In a smaller church your pastoring sets up your preaching. In a larger church your preaching sets up your pastoring.
Timothy KellerDescribe the God you've rejected. Describe the God you don't believe in. Maybe I don't believe in that God either.
Timothy KellerIf you have money, power, and status today, it is due to the century and place in which you were born, to your talents and capacities and health, none of which you earned. In short, all your resources are in the end the gift of God.
Timothy KellerGod's Kingdom is "present in its beginnings, but still future in its fullness. This guards us from an under-realized eschatology (expecting no change now) and an over-realized eschatology (expecting all change now). In this stage, we embrace the reality that while we're not yet what we will be, we're also no longer what we used to be.
Timothy Keller