“For it is better that a man should acknowledge his transgressions than that he should harden his heart, as the hearts of those were hardened who stirred up sedition against Moses the servant of God, and whose condemnation was made manifest [to all].”
“It is disgraceful, beloved, yea, highly disgraceful, and unworthy of your Christian profession, that such a thing should be heard of as that the most steadfast and ancient Church of the Corinthians should, on account of one or two persons, engage in sedition against its presbyters.”
“God takes seriously the matter of leadership and if you're not interested yet in making sure that your view of leadership, your life of leadership is equally serious, then resign before God comes in judgment upon you and upon the people whom you lead.”
“Oh that we may believe it, that we may believe it, that in this pitch black darkness of depravity, God is saving souls, bringing them to genuine repentance.”
“A true Christian is one who will say, no, no, no, this issue I need to understand. And they will ask questions afterwards, maybe from the study leader or from the church pastor, or they'll go and borrow books and spend time reading because they want to understand these things.”
“Human beings are all the same. They may put a thin veneer of religion on the surface, but if they have not regenerated hearts, you can be sure, face to face with the true demands of scripture, they will show their true colors, their ugly colors, these same colors we are seeing here.”
“The great promise of God is that he is sending another with a capital A. And who is this? Well, he's referred to in this passage as a branch, a righteous branch.”
