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The determining factor of my existence is no longer my past.

Sinclair B. Ferguson

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It's the centrality of the Word and not the person who preaches it that's important.
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Jesus undid everything that Adam did, and did everything Adam failed to do.
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Until we acknowledge our sin and guilt, we will never come to discover that it can be forgiven.
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We can never reflect too much on God's grace.
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When you look at the Cross, what do you see? You see God’s awesome faithfulness. Nothing – not even the instinct to spare His own Son – will turn him back from keeping His word.
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The conviction that Christian doctrine matters for Christian living is one of the most important growth points of the Christian life.
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Love is not maximum emotion. Love is maximum commitment.
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Remember that you are not saved by increased levels of holiness, however desirable it is that you should reach them. ...It is Christ who saves us-through faith. Your faith is a poor and crumbling thing, as is your spiritual service. Jesus Christ alone is qualified and able to save you because of what He has done.
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You must know, rest in, think through, and act upon your new identity - you are in Christ
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We best defend the Lord's glory by speaking first TO Him about unbelieving men rather than speaking first ABOUT Him to unbelieving men.
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Knowing God is your single greatest privilege as a Christian
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True discernment means not only distinguishing the right from the wrong it means distinguishing the primary from the secondary, the essential from the indifferent, and the permanent from the transient. And, yes, it means distinguishing between the good and the better, and even between the better and the best.
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Most Christians have more Bibles than they know what to do with, but have little understanding of what is in them.
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Christian contentment, therefore, is the direct fruit of having no higher ambition than to belong to the Lord and to be totally at His disposal in the place He appoints, at the time He chooses, with the provision He is pleased to make.
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