J.D. Greear: Gaining by Losing—Part 2
“A ministry that is not discipling people to think about that global mission is not really discipling people.”
“A ministry that is not discipling people to think about that global mission is not really discipling people.”
“For every percentage point that the divorce rate drops the lives of more than a million children are positively impacted.”
“We often say that awareness is curative. You just shed light and pull back the veil and bring awareness to an issue. That so often opens a window of grace for a couple.”
J.D. Greear: "Success is raising up leaders and sending them out. Sending capacity, not seating capacity, ought to be our target."
Miles McPherson: "There’s too much I don’t know and will never know, but I know the one who does."
Gregg Matte: "It is never going as good as people say or as bad as people say."
“I’ve always been passionate about big, global cities, cities that have influence within nations, within continents.”
“God planted a seed in my life—a real desire to strip away everything that is nonessential to helping someone understand Jesus.”
“I didn’t go into the ministry to be a megachurch pastor. I went into the ministry to do something mega for God.”
"The church is this crazy paradox to me. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to manage; yet he’s in control of it all."