When Elders fail, and other quotes

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“When Elders fail, the Church fails, and when the Church fails, the nation falls.” -- Derek Carlsen

“Man’s nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols.” -- John Calvin

“God knows my address!” -- Unknown

“When, however, reason assumes a magisterial function and presumes to teach theology its contents, it oversteps its limits; the content of theology must rest solely on revelation.” -- Richard Muller

“The incomplete nature of the text (as long as there is text present) does not preclude the working of the Holy Spirit.” -- Peter Van Kleeck, Jr.

“Be the Devil never so devilish, Christ hath power to overpower him.” -- John Lightfoot

“I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.” -- Oliver Cromwell

“Sin is sovereign until sovereign grace dethrones it!” -- Charles H. Spurgeon

“While the Greek underlying the ESV does not have the woman caught in adultery, the ESV does because the believing community calls for it regardless of the scholar’s opinion.” -- Peter Van Kleeck, Jr.

“A man may have enough of the world to sink him, but he can never have enough to satisfy him.” -- Thomas Brooks

“Fruitful and acceptable worship begins before it begins.” -- Alexander MacLaren

“The heaviest rain runs off parched ground, unless it has been first softened by a gentle fall of moisture.” -- Alexander MacLaren

“Do not put a question mark where God has put a period.” -- common statement

“If the Bible is the living word of God, then it is not we who examine it, but it that examines us.” -- Peter Van Kleeck Jr.