“Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandment, that we believe in… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“We are accepted because of Jesus, and that’s the ground of our security. Now it is our holy privilege to walk worthy of that high calling, drawing near to God in confidence, “with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“Expressed in theological terms, “In justification our own works have no place at all, and simple faith in Christ is the one thing needful.… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“Simply stated, it is flat-out wrong to say God does not put His laws into our hearts as believers and that commandments and rules… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“The Greek is even more explicitly against the hyper-grace interpretation, since the word confess in the Greek speaks of continuous, present action as opposed… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“It’s clear that our present sins need present forgiveness, not for the purpose of salvation but as part of our relationship with the Father.” — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“There are Christians and churches that boast of being mature when really they are spiritually frostbitten. We have developed a prejudice against feeling and… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“But Jesus issued a warning too, stating that “whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“There is no sin nature in there. There is nothing of the old creation that lives inside of your new creation spirit. There is… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“Doesn’t your heart just burst with a holy desire to bring Him joy and to walk worthy of your high calling as a child… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“Again; thousands are deceived into supposing that they have “accepted Christ” as their “personal Saviour,” who have not first received Him as their LORD.… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“New Testament Christianity is not just a formal, polite, correct, and orthodox kind of faith and belief. No! What characterizes it is this element… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“The more automated our experience becomes, the less involved we are in the art of living.” — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image