open proof.”- Max Lucado “A third time [Pilate] said to [the crowd], ‘Why? What evil has he done? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. […]
“All [a Roman centurion] did was see Jesus suffer. He only witnessed the way he died. . . . [Luke 23:47] says the rubber of faith meets the road of reality under hardship. It says the trueness of one’s belief is revealed in pain. Genuineness and character are unveiled in misfortune.”- Max Lucado “The centurion, […]
“All of us are signing on Jesus’ credit card. And it also makes me smile to think that there is a grinning ex-con walking the golden streets who knows more about grace than a thousand theologians. No one would have given him a prayer. But in the end that is all he had. And in […]
“Any serious study of the Christian claim is, at its essence, a study of the cross. To accept or reject Christ without a careful examination of Calvary is like deciding on a car without looking at the engine. Being religious without knowing the cross is like owning a Mercedes with no motor. Pretty package, but […]
Seeing as Jesus Sees (Baker Books) Alan Wright published his latest book, Seeing as Jesus Sees: How a New Perspective Can Defeat the Darkness and Awaken Joy in 2023. Alan currently serves as lead pastor of Reynolda Church in North Carolina, a 110-year-old congregation. Pastor Wright believes the little prayer — Jesus, how do you […]
“Any reading of God’s Word with a performance-based, do-to-be-tree mentality instantly veils our spiritual sight. . . . While we diligently, fearfully try to keep the law, we miss the greater thins that Jesus wants us to see.”- Alan Wright “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, […]
“Repentance is more that turning from sin — it’s repositioning ourselves to look with Jesus. The Old Testament word for ‘repent’ (shub) means simply ‘turn.’ When you let your heart turn in the same direction as Jesus is facing, you’re repenting of your own view and taking His.”- Alan Wright Alan Wright concludes Chapter 13 […]
“Pausing reminds us of our humanity and puts us in touch with our need for Jesus, our need for better vision. . . . To pause but not connect to Christ leads to self-absorption rather than authentic hope. Likewise, to try to see as Jesus does without attaching to Him is futile.”- Alan Wright Alan […]
“Ordinary moments become holy moments when we pause to be with Jesus and see through His eyes. To practice pausing and asking for revelation is to invite Sabbath-like moments into our lives — morning, noon, and night.”- Alan Wright “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in […]
“If you read the David and Goliath story as if it’s about you facing your giants, you’ll probably just feel discouraged and ashamed of your own cowardice. But if you see the story as Jesus does — a story of His saving work — you’ll revel in Christ’s defeat of Satan and find yourself whooping […]