"Humility is not simply feeling small and useless……" — Sinclair B. Ferguson
"Humility is not simply feeling small and useless - like an inferiority complex. It is sensing how great and glorious God is, and seeing myself in that light."
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61 Quotes by Sinclair B. Ferguson
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The determining factor of my existence is no longer my past.
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You do not become a master musician by playing just as you please, by imagining that learning the scales is…
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When I know that Christ is the one real sacrifice for my sins, that His work on my behalf has…
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The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional...it is theological.
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True faith takes its character and quality from its object. Its strength therefore depends on the character of Christ. Even…
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True discernment means not only distinguishing the right from the wrong; it means distinguishing the primary from the secondary, the…
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The holiness of God teaches us that there is only one way to deal with sin- radically, seriously, painfully, constantly.…
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The conviction that Christian doctrine matters for Christian living is one of the most important growth points of the Christian…
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Our thinking about who we are as Christians should not begin with what we can discover about ourselves by self-analysis.…
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Christianity is Christ because there isn't anything else. There is no atonement that somehow can be detached from who the…
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This, then, is the foundation of sanctification in Reformed theology. It is rooted, not in humanity and their achievement of…
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When you look at the Cross, what do you see? You see God’s awesome faithfulness. Nothing – not even the…
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