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“The Greek is even more explicitly against the hyper-grace interpretation, since the word confess in the Greek speaks of continuous, present action as opposed to a one-time act. (Any first-year Greek student would know this.) As one commentary explained: 1:9 “confess” This is a compound Greek term from “to speak” and “the same.” Believers continue to agree with God that they have violated His holiness (cf. Rom. 3:23). It is PRESENT TENSE, which implies ongoing action. Confession implies (1) a specific naming of sins (v. 9); (2) a public admitting of sins (cf. Matt. 10:32; James 5:16; and (3) a turning from specific sins (cf. Matt. 3:6; Mark 1:5; Acts 19:18;”
― Michael L. Brown, Hyper-Grace: Exposing the Dangers of the Modern Grace Message

“My mother is bold in her caused,” George said. “We have never had a runaway slave come to our door, but I too would help him. My mother and I were forced to leave North Carolina when we freed our slaves. The anger our former neighbors and friends turned on us told us much. When a person does what is right, it stirs the rage of those who will not turn from doing the same evil.”
― Lyn Cote, Honor

“Words are the most powerful thing in the universe... Words are containers. They contain faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind”
― Charles Capps

“Unbecoming or not, I dare say that if a harmonica chases away a suitor, he was no suitor at all in the first place.”
― Sarah Price, First Impressions: An Amish Tale of Pride and Prejudice