I don't preach a social gospel; I preach the Gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is concerned for the whole person. When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry person is bread.
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Related Let me just tell you this, my aim in life is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, that's all I ... BENNY HINN Do not be afraid to preach the gospel; Jesus Christ was not afraid to die on the cross. FELIX WANTANG The real truth is that while He came to preach the gospel, His chief object in coming was that there... R. W. DALE There is more evil than good when we preach the miracle centered gospel instead of the kingdom gospe... SUNDAY ADELAJA Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 Christ came, not so much to preach ... R. W. DALE The gospel of Jesus Christ is good news, glad tidings, and much more. It is the message of salvation... DIETER F. UCHTDORF If the flesh were to be a preacher the gospel it will love to preach is the gospel called variety. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) When we preach gospel of miracles instead of gospel of the kingdom, we are subverting gospel of the ... SUNDAY ADELAJA A nation without the Gospel of Jesus Christ is a nation in chaos. NORM TOMLINSON The gospel of Christ is Good news not just for a few selected people SUNDAY ADELAJA Holy solitaries' is a phrase no more consistent with the Gospel than holy adulterers. The Gospel of ... JOHN WESLEY The Gospel of peace, must be preach to all people. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA When we overemphasise miracles, we compromise the gospel we were asked to preach. SUNDAY ADELAJA Preach the gospel to yourself every day. JERRY BRIDGES I would submit to you that our greatest need is to rediscover the gospel of Jesus Christ and to proc... PAUL WASHER Pentecost Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988 INSCRIPTION FOR A PULPIT "The hungry shee... ROBERT HAMMOND ADAMS The Gospel is good news of mercy to the undeserving. The symbolof the religion of Jesus is the cross... JOHN R.W. STOTT Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Preach the Gospel, die, and be forgotten. COUNT OF ZINZENDORF My direction has never really changed, because I don't think that you can really work gimmicks i... YOLANDA ADAMS So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. BIBLE I can trust in Jesus. And this Gospel that we preach does work. So those who are hurting and sufferi... TAMMY FAYE BAKKER For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. BIBLE Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. UNKNOWN Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI The Gospel is good news of mercy to the undeserving. The symbol of the religion of Jesus is the ... JOHN R.W. STOTT The great commandment is that we preach the gospel to every creature, but neither God nor the Bible ... LOUIS ZAMPERINI The most effective way to preach the gospel is through example. If we live according to our beliefs,... DIETER F. UCHTDORF The feet of them that preach the gospel of peace possess beauty SUNDAY ADELAJA Preach the gospel everywhere you go, and, if necessary, use words. SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinn... BRENNAN MANNING Evangelism is when the Gospel, which is good news, is preached or presented to all people. BILLY GRAHAM I never really liked the Gospel of John because I never could find the humanity of Jesus in it. I th... JOHN SHELBY SPONG I thank God for schools that are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are vital to perpetu... JAMES C. DOBSON God has opened up the door for me to preach and teach the gospel of Jesus Christ. I began attending ... BISHOP MARCELL WRIGHT JR Preach the Gospel at all times ... if necessary, use words. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Preach the gospel to all the world, and if necessary, use words ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI The gospel of Jesus Christ is an offense to both religion and irreligion. It can't be co-opted by ei... TIMOTHY J. KELLER How much verbal garbage there is going out across the air waves and across the pulpits of our land b... DR. J. OTIS YODER To love one another as He loves us, is the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. For it is love that ki... TED ROBERTS Most of the time we’re persecuted not because we love Jesus, but because we’re prideful, arrogan... JEFFERSON BETHKE The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrific... NORM TOMLINSON The great vicarious work for our kindred dead in our temples demonstrates both the justice and the f... JAMES E. FAUST Let us preach Christ, let us be faithful to proclaiming the Gospel, but let's leave judgment in ... TONY CAMPOLO I see Jesus in every human being. I say to myself, this is hungry Jesus, I must feed him. This is si... MOTHER TERESA Outside of the cross of Jesus Christ, there is no hope in this world. That cross and resurrection at... RAVI ZACHARIAS If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesus’ gospel. ... PHILIP YANCEY How I hate these follies of not believing in the Eucharist, &c.! If the Gospel be true, if Jesus... BLAISE PASCAL As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took t... ADAM CLARKE For years I thought my assignment or the Church's assignment was to articulate the Gospel and no... MAX LUCADO The price is certainly high for people who don’t know Christ and who live in a world where Christi... DAVID PLATT The Gospel is not a theory; the Gospel is not a philosophy or an idea; the Gospel is not a way of th... JOHN PIPER Every missionary who is proclaiming the name and gospel of Jesus Christ will be blessed by daily fea... HENRY B. EYRING The Good News is the gospel of glad-tidings. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Because of the gospel -- the news about what Jesus did on the cross to save sinners -- mothers who m... GLORIA FURMAN In times of adversity Satan will seek to plant the thought in our minds that God is angry with us an... JERRY BRIDGES Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601 To preach the Gospel requires that the ... ROLAND ALLEN For as he told the story of a simple Judean slave girl. Marcus Lucianus Valerian, a Roman who didn't... FRANCINE RIVERS Tell me everything about this woman you once knew. Tell me everything she ever told you about Jesus ... FRANCINE RIVERS The gospel announces that God doesn't relate to us based on our feats for Jesus, but Jesus' ... TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIAN God has given us a mandate to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. This wi... DANIEL DELEON Everything in Scripture is either preparation for the Gospel, presentation of the Gospel, or partici... DAVE HARVEY The laws of God given to mankind are embodied in the gospel plan, and the Church of Jesus Christ is ... HAROLD B. LEE Those of us who preach the Scriptures, along with being nourished by it ourselves, have to figure ou... JOHN ORTBERG And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he... BIBLE Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon an... BIBLE Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lo... BIBLE But he is unworthy the name of a minister of the gospel of peace, who is unwilling, not only to have... GEORGE WHITEFIELD Here is where most preachers make their mistake. They are afraid that by preaching the gospel to cle... C.F.W. WALTHER As you walk your various paths, walk with faith. Speak affirmatively and cultivate an attitude of co... GORDON B. HINCKLEY Here is where most preachers make their mistake. They are afraid that by preaching the gospel too cl... C.F.W. WALTHER Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one. NOW IS GOOD We are all slaves of sin until the Grace of God truly reveals the Gospel of Christ Jesus to His fall... NORM TOMLINSON To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is a... ROLAND ALLEN Does the Gospel I preach and teach have a natural tendency to cause people who hear it to become ful... DALLAS WILLARD The basic principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ are simple, and they are universal. Faith in the ... DAVID A. BEDNAR The Gospel of Judas gives an intriguing alternative view of the relationship between Jesus and Judas... TERRY GARCIA Judge not lest ye be judged. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do SOTONYE ANGA I ask every man and woman occupying a place of responsibility whose duty it is to teach the gospel o... HEBER J. GRANT Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou part... BIBLE A church that does not provoke any crisis, preach a gospel that does not unsettle, proclaim a word o... OSCAR A. ROMERO In the end of it all, the climax of purpose for every preacher of the gospel is that he would have b... KPIRHE DANIEL The biggest difference between religious people and gospel-loving people is that religious people se... JEFFERSON BETHKE His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING What's different about the Gospel of Thomas is that, instead of focusing entirely on who Jesus i... ELAINE PAGELS The New Right, in many cases, is doing nothing less than placing a heretical claim on Christian fait... MARK HATFIELD The reason that marriage is so painful and yet wonderful is because it is a reflection of the gospel... TIMOTHY J. KELLER And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentile... BIBLE The gospel is the announcement that God has fulfilled the promise of Scriptures to make the world ri... DAVID E. FITCH If we are going to persevere as committed disciples of Jesus Christ over the course of our lives, we... JERRY BRIDGES Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: / W... BIBLE I think the amazing thing about gospel music is that not only does it lift up the death and resurrec... T. D. JAKES The biggest difference between between religious people and gospel-loving people is that religious p... JEFFERSON BETHKE God is truly on the side of those who work for social justice, especially when we accompany that wor... JONI EARECKSON TADA Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. All the modern christian churches have no more authority to preach, baptize, or administer any other... ORSON PRATT The gospel now is man centered and not God centered gospel. SUNDAY ADELAJA It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the
Gospel is good fare." MATTHEW (MATHEW) HENRY The resurrection of Jesus Christ was necessary to establish the truth of his mission and put the sta... EDWARD MCKENDREE BOUNDS
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DESMOND MORRIS I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape DESMOND MORRIS As potential areas for body decoration the buttocks provide little scope. They are too private for d... DESMOND MORRIS CNS just fixes computers. We try to do the best of our ability to fix student computers. DESMOND MORRIS What is so brilliant about the gadgets is their simplicity. DESMOND LLEWELYN I have always been really troubled by the amount of poverty in America. Americans are matched in the... MATTHEW DESMOND If a man is a fool, you don't train him out of being a fool by sending him to university. You merely... DESMOND BAGLEY Eviction is much more an inevitability than a result of irresponsibility. MATTHEW DESMOND Without the ability to plant roots and invest in your community or your school - because you're ... MATTHEW DESMOND Most poor families are living completely unassisted in a private rental market, devoting most of the... MATTHEW DESMOND When you meet people who are spending 70, 80 percent of their income on rent, eviction becomes much ... MATTHEW DESMOND If I wrote in Jacob Riis' time, I'd be writing about teeming slums in our cities and kids dy... MATTHEW DESMOND Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught. PAUL DESMOND Child Protection Services can get all up in your business if you have kids. Just strictly from a bus... MATTHEW DESMOND The cost of evictions varies a lot, but it could be for landlords an expensive process as well. Amon... MATTHEW DESMOND You have to understand the role the landlords are playing in shaping neighborhoods, how they potenti... MATTHEW DESMOND Just strictly from a business standpoint, kids are a liability to landlords, and they actually provo... MATTHEW DESMOND Since evictions go through court, it has a record that comes with it, and many landlords that I spen... MATTHEW DESMOND Hundreds of data-mining companies sell landlords tenant-screening reports that list past evictions a... MATTHEW DESMOND If you have someone who is paying 88 percent of her income on rent, and we have laws that allow a la... MATTHEW DESMOND I met a landlord who will pay you to move at the end of the week and let you use his van. That's... MATTHEW DESMOND Tenants don't have any right to court-appointed attorneys in civil court, so they're either ... MATTHEW DESMOND It's great isn't it, all this exercise lark? I used to laugh at people on treadmills; now I ... RICHARD DESMOND I think what's very disturbing about the present crisis is that there are a number of things going o... DESMOND LACHMAN Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but... DESMOND DEKKER When I left Milwaukee, and I had all these stories. I felt so responsible for people. It's a hec... MATTHEW DESMOND