George R. Knight > Quotes

“Aun los mejores hombres, si actúan por sí mismos, cometerán graves equivocaciones. Mientras mayores responsabilidades se coloquen sobre el agente humano, mientras más encumbrado sea su cargo para determinar y controlar, más males hará con seguridad pervirtiendo mentes y corazones si no sigue cuidadosamente el camino del Señor.”
― George R. Knight, Evangelios en Conflicto La carta de Pablo a los Gálatas: Tres en uno - 2do Trimestre 2017

“Thus even though Christians are already saved, they still await the fullness of their salvation. Paul sees our salvation as both present and future, as both a now and a not-yet experience. In short, whatever blessings we have here and now will multiply when the fullness of time finally arrives and God brings the plan (mystery, verses 9, 10) that He developed “before the foundation of the world” (verse 4) to its climax. The problems that we face as Christians here on earth will not always be. No wonder Paul refers to the Second Advent as the “blessed hope” (Titus 2:13).”
― George R. Knight, Exploring Galatians & Ephesians

“All too often Christians look at morality from the negative viewpoint. Christian growth does not come from what we don’t do. It is rather a product of what we actively do in our daily lives. The Christian ethic is a positive ethic, and the Christian life, as an expression of that ethic, is a positive, active existence.”
― George R. Knight, Philosophy and Education: An Introduction in Christian Perspective

“at every turn the social obligation which the advantages of a college education impose must be stressed: too often have we preached the monetary value of a college education; too widely have we bred the conviction that the training is advantageous because it enables the individual to get ahead; too insidiously have we spread the doctrine that the college opens up avenues to the exploitation of less capable men. Higher education involves higher responsibility . . . ; this cardinal truth must be impressed upon every recipient of its advantages. In season and out of season, social service, and not individual advancement, must be made the motif of college training.”
― George R. Knight, Philosophy & Education: An Introduction in Christian Perspective

“God’s “wrath only goes forth because God is Love, and because sin is that which injures His children and is opposed to the purpose of His love.”
― George R. Knight, Romans: Salvation for All : Bible Book Shelf 4Q 2017

“La persona que supuestamente vive “bajo la gracia” pero desobedece la Ley de Dios no hallará gracia, sino condenación. “Bajo la gracia” significa que, mediante la gracia de Dios según la revelación de Jesús, se ha eliminado la condenación que la Ley inevitablemente acarrea sobre los pecadores. Por ende, ahora libres de esta condenación de muerte causada por la Ley, “andamos en vida nueva”, una vida que se caracteriza y se manifiesta por el hecho de que, al morir al yo, ya no somos esclavos del pecado.”
― George R. Knight, Salvación para «todos» La Epístola de Pablo a los Romanos: Tres en uno - 4to Trimestre 2017

“there is nothing so offensive to God or so dangerous to the human soul as pride and self-sufficiency. Of all sins it is the most hopeless, the most incurable.”
― George R. Knight, Romans: Salvation for All : Bible Book Shelf 4Q 2017

“[T]o be fully human, they must be controlled by their minds rather than by their animal appetites and propensities.”
― George R. Knight, Philosophy & Education: An Introduction in Christian Perspective

“El plan de salvación no ofrece a los creyentes una vida libre de sufrimientos y pruebas antes de llegar al Reino; por el contrario, les pide que sigan a Cristo en la misma senda de abnegación y vituperio. [...] Por medio de estas pruebas y persecuciones, el carácter de Cristo se reproduce y se revela en su pueblo. [...] Nuestra participación en los sufrimientos de Cristo nos educa y disciplina, y nos prepara para compartir la gloria del mundo venidero” (CBA 6:565).”
― George R. Knight, Salvación para «todos» La Epístola de Pablo a los Romanos: Tres en uno - 4to Trimestre 2017

“Francis Schaeffer has pointed out that the Christian worldview can be divided into a major and a minor theme.38 The minor theme deals with the abnormality of a world in revolt, with the fact that humanity has rebelled, has become separated from God, and has come to see its own meaninglessness. The minor theme is the defeated and sinful side of human life. The major theme is the opposite of the minor. Metaphysically it uplifts the fact that God exists, all is not lost, and life is not absurd. People have significance due to the fact that they are made in God’s image. If art exclusively emphasizes the major theme, it is both unbiblical and unreal.39 It would be less than Christian art. It would be romanticism, and by its shallowness and lack of insight into “real-life problems” would have to be rejected rightfully as genuine art in the biblical sense. On the other hand, it is equally unbiblical for art to emphasize exclusively the minor theme of human lostness, degradation, and abnormality.”
― George R. Knight, Philosophy and Education: An Introduction in Christian Perspective

“If man, as the existentialist conceives him, is indefinable, it is because at first he is nothing. Only afterward will he be something, and he himself will have made what he will be. Thus, there is no human nature, since there is no God to conceive it. Not only is man what he conceives himself to be, but he is also only what he wills himself to be after this thrust toward existence. Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. Such is the first principle of existentialism.”
― George R. Knight, Philosophy and Education: An Introduction in Christian Perspective

“What we discover is transforming grace (Romans 12:2) that leads Christians to “walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4) and to avoid a life of sin (verses 1–14).”
― George R. Knight, Romans: Salvation for All : Bible Book Shelf 4Q 2017

“As Paul views the plan of salvation, he sets forth a mighty doxology in Romans 11:33–36. All he can do is praise God for all that He has done.”
― George R. Knight, Romans: Salvation for All : Bible Book Shelf 4Q 2017

“Paul repeatedly promises Christians that nothing can separate them from the love of that God who is “for” them.”
― George R. Knight, Romans: Salvation for All : Bible Book Shelf 4Q 2017

“The superior types, he points out, are also sinners. Of course, they are nice church members. They don’t let all their dirty laundry hang out. No, their sins are vegetarian sins. Compared with the really nasty people, they appear good in their own eyes.”
― George R. Knight, Romans: Salvation for All : Bible Book Shelf 4Q 2017

“La verdadera fe en Jesucristo es aceptarlo como Salvador, Sustituto, Garante y Señor. Es escoger su modo de vida. Es confiar en él y procurar vivir por fe conforme a sus mandamientos.”
― George R. Knight, Salvación para «todos» La Epístola de Pablo a los Romanos: Tres en uno - 4to Trimestre 2017

“Romans is the most influential document in Christian history. It stimulated not only the Protestant Reformation but many other revivals throughout history.”
― George R. Knight, Romans: Salvation for All : Bible Book Shelf 4Q 2017

“Living the responsible life also includes acting upon one's decisions, if a person is to be true or authentic to himself or herself.”
― George R. Knight, Philosophy & Education: An Introduction in Christian Perspective

“[T]he school experience is a part of life, rather than a preparation for life.”
― George R. Knight, Philosophy & Education: An Introduction in Christian Perspective

“[M]indlessness in education is a natural outcome for a society which has traditionally been concerned with the “how” rather than the “why” of modern life.”
― George R. Knight, Philosophy & Education: An Introduction in Christian Perspective

“Humans are much more than animals or machines whose activities and choices are determined. Unfortunately, however, people often choose to live on the level of the animal and machine.”
― George R. Knight, Philosophy & Education: An Introduction in Christian Perspective

“supersede”
― George R. Knight, Prophets In Conflict: Issues in Authority

“Los cristianos tienen el privilegio no solo de regocijarse en el perdón de sus pecados sino también en la liberación del dominio del pecado en su vida.”
― George R. Knight, Salvación para «todos» La Epístola de Pablo a los Romanos: Tres en uno - 4to Trimestre 2017