Johnny

“Restricting yourself in the truth of God's word actually releases you into a freedom you would not otherwise have.”
― Priscilla Shirer, The Armor of God - Bible Study Book

“You aren’t what’s been done to you but what Jesus has done for you. You aren’t what you do but what Jesus has done. What you do doesn’t determine who you are. Rather, who you are in Christ determines what you do.”
― Mark Driscoll, Who Do You Think You Are?: Finding Your True Identity in Christ

“Let us not think, I said, that we really have a choice between having a theology and not having one. We all have our theologies, for we all have a way of putting things together in our own minds that, if we are Christian, has a shape that arises from our knowledge of God and his Word. We might not be conscious of the process. Indeed, we frequently are not. But at the very least we will organize our perceptions into some sort of pattern that seems to make sense to us. The question at issue, then, is not whether we will have a theology but whether it will be a good or bad one, whether we will become conscious of our thinking processes or not, and, more particularly, whether we will learn to bring all of our thoughts into obedience to Christ or not. The biblical authors had a theology in this sense, after all, and so too did Jesus. He explained himself in terms of biblical revelation, understood his life and work in relation to God, and viewed all of life from this perspective. He had a
worldview that originated in the purposes and character of his Father and that informed everything he said and did.”
― David F. Wells, No Place for Truth or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?

“gospel wakefulness means treasuring Christ more greatly and savoring his power more sweetly.”
― Jared C. Wilson, Gospel Wakefulness