Edmund P. Clowney Quotes

#1. He does not only declare that God saves by grace, not works; he brings Christ forward, and placards him. Preaching points to Christ crucified for our sins, and risen for our life.

Edmund P. Clowney

#2. You dare not lift your hands to place God's name in blessing on his people until you have first clasped them in penitent petition for his grace.

Edmund P. Clowney

#3. Private soul-searching is not enough to determine your call to the ministry. The judgment of the people of God must be sought; long before the time when it must be given formally it should be sought informally.

Edmund P. Clowney

#4. The "Come!" of Christ separates us from the world to his name; the "Go!" of Christ sends us to the world in his name. (18)

Edmund P. Clowney

#5. Christ's suffering was redemptive not because suffering itself is redemptive, but because Christ himself is the Redeemer

Edmund P. Clowney

#6. The call of the Word of God to the gospel ministry comes to ALL those who have the gifts for such a ministry.

Edmund P. Clowney