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We discover the will of God by a sensitive application of Scripture to our own lives.

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Inerrancy matters because it honors the Spirit, who wants to honor the Son, who wants to honor the Father.
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Christians have a new identity. We are no longer 'in Adam' but 'in Christ' no longer in the flesh but in the Spirit.
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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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Probably no theologian in English language has ever rivaled Owen stressing the absolute centrality of Christ's penal substitution and therefore his as Priest. . . . For that reason alone The Priesthood of Christ is worth all the time it takes to read it with humility, care, and reflection.
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I've often reflected on the rather obvious thought that when his disciples were about to have the world collapse in on them, our Lord spent so much time in the Upper Room speaking to them about the mystery of the Trinity. If anything could underline the necessity of Trinitarianism for practical Christianity, that must surely be it!
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The real test that I believe that God is love is that tragedies don't separate me from the conviction that God is love.
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The determining factor of my existence is no longer my past.
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Love is not maximum emotion. Love is maximum commitment.
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God's guidance will require patience on our part. His leading is not usually a direct assurance, a revelation, but His sovereign controlling of the circumstances of our lives, with the Word of God as our rule. It is therefore, inevitable that the unfolding of His purposes will take time - sometimes a very long time.
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If you are justified, you can no more be unjustified than Christ can be pulled down from heaven.
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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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Jesus has a special, compassionate concern for those who are broken and needy.
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Knowing God is your single greatest privilege as a Christian
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The weakest faith gets the same strong Christ as does the strongest faith.
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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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We can never reflect too much on God's grace.
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No short-cut that tries to bypass the patient unfolding of the true character of God, and our relationship to him as his children, can ever succeed in providing long-term spiritual therapy.
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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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There is a difference between a well-instructed congregation and a well-nourished one.
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The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional...it is theological.
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