Cam Johnson’s Reviews > Rejoice and Tremble: The Surprising Good News of the Fear of the Lord > Status Update

“Bates has set out two different paths: the road to heaven, which is a path of growth in an adoring, filial fear of God; and the road to hell, which is a downhill path of snowballing anxieties and terrors. This means that our sinful fears cannot be nursed or left to fester: we must fight fear with fear.” 🔥 - Michael Reeves

“And that knowledge of God as a humble, gracious, and compassionate Redeemer beautifies the sight of his transcendent majesty as Creator… When we know God as Redeemer, we are freed from all Blake’s doubts about God’s character, and we are freed from all fears that this awesome God might be against us.” 😮‍💨

“It is, Bunyan says, the devil’s work to promote a fear of God that makes people afraid of God such that they want to flee from Him. The Spirit’s work is the exact opposite: to produce in us a wonderful fear that wins and draws us TO God.” 😮‍💨