“If the focus of our testimony is our changed life, we as well as our hearers are bound to be disappointed.” IfsWellsFocusChangedBoundsDisappointedTestimonyChanged Life Author:Michael Horton
“The gospel is unintelligible to most people today, especially in the West, because their own particular stories are remote from the story of creation, fall, redemption, and consummation that is narrated in the Bible. Our focus is introspective and narrow, confided to our own immediate knowledge, experience, and intuition. Trying desperately to get others, including God, to make us happy, we cannot seem to catch a glimpse of the real story that gives us a meaningful role.” PeopleGivingTryingRealStoriesSeemsTodayFallRolesFocusCreationParticularWestIncludingIntuitionMeaningfulRedemptionGlimpseIntrospectiveReal StoryKnowledge Experience Author:Michael Horton
“The proper focus of holiness is not on being set apart from something (i.e., the world), but on being set apart for something.” WorldFocusHoliness Book:Putting Amazing Back into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel Source: Putting Amazing Back into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel
“When the focus becomes 'What would Jesus do?' instead of 'What has Jesus done?' the [conservative/liberal] labels no longer matter.” MatterDoneJesusFocusConservativeLabels Author:Michael Horton
