Sermon: The Integrity of Faith & the Credibility of the Gospel (October 26, 2025)

Oaks Parish by Oaks Parish

Episode notes

Scripture Text: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-20

Bryan Buck

Quotes for Reflection

Eugene Peterson, The Contemplative Pastor

We are not dealing with abstractions. The gospel is lived before it is preached. People are not changed by ideas but by persons who embody the truth of those ideas.

B.B. Warfield, Selected Shorter Writings, vol 2

The great test of every ministry is love: not eloquence, nor zeal, nor orthodoxy, but that Christlike affection which seeks not its own but the good of others.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together

The Christ in his own heart is weaker than the Christ in the word of his brother; his own heart is uncertain, his brother’s is sure. That also clarifies the goal of all Chr ... 

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