Eric Gilmour

“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

“It’s clear that our present sins need present forgiveness, not for the purpose of salvation but as part of our relationship with the Father.”
― Michael L. Brown, Hyper-Grace: Exposing the Dangers of the Modern Grace Message

“it is a harder and a nobler task to preserve detachment in a crowd than in a cell; the little daily sacrifices of family life are often a greater trial than self-imposed mortifications.”
― William Ralph Inge, Light, Life, and Love: Selections from the German Mystics of the Middle Ages

“A decisive cleansing of the conscience is a prerequisite for unhindered access to God”
― Michael L. Brown, Hyper-Grace: Exposing the Dangers of the Modern Grace Message