300 Gospel-centered Quotes from #TGP15

On Monday (May 11th, 2015) The Gospel Project hosted a free online event titled Gospel. Life. Ministry. You can watch the videos from the event for one more week here.

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I collected around 300 quotes from the speakers and have included their twitter handle. Enjoy!

DERWIN GRAY – The Gospel and Religion

Good advice is what humans need to do to fix their lives, but good news is an announcement of what Jesus has done to rescue us. @DerwinLGray
The church is to represent the future in the present world as His resurrection life is in us. @DerwinLGray
The gospel is about what Christ has done for us, what He is doing in us, and what He wants to do through us. @DerwinLGray
Performanced-based religion always ends in either pride or despair because it’s all about you. @DerwinLGray
Every act of Christ’s obedience was a declaration of love for us. He did what we could not do. @DerwinLGray
Jesus is not a life coach. Jesus is life. @DerwinLGray
Jesus isn’t a blessing ATM. Jesus is God. Jesus is King. @DerwinLGray
The more we dwell on the good news of the gospel, the more we are conformed to Christ’s image. @DerwinLGray
There are a lot of people who love the Bible but don’t know the God of the Bible. @DerwinLGray

PAUL TRIPP – The Gospel and the Heart

My deepest problems exist inside of me, not outside of me. @PaulTripp
If you are able to convince yourself that your biggest problems are outside of you and not inside of you, you are no longer interested in God’s grace. @PaulTripp
The gospel rescues me from me. @PaulTripp
There is a spiritual connection between what’s in our hearts to what comes out in our behavior. @PaulTripp
What we value most will control our hearts. What controls our hearts controls our behavior. @PaulTripp
If I watched the last six weeks of your life, what would I say that you truly value? @PaulTripp
We need to be rescued from ourselves. The mess inside of us is connected to the mess outside of us. @PaulTripp
We cannot ask the law to do in peoples lives what only grace can do. @PaulTripp
If the law were able to deliver us from sin, Jesus wouldn’t have needed to come. @PaulTripp
We don’t believe in a system of redemption. We believe in a Redeemer. His name is Jesus. @PaulTripp

TREVIN WAX – The Gospel and Repentance

Repentance is central to the Christian life. @TrevinWax
As Christians, we must believe that all of life is repentance. @TrevinWax
Repentance and faith must be together for genuine Christianity. @TrevinWax
We must have repentant faith and faithful repentance. @TrevinWax
There is no Christian life apart from repentance. @TrevinWax
Repentance is controversial because it presupposes that there is something wrong with us. @TrevinWax
The world’s way of dealing with sin is redefinition. God’s way of dealing with sin is redemption. @TrevinWax
When we downplay repentance in the church, we create religious people who are on the way to hell. @TrevinWax
The beauty of repentance is that it gives us an authenticity about who we are and who we are before God. @TrevinWax
The closer you get to Jesus, the more you realize how much you need to repent. @TrevinWax
You don’t repent less as you grow in holiness, you repent more! @TrevinWax
The victorious Christian life isn’t the sinless life; it’s the repentant life. @TrevinWax
We cannot call people to repentance when we are not repenting ourselves. @TrevinWax

JD GREEAR – The Gospel and Family Discipleship

Good parenting techniques are awesome, but God is the only One who can shape and change our kids’ hearts. @JDGreear
When we externally conform our kids’ hearts to the laws of God without heart change, they’ll either break spiritually or become hypocrites. @JDGreear
We must depend on God’s Spirit to conform our kids to the gospel. @JDGreear
The gospel changes the affections of the heart. @JDGreear
By learning of God’s deep love for us, a deep love for God is produced in us. @JDGreear
Children are given to us to shape for the mission of God. @JDGreear
We need to release our children to serve on mission with God—either across the street or across the world. @JDGreear
We are to shape our children as arrows, pull them back on the bowstring of faith, and launch them into the world for the kingdom of God. @JDGreear
There are two gardens that God grows a child in: the home and the church. @JDGreear
When you grasp the gospel in parenting, you can rest and say, God…I’ve done what You asked me to do, I now leave it to You. @JDGreear
When it comes to parenting, we need to trust in God’s mercy and not our ability. @JDGreear

GLORIA FURMAN – The Gospel and Motherhood

The gospel transforms motherhood as we are transformed by God’s Word. @gloriafurman
Motherhood was God’s idea to glorify Himself. @gloriafurman
If motherhood is about us, it ends with us. If motherhood is about God, it ends in worship. @gloriafurman
Motherhood is an act of worship because we are utterly dependant on God. @gloriafurman
Our source of hope as mothers is found in the promises of Christ. @gloriafurman
As mothers, we need to treasure Christ when our hands are full. @gloriafurman
Our hope as mothers is not found in development milestones but in a person—Jesus. @gloriafurman
Our children are precious gifts made in the image of God. @gloriafurman

ERIC MASON – The Gospel and Fatherhood

Fatherlessness is in jeopardy throughout our culture. The church needs to engage this issue. @pastoremase
We need men who reflect God’s design for fatherhood. @pastoremase
Men, Jesus came to restore us to a new humanity, or a “newmanity.” @pastoremase
When God redeems a man, the gospel permeates every area of his life—especially fatherhood. @pastoremase
As men, we need to grow in our understanding of what it means to grow as a gospel-centered father. @pastoremase
Every area of our lives needs to be permeated by God’s Word. @pastoremase
Fathers, love in response to the sacrificial love of Christ for you. @pastoremase
The church is the place where manhood is clear. @pastoremase
We need to intentionally focus on biblical manhood in our culture. @pastoremase
The gospel permeates and transforms manhood and fatherhood. @pastoremase

BEN TRUEBLOOD – The Gospel and Student Ministry

Student pastors, you are called to be the watchman over the students God has entrusted to you. @bentrueblood
We are charged to sound the alarm of God’s salvation as the watchmen over our students! @bentrueblood
Jesus is pointed to from cover to cover. He is throughout the Bible. @bentrueblood
We need to consistently call our students to respond to the gospel. @bentrueblood
Our role is to blast the trumpet of the gospel to students at every opportunity. @bentrueblood
The gospel is not just for our salvation moment but for our entire life. @bentrueblood
We can’t pay Jesus back for the free message of grace. @bentrueblood
The gospel is not about us trying; its about us dying. @bentrueblood
We live life in light of who God has declared us to be in Jesus. @bentrueblood
If we just focus on behavior, we give our students a yoke of burden that will crush them. @bentrueblood
Students can’t will themselves to live for Jesus. @bentrueblood
We need to point students to Jesus, not to a list of do’s and don’ts. @bentrueblood

JANA MAGRUDER – The Gospel and Kids Ministry

If the gospel is not at the center of your kids ministry, you could be missing the whole point. @jana_magruder
The gospel is not an attachment to the end of a lesson. The gospel is central to every lesson. @jana_magruder
Teaching partial biblical truth is dangerous. @jana_magruder
Kids can understand biblical truth when we teach them the whole story. @jana_magruder
We need to teach kids that the Bible is a story about God, not a story about us. @jana_magruder
The story of the Bible is not about what kids should or should not do; it is a story about what God has done and is doing. @jana_magruder
The Bible is about God and His plan to redeem us. @jana_magruder
We must teach kids the whole story of redemption from beginning to end. @jana_magruder
Trust God to give kids the faith to understand the Bible. @jana_magruder
Teach the Bible to kids well, but trust in God to transform their little hearts. @jana_magruder

ERIC GEIGER – The Gospel and Groups

The gospel should have massive impact on our group ministry. @ericgeiger
The good news of Jesus must be applied to our groups. @ericgeiger
If there is not a deep connection between the gospel and groups, our people will form community on something other than the gospel. @ericgeiger
Community is only as strong as the foundation it is built upon. @ericgeiger
We need our groups built around something eternal, namely, Jesus Christ. @ericgeiger
People mature when the truth of the gospel is applied to their hearts, while they are in a receptive posture, from leaders they love and trust. @ericgeiger
The Bible calls us to gather regularly, to encourage one another regularly. @ericgeiger
Those who are in a small group confess sin, give, and share the gospel more regularly than others. @ericgeiger
Feed your people the truth. The content of our groups needs to point to Jesus. @ericgeiger
We will not see transformation happen when our groups are shallow. @ericgeiger
When people are in community, the posture of their heart is more receptive to the gospel. @ericgeiger
We need to launch groups to connect the unconnected. @ericgeiger
Leaders, develop other leaders. There is no such thing as an omni-competent leader. @ericgeiger
Groups can make a significant impact as the gospel is applied to people’s hearts while they are in community. @ericgeiger

RAY ORTLUND – The Gospel and Revival

The gospel is God’s power generator in this world to create a new community. @rayortlund
Only God can bring us back into God’s good graces through the work of Christ on the cross. @rayortlund
Only God can impart new life to spiritually dead people through the agency of the Holy Spirit. @rayortlund
The gospel is all about what God alone can do in power to make people new. @rayortlund
The primary impediment to biblical revival is our pride, self-assurance, and the thought that “we can build the church!” @rayortlund
We cannot do the Lord’s work in the power of the flesh. It must be done in the power of the Spirit. @rayortlund
We need to fail so badly, so painfully, so frequently that we depend on God alone. We need to hurl ourselves at Him for His grace. @rayortlund
We don’t cause revival. Revival is a gift from above. @rayortlund
We need to surprise people with how honest we are about our sin and struggles. @rayortlund

JOHN PIPER – The Gospel and the Glory of God

The holiness of God is His intrinsic, infinite, transcendent purity and worth. @johnpiper
When God goes public with His holiness, that radiance is His glory. @johnpiper
The glory of God is God going public with His holiness. @johnpiper
The glory of God is the public radiance of His infinite beauty and worth. @johnpiper
God does everything for His glory—for people to see and enjoy. @johnpiper
God does everything for His glory, not because He is an egomaniac but because He’s doing it for our joy! @johnpiper
God’s seeking to be glorified is virtually the same as Him seeking to satisfy me. @johnpiper
God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in Him. @johnpiper
I was made to enjoy the glory of God. @johnpiper
On the cross, God displays His glory and is glorified by purchasing our ability to enjoy His glory. @johnpiper
We have to slay the false promises of pleasure from sin with a greater pleasure, namely, the superior pleasure of knowing and loving God. @johnpiper

DAVID PLATT – The Gospel to the Nations

It is the pastor’s responsibility to fan a flame for God’s global glory in the local church. @plattdavid
We cannot organize revival, but we can set our sails to catch the wind from heaven when God chooses to move. @plattdavid
There are 6,000+ unreached people groups, and billions of people in the world who have no access to the gospel. @plattdavid
There are no unreached people in your office or neighborhood—because God has placed you there. @plattdavid
Unreached people are born, live, and die without ever hearing the good news. This must change. @plattdavid
Mission is the heartbeat behind all of Scripture. @plattdavid
Mission is in the Word, and the Word calls us to mission in the world. @plattdavid
As we pray for the world, God will give us His heart for the world. @plattdavid
How can you free up your church’s resources in order to give more to missions? @plattdavid
Wise short-term missions should fuel long-term disciple-making. @plattdavid
Is there anyone among your church right now that God is raising up to send to the nations? @plattdavid
With a steady diet of the Word and a steady exposure to the world, God will call people to mission. @plattdavid

TONY EVANS – The Gospel of the Kingdom and the Christian Life

God is glorified through the expansion of His kingdom. @drtonyevans
God has empowered us to be His kingdom representatives in history. @drtonyevans
The kingdom agenda is the comprehensive rule of God over every area of life. @drtonyevans
When God rules all of life, all of life becomes ordered. @drtonyevans
We are called to be full-time followers of Christ, not part-time visitors to His kingdom. @drtonyevans
Our lives are to be oriented and re-oriented to God’s kingdom. @drtonyevans
We are called to expand the kingdom of God to all of our lives, and throughout the world. @drtonyevans
The church is called to equip one another to make kingdom impact in the world. @drtonyevans
Many of our problems are related to seeking the culture rather than the kingdom. @drtonyevans
As Christians, we need to be committed to the King and His kingdom. @drtonyevans

ED STETZER – The Gospel and Missional Living

We are called to join Jesus on His mission to glorify God. @EdStetzer
The mission is rooted in God’s desire for His glory. God is a missional God. @EdStetzer
God is glorified by making Himself known. @EdStetzer
God sends the Son into this broken world to establish His kingdom. @EdStetzer
Jesus saves by defeating sin and death, forgiving and redeeming His people. @EdStetzer
Jesus came and served the broken and hurting. @EdStetzer
We are called to share the love of Jesus to a lost world and to show the love of Jesus to a hurting world. @EdStetzer
Jesus came to save and to serve. Jesus was sent and sends. @EdStetzer
The church is called to gospel proclamation and gospel demonstration. @EdStetzer
God sends His Spirit to empower the church for mission. @EdStetzer
God sends the Spirit to gather and scatter the church to live on mission. @EdStetzer
We are called to share the love of Jesus and show the love to the world. @EdStetzer
We are kingdom ambassadors sent into the world to declare the good news! @EdStetzer
The gates of hell will not hold back the advance of the gospel when the church is on mission with God. @EdStetzer
The church is redeemed for God’s glory; God is glorified when the church is on mission. @EdStetzer
The mission will be completed for God’s glory, and all things will be restored for God’s glory. @EdStetzer

RANDY ALCORN – The Gospel and Future Hope

Our glorification will ultimately be in resurrected bodies on the new earth. @randyalcorn
The new earth is our final destination, where we will be with the eternal King of kings. @randyalcorn
In the new earth, we will be with Jesus, we will serve Him, and we will worship Him. @randyalcorn
The redemptive work of Christ is far more expansive than we imagine it. @randyalcorn
Jesus is going to redeem and renew all things. @randyalcorn
The glory of God is manifested in all of creation. @randyalcorn
This is not the only time we will live on this earth. The new earth will be another chance to live life to the fullest. @randyalcorn
We will dwell in the new earth as embodied persons, enjoying the experiences of new life to the fullest. @randyalcorn
Jesus not only saves our souls, He will save our bodies as well as the entirety of good creation. @randyalcorn
We are to look for a new heaven and earth in which righteousness reigns. @randyalcorn
We are called to be so heavenly minded that we can be of earthly good. @randyalcorn
An eternal perspective is our reference point for all of our life. @randyalcorn

DA HORTON – The Gospel and Cultural Engagement

When it comes to cultural engagement, the Bible needs to be our final authority. @da_horton
We need a biblical filter that lets us know what we can leverage in culture for God’s glory and what we need to leave alone. @da_horton
3 ways to engage culture: isolation, accommodation, intersection. @da_horton
If we isolate ourselves from culture, we are dealing with our sin in a very surface way. @da_horton
We cannot disciple sinners to be competent followers of Christ; we need the gospel to transform their hearts. @da_horton
Asking people ‘How can I pray for you?’ is a very simple way to be missional in day-to-day life. @da_horton
Scripture must shape our worldview, not culture. @da_horton
As we intersect with culture, we need to make sure we do not dive in and sink. @da_horton
We need to inject biblical truths into cultural situations. @da_horton
We can speak to a social issue, advance justice, and at the same time, point to God. @da_horton
We need to relate heavenly truths to the heart language of the people who are not living holy lives. @da_horton

TRILLIA NEWBELL – The Gospel and Race

We should have a childlike delight in the God-given diversity of humanity. @trillianewbell
Jesus Christ died on a cross for every tribe, tongue, and nation. @trillianewbell
The gospel reconciles us first to God and then to one another. @trillianewbell
God did not have to send His son to die in our place, but He did! @trillianewbell
The gospel is a race transcending gospel. It is the good news for all people. @trillianewbell
The church should mirror the diversity that we see in Revelation, where every tribe and tongue worships before the throne. @trillianewbell
How can we reflect God’s delight in diversity if we are not communicating with those who are not like us? @trillianewbell
We are more the same than we are different. We are one in Christ. @trillianewbell
The diversity of our churches displays that the gospel is race transcending. @trillianewbell

TRIP LEE – The Gospel and Life Ambition

God has expectations for us. God’s expectations for us are rooted in why He created us. @TripLee
God created us to bring praise, honor, and glory to Him! @TripLee
Our expectations for life should be shaped by Scripture. @TripLee
Scripture reorients our expectations for life. @TripLee
When it comes to directing your ambitions, think about your gifting, desires, and opportunity. @TripLee
Dream big for God’s glory, not for your glory. @TripLee
Our ambition can’t be about people seeing us; it needs to be about people seeing Jesus more clearly. @TripLee
What are you shooting for? What is your goal? Life is much more than getting through the day. @TripLee
Work to the glory of God. Love others for the glory of God. @TripLee
In the mundane routines of life, we need a bigger vision for God’s glory! @TripLee

JEN WILKIN – The Gospel and Women’s Ministry

Women’s ministry is vital to the mission of the church. @jenniferwilkin
The teaching burden of raising disciples falls to men and women. @jenniferwilkin
There is something that women bring to other women that is unique when it comes to discipleship. @jenniferwilkin
There is something unique that happens when women gather with other women for the study of God’s Word. @jenniferwilkin
Women’s ministry facilitates gatherings where women can just be women. @jenniferwilkin
Women’s gatherings allow women to build synergy and shared interest in the insights of life. @jenniferwilkin
Women’s ministry can help facilitate the input of women into the direction of the church. @jenniferwilkin
We need to leverage the gifts and insights of women so that men and women can serve side by side in the mission of the church. @jenniferwilkin
Women’s ministry is not about creating events that generate a certain emotion. Women are craving a deeper ministry. @jenniferwilkin
Women are not a nice but unnecessary addition to the church. Women are essential to the mission of the church. @jenniferwilkin
The Great Commission happens as women contribute in meaningful ways, which they were created for. @jenniferwilkin

DHATI LEWIS – The Gospel and Discipleship

Discipleship involves our capacity to lovingly embody the person and work of Jesus and transfer that to His followers. @dhati
Jesus was the only person ever to walk the earth who had all the gifts of the Spirit. @dhati
In order to see the fullness of the gifts of the Spirit, we need the entire church. @dhati
It takes a church to raise a Christian. @dhati
We proclaim Christ in order to bring people into maturity. @dhati
Discipleship is not a “me” responsibility; it’s a “we” responsibility. @dhati
My fear is that we have reduced discipleship to mentorship. We don’t need people to look like us; they need to look like Jesus. @dhati
As the church, we need to mobilize the entire body for discipleship. @dhati
Discipleship is not a ministry of your church; it is the ministry of your church. @dhati
We need to ask every person in our church, How are you making disciples? @dhati
We need to establish a culture of discipleship in the local church by unleashing an army of people intentionally making disciples. @dhati

JEFF VANDERSTELT – The Gospel and Community

In order to really understand the gospel, we need to be in a community where we can see the impact of the gospel. @JeffVanderstelt
The community that believes the gospel and lives in light of that gospel is one of the most powerful apologetics. @JeffVanderstelt
In the gospel we are reconciled with God and work out that reconciliation with other people. @JeffVanderstelt
The gospel is good news that actually changes things. @JeffVanderstelt
The community that believes the gospel gets to show the impact of the gospel to the world around them. @JeffVanderstelt
The community is the place where your need for the gospel is powerfully revealed. @JeffVanderstelt
Whatever God does to us, He intends to do through us. @JeffVanderstelt
The community not only reveals our need for the gospel, it is also through community that we express how the gospel changes us. @JeffVanderstelt
As Christians, we have become a new person and part of a new community. @JeffVanderstelt
The gospel imperative of loving others cannot happen in isolation. @JeffVanderstelt
The gospel indicatives (who God is, what He has done) lead to the gospel imperatives (how we love one another). @JeffVanderstelt
Jesus came to serve us so that we could become the servants of God. @JeffVanderstelt
Jesus serves us; now we serve others as an act of worship to Him. @JeffVanderstelt
Jesus laid down His life for us. We are to lay down our lives to serve others. @JeffVanderstelt
We have the same power that raised Jesus from the dead to enable us to live a new life. @JeffVanderstelt
My need for the Holy Spirit is most revealed when I am on mission serving others. @JeffVanderstelt
Being on mission leads us to the end of ourselves so that we begin to walk in the power of the Spirit. @JeffVanderstelt
God wants His people to live as a community on mission in all of life in such a way that they need the power of the Spirit. @JeffVanderstelt

LOUIE GIGLIO – The Gospel and Worship

Worship is our response, both personal and corporate, to who God is and what He has done, expressed in and by what we say and how we live. @louiegiglio
Worship is all of life lived for the glory of God in response to the grace of God. @louiegiglio
Worship happens when God’s people respond to the greatness of God! @louiegiglio
Worship is bigger than the songs we sing on Sunday; it’s a way of life. @louiegiglio
The gospel is the essential hinge to our worship. @louiegiglio
Where there is no gospel, there is no worship. @louiegiglio
Jesus came to earth not to make bad people good people but to make dead people alive. @louiegiglio
We were dead. But now, because of God’s grace, we are forever alive! This is where worship begins. @louiegiglio
Worship doesn’t start with singing. Singing starts with seeing. Until our eyes are opened to see the beauty of the gospel, there will be no song in the church. @louiegiglio
I don’t serve God because I should or ought but because I may serve God. It is a privilege. @louiegiglio
I couldn’t worship because I was dead. But now I am alive. I have God’s breath, and that allows me to worship. @louiegiglio
God breathes life into us, and when we exhale in worship, we say, Thank You, God! @louiegiglio
The gospel gets deep down inside of us and carries us upward in worship. @louiegiglio
If we want people to worship, we have to continue to show them the beauty of the gospel. @louiegiglio

THABITI ANYABWILE – The Gospel and Church Leadership Development

Leaders are a blessing, a gift to the church. We must receive them with gladness and recognize them when they exist. @ThabitiAnyabwil
In a sense, the entire lifeline of a church depends upon faithful leadership. @ThabitiAnyabwil
We need leaders who are saturated in the gospel! @ThabitiAnyabwil
We need leaders who are biblical theologians, who understand how the Bible fits together as a whole. @ThabitiAnyabwil
Almost every heresy of our day is an error in biblical theology. @ThabitiAnyabwil
Having leaders who know the Bible protects the church by guarding doctrine. @ThabitiAnyabwil
A leader should be a biblical evangelist, committed to that good news for themselves and for making that good news known to others. @ThabitiAnyabwil
A good leader is a humble follower of Jesus. @ThabitiAnyabwil
With all the authority in heaven and earth, Jesus uses His authority for the good of sinners. @ThabitiAnyabwil
As leaders, we live in love and live in service. @ThabitiAnyabwil
A leader embraces good discipline. @ThabitiAnyabwil
A good leader submits himself to God’s Word and receives correction from others. @ThabitiAnyabwil

MATT CHANDLER – The Gospel-Centered Church

Most churches consider themselves to be gospel-centered; however, many churches walk in a type of moralism that is counter-gospel. @MattChandler74
A gospel-centered church consistently reminds their people of the gospel. @MattChandler74
A gospel-centered church consistently reminds their people of who they were before they heard the gospel. @MattChandler74
A gospel-centered church consistently celebrates the present power of the gospel for daily life. @MattChandler74
Are you, in your philosophy and practice, reminding people of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ? @MattChandler74
Is there a disjoint in your doctrinal statements and what you actually do in your church? @MattChandler74
What do the words of the songs you sing in worship reinforce and teach? @MattChandler74
Do your sermons consistently point to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ? @MattChandler74
If you are not reminding people of who they were before they were saved, you will establish an us vs. them mentality. @MattChandler74
Are the people in your church on mission? @MattChandler74
Is there an us vs. them mentality in your church? @MattChandler74
Are the people in your church afraid of sinners or do they sinfully judge sinners? @MattChandler74
The gospel is the very fuel by which our lives are lived and our obedience is driven.
The gospel brings forth our fruitfulness. @MattChandler74
Does part of your discipleship process teach people to preach the gospel to themselves? @MattChandler74
Is there an acknowledgment of struggle and weakness? A freedom to repent? @MattChandler74
Confession and repentance is an ongoing ethic in the Christian life. @MattChandler74
Our weakness reveals the strength of Christ. @MattChandler74
Our theology drives our philosophy of ministry, which drives our practice. @MattChandler74