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“But when the teaching of the Bible is plain, then continuing to maintain an open mind is a sign not of maturity, but of immaturity.” quote by John R.W. Stott — Download Open image

““But when the teaching of the Bible is plain, then continuing to maintain an open mind is a sign not of maturity, but of immaturity.””

John R.W. Stott

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“Thomas Cranmer in his ‘Homily of Salvation’ explained that three things had to go together in our justification: on God’s part ‘his great mercy…

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“We “receive the Spirit,” he insisted, not because of any good works of obedience that we may have done, but “by hearing with faith,” that is, by hearing and believing the gospel (Gal 3:2). More simply, “we . . . receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” (Gal 3:14). And the context makes it clear that this “faith” is…

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“The power to save lies in the one who is gazed upon, not the one who does the looking.”

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“There is much shallowness and levity among us. Prophets and psalmists would probably say of us that ‘there is no fear of God before their eyes’. In public worship our habit is to slouch or squat; we do not kneel nowadays, let alone prostrate ourselves in humility before God. It is more characteristic of us to clap our hands with…

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“To say that somebody ‘is not responsible for his actions’ is to demean him or her as a human being. It is part of the glory of being human that we are held responsible for our actions. Then, when we also acknowledge our sin and guilt, we receive God’s forgiveness, enter into the joy of his salvation, and so become…

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