Teachers are to be peacemakers, and other quotes

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“Teachers are to be peacemakers according to James 3:18, but they are to bring peace by wielding a sword, the word of God.” -- Peter Van Kleeck Sr.

“If friends will not walk in the narrow way with us, we must not walk in the broad way to please them. Health is not infectious, but disease is.” -- J. C. Ryle

“It is much easier to contaminate something than to decontaminate it.” -- L. L. Martin

“When someone tolerates everything, he closes his mind to everything. He will not believe anything when he opens his mind to everything.” -- Kent Brandenburg

“The prophetic tasks of the church are to tell the truth in a society that lives in illusion, grieve in a society that practices denial, and express hope in a society that lives in despair.” -- Walter Brueggemann, Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks

“Your role is to plant the seed, not change their heart. Don’t get your role and God’s mixed up.” -- Denny Karchner

“The sovereignty of God is not a secondary doctrine; it’s a fundamental doctrine. It’s the foundation upon which all other doctrines are built.” -- Voddie Baucham

“The more we behold Christ, the more we are transformed. And the more we proclaim him, the more the church flourishes.” -- Stephen J. Wellum

“As long as night follows day and day follows night; God still lives, and the Bible is right.” -- Raymond Barber

“Remember that the word of God both informs and transforms.” -- Allen Thyssen

“Sometimes God is glorified when sick saints get well. But more often than not, God is glorified when sick saints die well.” -- Voddie Baucham

“If you do not bring your thoughts into captivity, your thoughts will bring you into captivity.” -- Calvin Allen