Quotes about Belief

The thought that any fallen human being would be able to perform his or her way into acceptance with God has to be the most insane of all delusions.

Dependency means living, as a leader, as if I really do believe that my walk with God is a community project. It means that because of the blinding power of remaining sin, I give up on the belief that no one knows me better than I know myself. Dependency means no longer being afraid of exposure, because I really do believe that there is nothing that could be known, exposed, or revealed about me that has not already been addressed by the person and work of Jesus.

Where is hope to be found? In five life-altering words: "I am with you always.

For the believer, fear is always God-forgetful. If God is sovereign and his rule is complete, wise, righteous, and good, why would you fear?

If you obey God for a thousand years, you will not have earned more of his acceptance than you were granted the very first moment you believed.

We don't offer people a system; we point them to a Redeemer. He is hope.

The battle had been as hideous as you might expect between one side who were simply not afraid to die and another who regarded death as merely a door to the eternal life.

Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.

Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.

Reason is the presupposition of faith, and faith is the fulfillment of reason.

Providence," he argues, "is not a theory about some activities of God; it is the religious symbol of the courage of confidence with respect to fate and death.

This is biblical ethics. It has little to do with the middle-class ethics of avoiding a few things which are supposed to be wrong and doing a few things which are supposed to be right. Biblical ethics means standing in ultimate decisions for or against God.