191 quotes found
“Imagination is the faculty of the mind that God has given us to make the communication of his beauty beautiful.”
“The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness of God.”
“I am wired by nature to love the same toys that the world loves. I start to fit in. I start to love what others love. I start to call earth "home." Before you know it, I am calling luxeries "needs"...”
“Every good thing in the Christian life grows in the soil of humility. Without humility, every virtue and every grace withers. Thats why Calvin said humility is first, second, and third in the Chris...”
“On the contrary, Christian Hedonists are persuaded with Edwards that the only affections that magnify God's value are those that come from true apprehensions of His glory. If the feast of worship i...”
“Everything [Jesus] taught and did was a summons to the humility and love that purge self-exaltation out of leadership and servility out of submission.”
“Love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others”
“Every aspect of the way God views and saves sinners is designed to undermine racism and lead to a reconciled and redeemed humanity from every people group in the world.”
“The aim of the gospel is the creation of people who are passionate for doing good rather than settling for the passionless avoidance of evil.”
“But to enjoy him we must know him. Seeing is savoring. If he remains a blurry, vague fog, we may be intrigued for a season. But we will not be stunned with joy, as when the fog clears and you find ...”
“When this world totally fails, the ground for joy remains.”
“In other words, when all the supports of human life and earthly happiness are taken away, God will be our delight, our joy. This experience is humanly impossible. No ordinary person can speak in tr...”
“Indeed the devil thinks more true thoughts about God in one day than a saint does in a lifetime, and God is not honored by it. The problem with the devil is not his theology, but his desires. Our c...”
“There would be no obstacles to overcome. We wont fight for joy in heaven. But we are not there yet.”
“If we were perfectif there were no remaining corruption in our heartsthere would be no fight. There would be no obstacles to overcome. We wont fight for joy in heaven. But we are not there yet.”
“The task of all Christian scholarshipnot just biblical studiesis to study reality as a manifestation of Gods glory, to speak and write about it with accuracy, and to savor the beauty of God in it, ...”
“Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christ-like, servant leadership, protection, and provision in the home.”
“In other words, all the highest aims of language are decisively the work of God. They are decisively supernatural. And no amount of poetic effort or expertise in the use of words can bring about th...”
“...we should all fortify ourselves against the dark hours of depression by cultivating a deep distrust of the certainties of despair. Despair is relentless in the certainties of its pessimism. But ...”
“Most of your unhappiness in life comes from the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself.”
