Quotes
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“If a man chooses someone to manage his household, he assigns him duties. What duties, then, has God assigned to us, if not to impart to his people the food of life, that is, his word? Without that, does the title ‘pastor’ mean anything at all? Someone who claimed to be the shepherd of a…
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“Nothing could be clearer, for our Lord Jesus Christ has perfectly fulfilled all that was necessary for our salvation. Are we afraid, then, because we are sinners? We find righteousness in the Son of God. Does our ignorance distress us? He is given to all for wisdom. Are we captives and slaves to Satan? He…
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“Your self-evaluation depends on the evaluation he makes and the stance he takes. If the Lord is merciful, then mercy gets final say. It is beyond our comprehension that God acts mercifully for his sake, because of what he is like. Wrap your heart around this, and the typical aftermath of sin will never be…
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“God’s love, we learn, was shown not only when Christ came into the world and took human flesh, but also when the gospel was preached, so that wretched unbelievers might share in this priceless gift. Today God’s love is revealed when he gathers us into his flock and rescues us from our dire distress, to…
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“Why, after all, do we have kings, rulers, magistrates and judges? It is so that men do not devour each other like cats and dogs; it is so that justice may prevail, so that the strongest do not get their own way, so that the poor and lowly are not trodden down and eaten up.…
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“Still, it is not enough to recognize that life is short and fleeting, that our course will soon be done and that therefore we need not faint. We must also look to the hope to which we are called. Why? The reason we are not keen to dedicate ourselves to God is that we see…
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“And instead of letting nature do its work of leading us to God, so that we know him and behold him, we are worse than the brute beasts. For although beasts cannot distinguish between right and wrong, they remain within their bounds and limitations. Although they obey their natural instincts, they at least rest once…
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“Picture thousands, even tens of thousands, of time machines suddenly showing up all across the land. The nation gasps. News cameras crowd around them. Government officials and police forces quickly engage these strangers as they climb out of their time machines. It feels like a science-fiction movie about an alien invasion. Yet the people say…
S.W.F. Knecht 