We’ve been loving all the great content coming from For The Church, and their conference launch was no different. Here are some of our favorite quotes from the first ever For The Church Conference this past week:
God could write the Roman Road in the sky if he wanted…But he chooses to use you and me. -David Platt
Let the ministry dreams be shattered. Let the ministry visions be shattered. Know nothing but Christ crucified. -Jared C. Wilson
People threw dead cats at George Whitefield. We have an existential crisis if someone tweets something negative. -Jared C. Wilson
Passion is not a substitute for clarity. Volume is not a substitute for content. Emotion is not a substitute for conviction. -HB Charles jr.
The church doesn’t create the truth; the truth creates the church. -Jason K. Allen
We need a generation of ministers bold in the gospel, and bold in the Scriptures, no matter what social cost they may pay. -Jason K. Allen
We don’t say ‘Come to Jesus and get stuff;’ we say ‘Come to Jesus and get Jesus!’ -David Platt
We are settling for a Christianity that revolves around catering to ourselves, when the central message of Christianity is about abandoning ourselves. -David Platt
A message of grace will attract people, but a culture of grace will keep them. -Jared C. Wilson
If the gospel is true, why are we searching for something to preach on Sundays? -HB Charles jr.
Why would God take away the weakness, when it is the trigger for His power? -Darrin Patrick
If there is a Day of Judgment, then you don’t have to exercise judgment. -Dr. Russell Moore
A worldly church is of no good to the world. -Dr. Russell Moore
We preach verse after verse, text after text, but we always draw lines to the man Christ Jesus. -Jason K. Allen