Quotes about Discernment

It is by the mixture of counterfeit religion with true, not discerned and distinguished, that the devil has had his greatest advantage against the cause and kingdom of Christ, all along hitherto. It is by this means, principally, that he has prevailed against all revivings of religion, that ever have been since the first founding of the Christian church.

At some point every person must hear from God, must know what God was calling him to do, apart from others.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

We should not cease to be hospitable to immigration, but we should cease to be careless as to the character of it.

Judge the spirit of the prophecy before you judge the truth of the word.

The crucified Christ, in short, gives us the "Magic Eye" to discern him in the depths of even the most horrifically violent portraits of God.

We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture.

I'd like to write a series that, in an adventurous and fun way, teaches kids a way to discern between good and evil, to establish a foundation on moral absolutes.

We do not want to have mercy for the things God has under judgment. We do not want to fall in the ditch on the otherside of unsanctified mercy.

Truth without grace is what the enemy brings when he comes as an 'angel of light.

This prophesied period of deception will be so intense that people will believe what is false over what is obviously true, even denying facts and truths that are common sense and that nature itself teaches (see Romans 1:20).

what deliberate steps are you taking to make sure the toxic smoke of the world's way of thinking isn't sifting into your own personal space to poison your mental, emotional, and spiritual "atmosphere"?