Quotes about Examination

It will be like having an extreme close-up in high definition to examine each freckle, while failing to notice whether the person is even wearing pants.

All married couples should examine themselves periodically and ask, "What have we done with the resources God has given us? How are we handling His blessings? Are we spending our money wisely? Have we progressed over the past year? Are we moving in the direction God wants us to go? Are we obeying His will? Is He pleased with our management? What does He want us to do next?" These are important questions for growing in stewardship.

The humane position, and the biblical position, is that individuals are under no obligation to affirm as true something they have not adequately examined. Moreover, if after careful examination, a claim is falsified by the evidence, it should be rejected.

All good thinking is a matter of asking and answering three elementary questions. What is being said? Is it true? What of it?

This challenge means that each of us as apologists must examine our own hearts. Have we loved enough to listen, or is it that we love to hear the sound of our own answers? Are we really arguing for Christ, or are we expressing our need always to be right?

What Socrates called the "unexamined life" that is "not worth living" now seems to be the life more people have slipped into than ever before.

If ours is an examined faith, we should be unafraid to doubt. If doubt is eventually justified, we were believing what clearly was not worth believing. But if doubt is answered, our faith has grown stronger. It knows God more certainly and it can enjoy God more deeply.

Is the Lord Jesus Christ being abundantly satisfied by your life, or are you exhibiting a walk of spiritual pride before Him?

Am I prepared for His coming? Jesus cannot come and do His work in me as long as there is anything blocking the way, whether it is something good or bad. When He comes to me, am I prepared for Him to drag every wrong thing I have ever done into the light?

It is important for all parents to examine the system of belief that shapes their moment-by-moment interactions with their children.

I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”

“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”