Tim Chester Quotes

#1. Professionalism is always the enemy of authentic gospel leadership. Leaders

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#2. We may not long for bread, but we long for meaning, intimacy, fulfillment, community, purpose, and joy.

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#3. Christianity is word-centered because God rules through his gospel word.

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#4. Jesus the Savior can't do his work unless he's with sinful people.

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#5. It is bad enough when rich Christians shoe little concern for the poor, but when they moan about their lot, they show contempt not only for the poor but also for the generosity of God.

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#6. The task is to become church for them, among them and with them, and under Spirit of God to lead them to become church in their own culture.

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#7. We need to shift our focus from putting on attractional events to creating attractional communities.

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#8. Our sin warps our understanding because we all tend toward self-justification. Studying

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#9. When we think "mission" we must think "church." And the best way to link church and mission is through church planting.

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#10. The secret of gospel change is being convinced that Jesus is the good life and the fountain of joy. Any alternative we might choose would be the letdown.

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#11. Jesus is handing out God's party invitations. They read: You're invited to my party in the new creation. Come as you are.

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#12. It is often out encounter with culture that first reveals to us our own culture.

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#13. External activities can't change us, says Jesus, because sin comes from within, from our hearts. Our rituals might change our behavior for a while, but they can't change our hearts. And so they can't bring true and lasting holiness. We need heart change.

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#14. As far as the Pharisees were concerned, if you gave a dish to the poor it became unclean, because the poor were the great unwashed who didn't fulfill ceremonial washing. But Jesus says the dish becomes clean because it expresses love.

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#15. G.K. Chesterton said: People are equal in the same way pennies are equal. Some are bright, others are dull; some are worn smooth, others are sharp and fresh. But all are equal in value for each penny bears the image of the sovereign, each person bears the image of the King of Kings.

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#16. We were not made to look inward for self-realization, but to look outwards in love. I

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#17. Deep down in all of us there is a tendency to want to prove ourselves, to base our worth on what we do.

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#18. The word "companion" comes from the Latin "cum" ("together") and "panis" ("bread").

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#19. American Christians spend more on dieting than on world missions.5 We spend more curing our overconsumption than we do feeding the physically and spiritually hungry of the world.

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#20. We also have a new motivation to battle with sin: we're no longer under law, but under grace. This is counterintuitive. People think that law and legalism will best motivate us to strive to do what's right. But it's grace that enables us to live for God. "For

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#21. Studying the text with other people reduces the impact of sin on our thinking.

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#22. In Luke's Gospel Jesus is either going to a meal, at a meal, or coming from a meal.

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#23. That's the scandal of grace. It means that if you've been working hard to be right with God, then you've been wasting your time because God welcomes everyone - righteous and unrighteous alike.

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#24. The main thing that prevents us from understanding the Bible aright is not a lack of hermeneutical skills but our sin. Our

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#25. An authentic experience of the Spirit is an experience in response to the gospel.

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#26. Jesus does what legalism can never do: he gives us a new heart and a new spirit. Without

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#27. Your identity isn't dependent on your change. You're a child of the heavenly King.

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#28. Look to Jesus to be enough for you, and there will never, ever come a day when he is not enough.

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#29. Loving Jesus is not a technique. Do not think about how you can communicate a passion for Jesus to others. Be passionate about him. Meditate on Jesus until he captures your heart afresh.

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#30. The gospel is good news - a message to be proclaimed, a truth to be taught, a word to be spoken, and a story to be told.

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