Quotes by Jon Tyson
Jon Tyson (b. 1977) — Pastor und Autor · Evangelikal · USA
Jon Tyson (* 1977) ist ein gebürtiger australischer Pastor und Autor, der die evangelikale Gemeinde Church of the City New York in Manhattan leitet. Bekannt ist er für seine Bücher und Predigten über geistliche Erneuerung, Jüngerschaft und das Leben als christliche Minderheit in säkularen Metropolen. Bibellesern vermittelt er praxisnahe Impulse für ein verbindliches Glaubensleben in der Gegenwart, während seine traditionell-konservativen ethischen Positionen in säkularen Kontexten auch auf Kritik stoßen.
Era: Today
Recurring topics: Discipleship, Growth & Character, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Church & Congregation, Faith & Trust, Humility & Pride, Meaning & Identity, Love
Quotes by Jon Tyson
Under the care of the Good Shepherd, our souls will be restored. Under the shepherding of our culture, our souls will be destroyed.
Jon Tyson
The scars on my soul come from the church, as does the joy that has come to define me. Leading in the church has been the source of both the trauma and the consolations in my life.
Jon Tyson
As A. J. Swoboda so beautifully said, “Sabbath is a scheduled weekly reminder that we are not what we do; rather, we are who we are loved by.
Jon Tyson
We often talk about God being absent from our lives, but in this culture of distraction, I wonder if we are the ones absent from him.
Jon Tyson
The life we long for is not something we discover or invent or declare to be true. The life we long for is something we receive.
Jon Tyson
Most of us will not be tempted to deny our faith, but many of us will be so distracted that we settle for a mediocre version of it.
Jon Tyson
Narcissus’s fixation on himself prevented him from connecting with and loving anyone or anything else. Today people aren’t looking at their image in the water; they are drowning in their screens.
Jon Tyson
One of the greatest gifts Jesus gives us is robust, secure identities. This is such good news in a time of such fragile cultural identities.
Jon Tyson
If there is no interpersonal conflict in your life, no elements of your character that you are being confronted about, you are networking, you are not in close community.
Jon Tyson
When we set ourselves up as the judge, we create a relational framework in which others are the accused. This corrupts the love that God has called us to show.
Jon Tyson
Obedience can happen in a moment, but surrender is the posture of a lifetime.
Jon Tyson
Using religion in an attempt to manipulate God merely distracts us from the goal of our faith, which is to enjoy an intimate relationship with him.
Jon Tyson
The joy and satisfaction that come from being faithful to Christ will always be richer than the mere ease that comes from drifting along the cultural currents.
Jon Tyson
One of the real dangers of spiritual life in America today is the possibility of being celebrated as a success while actually being a spiritual failure.
Jon Tyson
When we focus on what we can accomplish rather than the people we are called to serve, we become victims of our own ambition, and so do they.
Jon Tyson
If we fail to contrast the long arc of eternity with the urgency of the moment, we lose perspective and feel the need to cram eternal joy into momentary fulfillment.
Jon Tyson
Discipleship must be stronger than cultural formation. Loyalty must be stronger than compromise. This must be stronger than that. The times called for a beautiful resistance.
Jon Tyson
Rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.”*6 Peter, free from the curse of comparison, urges those under his care to remove the very things he once wrestled with.
Jon Tyson
If the goal of church is self, we will not fulfill Jesus’ command that we be known as a people of love.
Jon Tyson
A Creative Minority is a Christian community in a web of stubbornly loyal relationships, knotted together in a living network of persons who are committed to practicing the way of Jesus together for the renewal of the world.
Jon Tyson
Let's not be a generation of fathers who push this crisis off to the next generation. Let's be fathers who release blessing and not brokenness -- favor and not curses. Resolve in your spirit to do this with intentionality and focus.
Jon Tyson
God’s heart is that we might shift from dabbling in church to devoting ourselves to his kingdom in such a way that the world is jarred out of its idolatry by the intensity of our communal passion.
Jon Tyson
Prideful living is conformity to the image of Satan.
Jon Tyson
To many of us, the world is a terrifying place, and we are looking for every advantage possible to block out the fear, vulnerability, and harm that can rob us of what we desire. And what could be better than having God on our side and getting him to do what we want?
Jon Tyson
By 2006 1 out of 4 college students agreed with the majority of the items on a standard measure of narcissistic traits.”4 Pride makes us reflect on our own image in our heads all the time. And as Paul reminds us, “There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves.
Jon Tyson
Pride is not thinking too much of myself; pride is thinking of myself far too much.”7 This posture of the heart removes God from the throne, relegating him to a supporting role in our story. This pride sees not just our culture but also our faith as a tool for self-fulfillment.
Jon Tyson
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Sources: thegospelcoalition.org, nycreligion.info, intentionalfamilyconference.com, thelaymenslounge.com
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