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Unadjusted Gospel QUOTES

Unadjusted Gospel QUOTES

1 " The church should not be an assembly of the self-righteous but an assembly of people who admit that they are not righteous apart from God’s grace. "

― Mark Dever , Unadjusted Gospel

2 " Given our disagreements over some points of the Bible, denominations are good, not bad, because they allow each church to follow Jesus according to conscience, and they keep strife between Christians of different convictions at bay. But if those denominations become the ultimate focus of our loyalty, then they are terrible idols. Keep clear fences but keep them low, and shake hands over them often. "

― Mark Dever , Unadjusted Gospel

3 " what the Scriptures teach unsettled by their encounter with the book of Providence. This is often the case when it comes to the early church fathers, and so some guidance for us, some help there, is a good thing. "

― Mark Dever , Unadjusted Gospel

4 " not the writings that come from prophets inspired by the one true God revealed in Jesus Christ, then why do we find those passages as proof of who Jesus is?” In other words, they turned the old argument that had been used in the context of Jewish evangelism around. It’s not "

― Mark Dever , Unadjusted Gospel

5 " We are humble because we know we are not the power in salvation. We are obedient because we know we possess the light. "

― Mark Dever , Unadjusted Gospel

6 " Again, we are humble because we know we are not the power to change the heart. But we are obedient because we know we are the necessary means ordained by our sovereign God by which the light comes to those in darkness. "

― Mark Dever , Unadjusted Gospel

7 " May John Newton’s prayer for himself be our prayer to God for our churches: “I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I wish to be. I am not what I hope to be. Yet I can truly say, I am not what I once was. By the grace of God I am what I am. "

― Mark Dever , Unadjusted Gospel