“Scripture doesn't promise that God will remove temptation, only that you'll be given strength to withstand it.” GivenPromiseScriptureGods WillTemptationRemove Author:Garrison Keillor
“Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics - one people, one land, one truth, the end of difference. Since genocide is a form of political utopia, it remains an enduring temptation in any multiethnic and multicultural society in crisis.” PeopleEndsFormPoliticalDifferencesLandPromiseMadnessCrisisRemainsEndureTemptationGenocideUtopiaMulticulturalMulticultural SocietyPolitical Promises Author:Michael Ignatieff
“Faith stands or falls on the truth that the future with God is more satisfying than the one promised by sin. Where this truth is embraced and God is cherished above all, the power of sin is broken. The power of sin is the power of deceit. Sin has power through promising a false future. In temptation sin comes to us and says: "The future with God on his narrow way is hard and unhappy, but the way I promise is pleasant and satisfying." The power of sin is in the power of this lie.” WayHardLyingFallSinBrokenPromiseTruth IsUnhappyTemptationPleasantDeceitSatisfyingI PromiseSanctification Author:John Piper
“As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.” WishOne ThingPromiseObsessionTemptationHuman BehaviorContradictoryDoings Author:Georgette Heyer