Mark Leberfinger

“We must never for a second worry about anything that cannot be affected or changed by us. It is a waste of energy.”
― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cures

“You cannot understand any individual passage in Revelation unless you understand the book as a whole, but you cannot understand the hook as a whole unless you understand its individual passages.”
― Dennis E. Johnson, Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation

“Christians are called to be Bible interpreters, but our interpretations must not be based simply on “what I want the Bible to say.” We need God’s Spirit to discipline our reading of Scripture.”
― John P. Burgess, Confessing Our Faith: The Book of Confessions for Church Leaders

“The confessions matter, because they “guide the church in its study and interpretation of Scripture, . . . summarize the essence of Christian tradition, . . . direct the church in maintaining sound doctrine, [and] equip the church for its work of proclamation” (G-2.0100).”
― John P. Burgess, Confessing Our Faith: The Book of Confessions for Church Leaders