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“Pride causes us to care more about what our non-Christian friends think of us than what God will do to them in their sin.”

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Mark Dever

Mark Dever, born on August 28, 1960, is a prominent pastor known for his extensive experience in theological education and church leadership. He is widely regarded as one of the leading figures in 21st-century evangelical theology. more

“Do you want to know that your new life is real? Commit yourself to a local group of saved sinners. Try to love them. Don’t just do it for three weeks. Don’t just do it for six months. Do it for years. And I think you’ll find out, and others will, too, whether or not you love God. The truth will show itself”

Thinking Knows Want Trying Years Real Shows Life Is Three Groups Week Months Six Saved Locals Commit God Love Sinner New Life Six Months Just Do It

Author:Mark Dever

“The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional...it is theological.”

Heart Emotional Worship Foundation Theological

Author:Sinclair B. Ferguson

“True faith takes its character and quality from its object. Its strength therefore depends on the character of Christ. Even those of us who have weak faith have the same strong Christ as others!”

Character Strong Christ Quality Objects Depends Weak True Faith Weak Faith

Author:Sinclair B. Ferguson

“True discernment means not only distinguishing the right from the wrong; it means distinguishing the primary from the secondary, the essential from the indifferent, and the permanent from the transient. And, yes, it means distinguishing between the good and the better, and even between the better and the best.”

Mean Essentials Primaries Permanent Indifferent Discernment Transient

Author:Sinclair B. Ferguson

“The holiness of God teaches us that there is only one way to deal with sin- radically, seriously, painfully, constantly. If you do not so live, you do not live in the presence of the Holy One of Israel.”

Ifs Way Sin Deals Teach Holy Israel One Way Holiness Holiness Of God

Book:A Heart for God

Source: A Heart for God

“The conviction that Christian doctrine matters for Christian living is one of the most important growth points of the Christian life.”

Important Matter Christian Growth Conviction Doctrine Christian Life Christian Living Christian Doctrine

Author:Sinclair B. Ferguson

“Our thinking about who we are as Christians should not begin with what we can discover about ourselves by self-analysis. Rather, it begins with what God says about those who trust in Christ.”

Thinking Should Self Christian Christ Analysis Who We Are Self Analysis

Author:Sinclair B. Ferguson

“Christianity is Christ because there isn't anything else. There is no atonement that somehow can be detached from who the Lord Jesus is. There is no grace that can be attached to you transferred from Him. All there is, is Christ and your soul.”

Soul Jesus Christ Christianity Lord Grace Your Soul Atonement Detached

Author:Sinclair B. Ferguson

“This, then, is the foundation of sanctification in Reformed theology. It is rooted, not in humanity and their achievement of holiness or sanctification, but in what God has done in Christ, and for us in union with him. Rather than view Christians first and foremost in the microcosmic context of their own progress, the Reformed doctrine first of all sets them in the macrocosm of God's activity in redemptive history. It is seeing oneself in this context that enables the individual Christian to grow in true holiness.”

“When you look at the Cross, what do you see? You see God’s awesome faithfulness. Nothing – not even the instinct to spare His own Son – will turn him back from keeping His word.”

Looks Turns Son Crosses Instinct Spares Faithfulness

Book:A Heart for God

Source: A Heart for God

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