What Kind of Vessel Are You?

written by: Michael Catt In Second Timothy Chapter two, Paul wrote these words to a young minister named Timothy. “Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work” ( 2 Timothy 2:21, NASU). Other translations read: “a vessel unto […]

Book Notices

If you are interested in quote books, you’ll have to go to Barnes & Noble or Amazon for these particular books, but they will provide you with insight into national and world leaders. Harper Perennial publishes the books. The books contain a treasury of quotes and anecdotes. There are a number of books in the […]

Eutychus: Take One Tablet

written by: Warren Wiersbe An unsuspecting archaeologist named Harvey Jenkins has made the find of the year at a dig near the ancient city of Nippur. It is a clay tablet with an inscription that has been deciphered as a dispensational chart. Fortunately, the tablet has the date 1863 B.C. stamped on it, so there […]

"What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone." — Winston Churchill

"There can be no courage in men unless God supports them by his Word." — John Calvin

"Take courage. We walk in the wilderness today and in the Promised Land tomorrow." — D. L. Moody

"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means, at the point of highest reality. A chastity or honesty or mercy which yields to danger will be chaste or honest or merciful only on conditions. Pilate was merciful till it became risky." — C. S. Lewis

Courage

"If we tamely give up our rights in this contest, a century to come will not restore us in the opinion of the world; we shall be stamped with the character of poltroons and fools and be despised and trampled upon, not by this haughty, insolent nation but by all mankind." — Ben Franklin

"There are two non-God religions. Nazism and Communism - two peas . . . Tweedledum and Tweedledee. You leave out God and you substitute the devil. You leave out love and you substitute hate." — Winston Churchill

"The future belongs to the free." — Ronald Reagan

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves." — Abraham Lincoln

"The only freedom that man ever has is when he becomes a slave to Jesus Christ." — R. C. Sproul

"The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion." — John F. Kennedy

"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." — Thomas Jefferson

"Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power." — John Quincy Adams

"Many free countries have lost their liberty and ours may lose hers — but if she shall, be it my proudest pleasure not that I was the last to desert but that I never deserted her." — Abraham Lincoln

"No man has a right to do as he pleases unless he pleases to do right." — Anonymous

"This is liberty: to know that God alone matters." — Donald Haukey

"The modern controversy over human rights calls urgently for a theological recovery of the metaphysical foundations of these rights. Human rights are grounded in God's transcendent will for man made in his image. The basis of human rights is not supplied by positive law nor can these rights be reliably defined by analyzing human nature or human experience." — Carl Henry

"Evil comes from the abuse of free will." — C. S. Lewis

Freedom

A Faith That Functions

A STUDY IN JAMES WHEN YOU CAN’T STAND THE HEAT James 1:1-12 Introduction Prepare For Problems v. 2-4a Count Consider Comprehend v.3 “patience” “endurance” The immediate result of testing is endurance. v. 3 The ultimate result of testing is a mature faith. v. 4 Cooperate v.4 Perceive the Purpose v. 4b-8 James offers two reasons […]

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

James 1:18-27 Respond Properly to the Word. James 1:19; Acts 20:9 “quick” “slow” – Prov. 10:19; 17:27; 29:20 “slow” God wants hot hearts not hot heads. React Properly to the Word. James 1:21-24 It requires a proper cleansing. v. 21a “filthiness” “all that remains of wickedness” It requires a proper attitude. v. 21b Is there […]

Spurgeon’s Sermon

The following outline has been adapted and abbreviated from Spurgeon’s Sermon Notes published by Hendrickson Publishers, pages 211-214 Isaiah 45:22 “Look unto me, and be ye saved all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.” WHAT MEANS THIS WORD ‘LOOK’ IN REFERENCE TO GOD? It includes many things; […]

B is for Biography Part 2

written by: Warren Wiersbe Mark Twain said that a “classic” was a book everybody talked about but nobody read. You can apply that definition to classic sermons, especially “Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards. On more than one occasion, I’ve heard people attack the sermon as “brutal”or “barbaric,” and then […]

God’s Significant Squares of Real Estate

written by: Michael Catt Several years back, I got an email from my friend, Tom Sanders. I pulled it out the other day and read it again. It stirred my thoughts and hopefully, it will stir your mind and heart to action. Quoting Tom, “I think that somewhere in the big scheme of things, there […]

"I don't want yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth, even if it costs them their jobs." - Samuel Goldwyn

"Getting results through people is a skill that cannot be learned in the classroom." - J. Paul Getty

"There's just three things I'd ever say: If anything goes bad, I did it.

"If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you." - Paul (Bear) Bryant

"The longer the title, the less important the job." - George McGovern

"Your ability to make a decision is no better than the information you've been given." -Michael Catt

"Management is nothing more than motivating people." - Lee Iacocca

"Get into the habit of asking yourself if what you're doing can be handled by someone else."

"As a manager, you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong." - Peter Drucker

"There are no office hours for leaders." - Cardinal Gibbons

"Power for good flows through you from God. It does not originate with you." - W. F. Smith

"To get people to follow the straight and narrow path, stop giving them advice and start leading the way." - Howard Hendricks

"A bulldog can whip a skunk, but it's not worth it." - Vance Havner

"It is not enough to have great qualities; we should also have the management of them," - La Rochefoucauld

"Leaders are developed by challenges." - James E. Burke

"Much has been said about my management style, a style that's worked successfully for me during eight years as governor of California and for most of my presidency. The way I work is to identify the problem, find the right individuals to do the job, and then let them go to it. I've found this invariably brings out the best in people. They seem to rise to their full capacity, and in the long run you get more done." - Ronald Reagan, 1987

"I don't believe a chief executive should supervise every detail of what goes on in his organization. The chief executive should set broad policy and general ground rules, tell people what he or she wants them to do, then let them do it; he should make himself (or herself) available, so that the members of his team can come to him if there is a problem. If there is, you can work together and, if necessary, fine-tune the policies. But I don't think a chief executive should peer constantly over the shoulders of the people who are in charge of a project and tell them every few minutes what to do," - Ronald Reagan

"A leader is judged in terms of what others do to obtain the results that he is placed there to get." - Vince Lombardi

"If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others -learn to manage and control yourself." - William I. H. Boetcker

"The true mark of a Christian leader is trying to build up other people. Raise up other leaders!" - Chuck Colson

Management

Before You Quit

When Ministry Is Not What You Thought – Blaine Allen Today’s Christian leaders are quitting in record numbers. With empathy and practical advice, Blaine Allen restores perspective by providing tools to help ministry leaders review their expectations, evaluate the roots of dissatisfaction, and honestly access their physical, emotional and spiritual strength. Blame is a pastor […]

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