Gratitude Quote by Michael S. Horton

“We can be grateful that Jesus embraced the cross and then entered his glory instead of demanding glory first.” quote by Michael S. Horton — Download Open image

““We can be grateful that Jesus embraced the cross and then entered his glory instead of demanding glory first.””

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“As the pretensions of modernity are unmasked today, it is a good time for us to recover our nerve, “always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks [us] for a reason for the hope that is in [us]” (1Pe 3:15). By breaking into our history, sharing our history, and transforming that history from the inside out, God…

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“True faith calls on the name of Jesus for salvation from death, hell, sin, and Satan. Therefore, sound theology has its source in a founding drama with its revealed doctrines. Through the drama and the doctrine together the Spirit produces doxology — repentance and trust — and brings us into the unfolding story of God, no longer as spectators, but…

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“Jerome does not condemn singing absolutely, but he corrects those who sing theatrically, or who sing not in order to arouse devotion but to show off or to provoke pleasure. Hence Augustine says, When it happens that I am more moved by the voice than the words sung, I confess to have sinned, and then I would rather not hear…

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“Calvin showed little patience toward those—especially leaders in the church—who displayed either explicitly or implicitly that they did not take God’s Word seriously. The obvious examples for him were the priests and monks. However, Calvin was even more irritated when, whether out of laziness, ignorance, or pride, those who had embraced the clear evangelical message failed to fulfill their office.…

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“Trials are the workshop of a Father, not the threats of a Judge. The arrow that looks as if it were targeting our heart…

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“The orthodox hold the mean between these extremes, maintaining that the providence of God is so occupied about sin as neither idly to permit…

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“The same word that is faith-producing and life-generating for some is for others an occasion to become more resolute in unbelief.”

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