Ross Parsley Quotes

#1. The family of God is about enjoying the bounty of God's table and fellowship with one another and with the Holy Spirit.

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#2. Love at the expense of truth is no love at all. Truth at the expense of love turns to tyranny.

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#3. Age has a way of sobering us. Our experiences, our disappointments, and our failures have a way of shrinking our expectations. Sometimes they wound us in a way that steals our faith and bankrupts our dreams.

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#4. Don't fear conflict, fear the silence.

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#5. Many churches approach ministry to people through the lens of an educational system instead of through the analogy of the family.

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#6. The gathering of believers should be an opportunity for wonder, anticipation and imagination; not drudgery, duty or routine.

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#7. Humility isn't as much a character trait as an action. We must clothe ourselves with it. We choose to wear it or we don't. If God has to humble us, it's too late - and that's going to be a bad day. We all have to demonstrate the humility of Christ in our actions.

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#8. In seasons of great pain, despair, and disappointment, He comes. Just when you're at the end of yourself, He comes. He appears at just the right moment - never early, but always at the right time. And it is at this moment that you realize it's not the end. It's the beginning!

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#9. Salvation is more rooted in knowing a person than in knowing theology.

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#10. Taking on the identity of Christ is a significant concept that helps define who we are as God's people. Out of many, we become one!

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#11. They started wondering and questioning what God was really up to. I think they must have had dark moments when the physical reality of their unusual circumstance pressed up against God's promise, presenting them with doubts to match the derision they would have endured for months.

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#12. Church can't be a place where we feel like a visitor, or somewhere we're afraid to allow others to see our messes. It's got to feel like home.

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#13. The truth is, we are part of something greater than our own personal preferences or felt needs. We are part of a worldwide family of believers who belong to each other with a history and a heritage defined by a loving heavenly Father.

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