It is not enough to ask yourself, 'Does God's Word permit me to use these good things of … - Walter J Chantry

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

The thing about writing is not to talk, but to do it; no matter how bad or even mediocre it is, the process and production is the thing, not the sitting and theorizing about how one should write ideally, or how well one could write if one really wanted to or had the time.

Walter J Chantry

It is not enough to ask yourself, 'Does God's Word permit me to use these good things of the world?' You must also inquire, 'Will it serve the glory of God?'and, 'Will it edify my fellow Christians?'

Christian, Doe, Enough, Good, Serve, Use

Same Author Quotes

Selfishness is the controlling force of sinful living. It is this motive which pulsates through the natural mind, emotions and will - self-pleasing, self-serving, living for self.

Controlling, Emotion, Mind, Motive, Natural, Self

The sinful emotions are stirred most deeply by self-love.

Deeply, Emotion, Self, Self Love, Sinful, Stirred

Calvinism that does not humble has missed its mark.

Calvinism, Doe, Humble, Missed

Not one man has ever sacrificed for his Lord without being richly repaid. If the cross is only contrasted with earthly pleasures lost, it may seem hard and threatening. But when the cross is weighed in the balances with the glorious treasures to be had through it, even the cross seems sweet.

Balance, Cross, Men, Repaid, Sweet, Treasures

There is something childish and legalistic about churches in which all of the saints observe precisely the same standards. When all lives begin to sink into the same mould of denial and exercise of liberty, something is amiss.

Amiss, Begin, Church, Exercise, Liberty