Quotes about Truth
To put it bluntly, your flesh is a weasel, a poser, and a selfish pig. And your flesh is not you. Did you know that? Your flesh is not the real you.
— John Eldredge
The cry used to be for 'tolerance,' by which we meant, 'We have very strong differences, but we will not let those be the cause of hatred or violence between us. Now it is something else, where all convictions are softened to second or third place while we all agree to enjoy the world as much as we can. But truth is not like conviction. Conviction might be a matter of personal opinion, but truth is like a great mountain, solid and immovable whether we like it or even acknowledge it.
— John Eldredge
I never tell lies, but I am a savage.
— John Eldredge
Christianity is not a set of convictions—it is a truth. The most offensive thing imaginable.
— John Eldredge
Friend, you must be intentional about holding on to the truth.
— John Eldredge
The power of proclaiming.
— John Eldredge
You enforce by proclaiming what is true over the subject.
— John Eldredge
Most messages for men ultimately fail. The reason is simple: they ignore what is deep and true to a man's heart—his real passions—and simply try to shape him up through various forms of pressure.
— John Eldredge
The reason we love The Chronicles of Narnia or Star Wars or The Matrix or The Lord of the Rings is that they are telling us something about our lives that we never, ever get on the evening news. Or from most pulpits. This is our most desperate hour. Without this burning in our hearts, we lose the meaning of our days.
— John Eldredge
We interpret Jesus through our brokenness. A painful truth, but also a hopeful truth. Maybe we can open up the doors and windows we didn't know we closed.
— John Eldredge
What if those deep desires in our hearts are telling us the truth, revealing to us the life we were meant to live? God gave us eyes so that we might see; he gave us ears that we might hear; he gave us will that we might choose, and he gave us hearts that we might live. The way we handle the heart is everything.
— John Eldredge
The old saints sang "Great Is Thy Faithfulness," both because it's true and also because they needed to declare it to be true.
— John Eldredge