Bulletin Inserts

Our faith must be a first-hand discovery, not a second-hand story.

True obedience neither procrastinates nor questions.

These two via The Church Mouse

There is only one real inevitability: It is necessary that Scripture be fulfilled

Carl F.H. Henry

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful, you say. Yes, to be sure, but what is still more wonderful: He makes saints out of sinners.

Søren Kierkegaard
These two via The Topical Encyclopedia of Living Quotations

On Advent and Christmas

A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes, and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christmas has lost its meaning for us because we have lost the spirit of expectancy. We cannot prepare for an observance; we must prepare for an experience.

Handel Brown

The most glorious promises of God are generally fulfilled in such a wondrous manner that He steps forth to save us at a time when there is the least appearance of it.

C. H. von Bogatzy

This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ.

Frank McKibben

When Christ entered our world, he didn’t come to brighten our Decembers, but to transform our lives.

Rich Miller

If we could condense all the truths of Christmas into only three words, these would be the words: “God with us.”

John MacArthur

Take Christ out of Christmas, and December becomes the bleakest and most colorless month of the year.

A. F. Wells

Jesus Christ became Incarnate for one purpose, to make a way back to God that man might stand before Him as He was created to do, the friend and lover of God Himself.

Oswald Chambers

You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father’s face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift.

John W. Rice

The cry of this world for meaning and hope and life, was met one morning far away in the cry of a tiny babe. And with that cry time stopped and started again. And it was new.

Anonymous
These 10 via dailychristianquote.com

On Self-Control

A man’s conquest of himself dwarfs the ascent of Everest.

Eli J. Schiefer

Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Horace

The man who loses his head is usually the last one to miss it.

The best way to save face is to keep the lower part shut.

To stay out of hot water, keep a cool head.

These 5 via Timeless Treasures by Vernon McLellan