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To pursue union at the expense of truth is treason to the Lord Jesus.
Truth0Ironically, the insistence that doctrines do not matter is really a doctrine itself.
The Reason for God (8)Truth0The Reason for God (8)
The question to be asked of all teaching is not, 'Is it new?' but 'Is it true?
Truth0Without absolutes revealed from God Himself, we are left rudderless in a sea of conflicting ideas.
Truth0we live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization.
"Burning Hearts Are Not Nourished by Empty Heads", Christianity Today (Sep 3 1982)Truth0"Burning Hearts Are Not Nourished by Empty Heads", Christianity Today (Sep 3 1982)
Bad theology kills. So get rid of the adjective, not the noun. Ditch the bad. Keep the theology.
Proclaiming A Cross-Centered Theology (26)Truth0Proclaiming A Cross-Centered Theology (26)
Truth must be spoken, though the greatest on earth be offended.
Drink Deeply: Meditations from the Fountain of LifeTruth0Drink Deeply: Meditations from the Fountain of Life
Brothers, for the sake of the truth, and for the good of your people, and for the glory of God in the world, don't confuse timid uncertainty with truthful humility.
Brothers, We are Not Professionals (166)Truth0Brothers, We are Not Professionals (166)
We cannot know like God knows (archetypal), but we can know as God wants and allows and helps us to know (ectypal).
Proclaiming A Cross-Centered Theology (32)Truth0Proclaiming A Cross-Centered Theology (32)
We do not owe the truth to those who want to use it for evil.
Truth0Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
ResolutionsAction0Resolutions
There is nothing more unloving than to be silent in the face of lies that will ruin another person.
Dug Down Deep (221)Truth0Dug Down Deep (221)
We cannot help it if the truth offends people, but we must always make sure that it is the truth that is offending them and not us.
Truth0Resolved, when I am most conscious of provocations to ill nature and anger, that I will strive most to feel and act good-naturedly; yea, at such times, to manifest good nature, though I think that in other respects it would be disadvantageous, and so as would be imprudent at other times.
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-resolutions-of-jonathan-edwardsRelationships, Conversation0The resurrection of Christ is the most joyful event that ever came to pass.
Resurrection0We are all in such a hurry, we want everything at once. We believe that all truth can be stated in a few minutes. The answer to that is that it cannot.
Truth0Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-resolutions-of-jonathan-edwardsRevenge0God's purpose for my life was that I have a passion for God's glory and that I have a passion for my joy in that glory, and that these two are one passion.
God's Glory0Whether God has decreed all things that ever come to pass or not, all that own the being of a God, own that He knows all things beforehand. Now, it is self-evident that if He knows all things beforehand, He either doth approve of them or doth not approve of them; that is, He either is willing they should be, or He is not willing they should be. But to will that they should be is to decree them.
Decrees0Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
ResolutionsAction0Resolutions
We must seek the truth, love it, defend it, and hand it down uncorrupted to our posterity.
Philip Melanchthon, Commonplaces: Loci Communes 1521Truth0Philip Melanchthon, Commonplaces: Loci Communes 1521
Pride is the most hidden, secret, and deceitful of all lusts.
Pride0Either I must lay hold of Christ or the devil will lay hold of me and drag me to the pit of misery.
Christ, Devil0God is a perfectly happy Being, in the most absolute and highest sense possible; in strict propriety of speech, there is no such thing as any pain, grief or trouble in God.
God's Happiness0It is God's way to let ministers try all their strength first, and then He Himself comes and subdues the hearts they cannot.
Preaching, Shepherding0
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