Scotty Smith Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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"If God accepts us at all, He accepts us wholeheartedly, and He covers us completely with the spotless robe of Jesus' righteousness. This robe of divine acceptance does not come in gray, but only in dazzling white" Mike Mason

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“The invisible God makes himself visible in the love that Christians have for one another.” Christopher J.H. Wright, Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit: Growing in Christlikeness

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I marvel as such grace, humility, and peace: “He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.” Joni Eareckson Tada, A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God's Sovereignty

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When I was studying at Westminster Philly, JI Packer was lecturing on the present ministry of the Holy Spirit in the church, when he made this comment. “I’d far rather have to hold the reigns on a live team than give life to a dead team. My friends, pray for revival.”

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“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, forever” Heb. 13:8. Jesus’ “glorious sameness” means he’s eternally perfect, always present, while enjoying the future. He has no contingencies or variables, "just" absolute sovereignty and endless grace. He doesn’t react, he redeems.

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"Hope is a song in a weary throat." Pauli Murray

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How right they both were: “Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared that we would become a trivial culture... Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.” Steven Garber - "Visions of Vocation"

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@brannonmc @leafinstitute Brannon, have you read Mouw's "When the Kings Come Marching In: Isaiah and the New Jerusalem"? I actually liked it better.

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Like a famished puppy, I wanna lap this up. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope” Rm15:13.

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“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts” (Col. 3:15). Something or someone gets to “rule the roost” in our hearts. Sometimes it’s a daily decision, sometimes hourly. Only Jesus deserves that kind of power in and over our hearts. As the Prince of Peace, he does it best.