“The options given to them are the same options that one faces now. They reflect two distinct moralities, two antithetical religions, and… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“When Christ said, “take up your cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23), He put an end to all such thinking. He… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Man was created as a being whose very existence is derived from and dependent upon a Creator whom he must acknowledge as… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Basic to the New Testament concept of motivation is the task of becoming what you are. In a real sense we are… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Change, then, is necessary, but change is hard. One of the major reasons why Christians founder is because they are either unwilling… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“As always in Christian service, he will find his life in losing it. His fears of men will diminish as his loving… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Cf. also Acts 3:14, 15: “But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One,…and put to death the Prince of life.” Boldness (Acts… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“All living organisms grow. Growth may sometimes take place in large spurts, and at other times may occur more slowly. In all… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“If no Christian faces unique tests in life, and if Paul can say to the church at Corinth (living in an entirely… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“A Christian sins if he becomes a static, sedentary person who fears positive biblical change and frantically clings to the past, either… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Corresponding to the two basic philosophies of life, then, hedonism and biblical theism, are two views of love. Everyone, of course, is… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Just as the Christian counselor knows that there is no unique problem that has not been mentioned plainly in the Scriptures, so… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Static living, static decisions, static personality is inconsistent with the biblical picture of the new life. Where there is life there is… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Christians never should fear change. They must believe in change so long as the change is oriented toward godliness. The Christian life… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Feelings are up and down, they have peaks and troughs. Often, feelings generated by other causes get tangled up with a decision… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“With a taproot sunk deeply in the unchangeable Christ, one can learn to live a relatively rootless life here with joy. Change… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“It is wrong to think of the present imperfect existence as the more real situation and the perfect record that we have… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“But to a Christian, change should be thrilling rather than threatening. The Christian life is an adventure into God’s newness. Newness need… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“There is much that people do not feel like doing. But there are only two ways to live. These two ways of… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“No man is free to ignore God’s standards. No one has the right to choose not to serve God, for God has made man… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“Wherever the Spirit of the Lord is at work, one of the discernible evidences of His presence is changed personalities. Men can and do… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“When clients think they are helpless, that some strange mysterious force is at work overpowering them, and they say that I Corinthians 10:13 does… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“Nouthetic counseling, then, necessarily embodies involvement of the deepest sort.” — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“While victories in the struggle are possible through Christ (vs. 25), they do not come easily or apart from daily battles involving just such… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“But even that distress must be balanced by enthusiastic hope. It is his task always to sound the note of biblical optimism that is… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“The fourth response is Christian: “It can be solved through Christ.” Notice that the first three responses leave the problem intact and as a… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“Nowhere does the Bible say that one must wait for change. Jesus did not ask people to wait. He expected and effected change right… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“the Christian cheerfully asserts the possibility of thorough, rapid change. This is a very crucial plank in the Christian counselor’s platform. As a basic… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“There are at least seven separately definable elements involved in biblical change. These cannot be viewed merely as successive steps, since most of them… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“We are to vigorously and violently demolish all the fortifications of the foe, winning the battle and talking him captive for Christ. The Church… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“Most cases of child discipline may be solved by establishing structure that will lead to the reenforcement of the biblical principles established for the… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“Counselees continually confuse learned behavior patterns with inherited nature (phusis). Counselors may take it as a rule that any quality of life, attitude of… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
The Christian is free from all other human beings. He does not have to live over against others, controlled by their actions and responses.… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“Similarly, the Scriptures urge the believer to be what God has declared him to be in Christ.” — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
