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When man became the measure of all things what was lost was man.

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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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Regeneration, however it is described, is a divine activity in us, in which we are not the actors but the recipients.
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The fear of the Lord tends to take away all other fears... This is the secret of Christian courage and boldness.
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The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional (I feel full of worship or The atmosphere is so worshipful). Actually, it is theological. Worship is not something we work up, it is something that comes down to us, from the character of God.
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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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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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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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Be obedient even when you do not know where obedience may lead you
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The jewels of spiritual service are always quarried in the depths of spiritual experience. Never is this more true than in revival. Bend the church and save the people.
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The weakest faith gets the same strong Christ as does the strongest faith.
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Jesus Christ is able to set us free because He has dealt with the sin that enslaves us.
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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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Secular humanism debases the human.
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God can be trusted even when he cannot be seen or understood.
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