Vern Poythress, The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts, édité par : G. K. Beale, Baker, 1994, p. 96-97.
In the Bible itself, the two authors, human and divine, do not simply stand side by side. Rather, each points to the other and affirms the presence and operation of the other… God Himself points out the importance of the human authors… God Himself requires us to interpret the words of Scripture against the background of what we know about the human author. We cannot simply ignore the human author, when we concentrate on what God is saying… [The human author] is not just any human author. He is the one through whom God speaks. His own intentions are that we should reckon with this. It is not a denial of human authorship, but an affirmation of it, when we pay attention to God speaking… Hence there is a unity of meaning and a unity of application.
Vern Poythress, The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts, Edited by: G. K. Beale, Baker, 1994, p. 96-97.
Jerry Bridges, Transforming Grace, NavPress, 1991, p. 90.
The word command carries the idea of authority. The most basic meaning of the word is “to direct with authority.” A command does not just give guidance that one may accept or reject; a command implies that the one giving it has the authority to require obedience and the intention of doing so. This is true of the commands of God. As the Sovereign God of the universe, He has the authority to require obedience and He does insist that we obey Him.
Jerry Bridges, Transforming Grace, NavPress, 1991, p. 90.
Jerry Bridges, The Discipline of Grace, NavPress, 1994, p. 202-203.
The world…is characterized by the subtle and relentless pressure it brings to bear upon us to conform to its values and practices. It creeps up on us little by little. What was once unthinkable becomes thinkable, then doable, and finally acceptable to society at large. Sin becomes respectable, and so Christians are no more than five to ten years behind the world in embracing most sinful practices.
Jerry Bridges, The Discipline of Grace, NavPress, 1994, p. 202-203.
A.W. Tozer
“Salvation apart from obedience is unknown in the sacred Scriptures... Apart from obedience there can be no salvation, for salvation without obedience is a self-contradictory impossibility.”
A.W. Tozer
"...La capacité de l'ADN à stocker des informations dépasse largement celle de tout autre système connu : il est si efficace que toutes les informations nécessaires pour spécifier un organisme aussi complexe que l'homme pèsent moins de quelques milliers de millionièmes de gramme. L'information nécessaire pour spécifier la conception de toutes les espèces d'organismes qui ont jamais existé sur la planète... pourrait être contenue dans une cuillère à café et il resterait encore de la place pour toutes les informations de tous les livres jamais écrits...".
Dr Michael Denton (microbiologiste australien)
“...The capacity of DNA to store information vastly exceeds that of any other known system: it is so efficient that all the information needed to specify an organism as complex as man weighs less than a few thousand millionths of a gram. The information necessary to specify the design of all the species of organisms which have ever existed on the planet…could be held in a teaspoon and there would still be room left for all the information in every book ever written…”
Dr. Michael Denton (Australian microbiologist)
Nancy Leigh DeMoss, A Place of Quiet Rest, Moody, 2000, p. 39.
How would you finish [this] sentence? “One thing have I desired of the Lord; that will I seek after _________.” What is the greatest desire and longing of your heart? In the answer to that question lies the explanation for much of what we do – our choices, our priorities, our use of time, the way we spend money, the way we respond to pressure, whom or what we love. [King] David’s answer (see Psalms 27:4) reveals why God could say, “This man’s heart beats like mine.”
Nancy Leigh DeMoss, A Place of Quiet Rest, Moody, 2000, p. 39.
Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, 2002, p. 33, 51-52.
Another benefit of giving is freedom. It’s a matter of basic physics. The greater the mass, the greater the hold that mass exerts. The more things we own – the greater their total mass – the more they grip us, setting us in orbit around them. Finally, like a black hole, they suck us in… We think we own our possessions, but too often they own us.. Every item we buy is one more thing to think about, talk about, clean, repair, rearrange, fret over, and replace when it goes bad.
Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, 2002, p. 33, 51-52.
