“Just believing, just having a molecule of faith--that simple step, when focused on the Lord Jesus Christ, has ever been and always will be not only the first principle of His Eternal Gospel but also the first step out of despair.” FirstsBelieveJesusChristSimpleLordStepsPrinciplesDespairEternalJesus ChristFocusedFirst StepsMoleculesLord Jesus Christ Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ except thou "love him above father, mother, or thy own life." This kind of despair is one of the first steps to heaven.” FirstsKindMotherFatherHeavenChristBornStepsSeeingDespairSavedHolinessFirst StepsBorn AgainFather Mother Book:The saints everlasting rest: or, a treatise of the blessed state of the saints, in their enjoyment of God in glory Source: The saints everlasting rest: or, a treatise of the blessed state of the saints, in their enjoyment of God in glory
“The auspices for philosophy are bad if, when proceeding ostensibly on the investigation of truth, we start saying farewell to all uprightness, honesty and sincerity, and are intent only on passing ourselves off for what we are not. We then assume, like those three sophists [Fichte, Schelling and Hegel], first a false pathos, then an affected and lofty earnestness, then an air of infinite superiority, in order to impose where we despair of ever being able to convince.” IfsFirstsPhilosophyAbleOrderThreeAirHonestyDespairInfiniteAssumingPassingPassingsConvinceAffectedSincerityInvestigationSuperiorityFarewellLoftyProceedingPathosEarnestnessHegelSaying FarewellUprightness Author:Arthur Schopenhauer