This, then, is the foundation of sanctification in Reformed theology. It is rooted, not in humanity and their achievement of holiness or… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
The revelations which Joseph Smith has given to this people were given to him by Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world;… — Heber C. Kimball Copy Share Image
In the early nineteenth century, the doctrine of self-sufficiency came to apply to families as well as individuals… The familybecame a special… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
“The substitution of so-called "practical" preaching for the doctrinal exposition which it has supplanted is the root cause of many of the… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
A doctrine-teaching, character-building university, the Brigham Young University is dedicated to the building of character and faith, for character is higher than… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Although it has been fashionable to deny it, anti-slavery doctrines began to appear in Christian theology soon after the decline of Rome… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner;… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Let us consider how great a commodity of doctrine exists in books; how easily, how secretly, how safely they expose the nakedness… — Richard de Bury Copy Share Image
Sometimes the most powerful way to teach our children to understand a doctrine is to teach in the context of what they… — Cheryl A. Esplin Copy Share Image
No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
You might prove doctrine from the Bible till doomsday, and it would merely convince a people, but would not convert them. You… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Sexuality, and sexual orientation - regardless of orientation - is just natural. An act of sex is one of the most human… — Hozier Copy Share Image
“Jonathan Edwards, the dear old soul, who, if his doctrine is true, is now in heaven rubbing his holy hands with glee,… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
... believing in a God whom we cannot but regard as evil, and then, in mere terrified flattery calling Him 'good' and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Anarchism may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
Nature hates vacuum. Once a society is depleted of moral values, it creates a vacuum that will be filled by doctrines that… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Why do I think that we, the intellectuals, are able to help? Simply because we, the intellectuals, have done the most terrible… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1894... I met with the Quorum and Presidency in the temple... President Woodruff then spoke... 'In searching out my… — Abraham H. Cannon Copy Share Image
“It is the distinctive position of the Reformation with which, over against Rome, it stands or falls, that that which properly constitutes,… — Charles Porterfield Krauth Copy Share Image
“1. The Doctrine for Men and Devas. The Buddha, to meet temporarily the spiritual needs of the uninitiated, preached a doctrine concerning… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Iraq was only the latest in a succession of countries. Earlier, there was Cuba, Nicaragua, Libya, Granada, Panama. But this time it… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
True religion is not talk, or doctrines, or theories, nor is it sectarianism. It is the relation between soul and God. Religion… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
As a matter of law the states recognized no constraints on their legislative scope other than those that were self-imposed. Even where… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
Through humility, soul-searching, and prayerful contemplation we have gained a new understanding of certain dogmas. The church no longer believes in a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They had rejected the soul-body dichotomy, with its two corollaries: the impotence of man's mind and the damnation of this earth; they… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Sporadic and shallow dipping in the doctrine of Christ and partial participation in His restored Church cannot produce the spiritual transformation that… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such As see not the First Cause entire: and ye, O mortal men!… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“Face the facts. Then act on them. It’s the only mantra I know, the only doctrine I have to offer you, and… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
I discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Every Man being conscious to himself, That he thinks, and that which his Mind is employ'd about whilst thinking, being the Ideas,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
But I hope that by the decision and authority of wise princes that sometime devout and learned men from the churches of… — Philipp Melanchthon Copy Share Image
I'm a New Testament Christian. I reject and throw out titles. I'm not a fundamentalist, though I'm fundamental in all of my… — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own choir, a… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
False liberty is also a reason that people fabricate doctrines that say that you don't need to suffer. One such doctrine is… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
As we mature personally, as our families mature, and as our churches mature, we need the doctrine of sin more, not less;… — C. J. Mahaney Copy Share Image
