Jerry Bridges Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		In both its precepts and penalty, the law of God in its most exacting requirements was fulfilled by Jesus. And He did this in our place as our representative and our substitute.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jerry Bridges 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
	Quotes to Explore 
		
	
	
	
	
	
		During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Pearcey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you want to understand Jesus, you have to study the whole Bible. Christian duty is not defined solely by the words in red. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randall Terry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I got some news for you. One, there is no Jesus. Two, there is no God. Three, mind your own business and everything works out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Asner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code, but a character. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. Stanley Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I ain't here to argue about his facial features. Or here to convert atheists into believers. I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers the way Kathie Lee needed Regis that's the way yall need Jesus. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kanye West 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Do not worship me, I am not God. I'm only a man. I worship Jesus Christ. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Haile Selassie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My grandma always had two gods: Jesus Christ and the United States of America. I was no different, and neither was anyone else I knew. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. D. Vance 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Boy, it is not fun suffering in this body of weak flesh, but Jesus is straightening out all my crooked places. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vanity 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Be. If I could be Jesus for just a day and have it my way, if I Could be perfect, like the light - Jesus for a night and have It my way - if I could be Atop my mountain a phenomenon - when I walk on water I am Complete, at peace and I'd make it so you'd be just like me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Macy Gray 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In times of old, as we are told, When men more child-like at the feet Of Jesus sat, than now, A chivalry was known more bold Than ours, and yet of stricter vow, Of worship more complete. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Margaret Fuller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For instance, I have never believed that Jesus Christ would approve either abortions or the death penalty, but I obeyed such Supreme Court decisions to the best of my ability, at the same time attempting to minimize what I considered to be their adverse impact. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jimmy Carter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Are you facing a superheated furnace? What God wants is for you to look full in the face of Jesus. Get your focus off whatever it is that appears to be unanswered and focus on the Son. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Anne Graham Lotz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Each year in early spring, during the season of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Easter, a plenitude of books, magazine articles, and television shows about Jesus appear. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jay Parini 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The moment someone chooses to trust in Jesus Christ, his sins are wiped away, and he is adopted into God's family. That individual is set apart as a child of God, with a sacred purpose. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Charles Stanley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Many have a vague idea that they must make some wonderful effort in order to gain the favor of God. But all self-dependence is vain. It is only by connecting with Jesus through faith that the sinner becomes a hopeful, believing child of God. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ellen G. White 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The idea of a spiritual heart transplant is a vivid image to me; once you have the heart of somebody else inside you, then that heart is there. Jesus' heart is inside me, and my heart is gone. So if God were to place a stethoscope against my chest, he would hear the heart of Jesus Christ beating. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Max Lucado 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Martin Sheen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As the Only Begotten Son of the Father in the flesh, Jesus inherited divine attributes. He was the only person ever born into mortality who could perform this most significant and supernal act. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				James E. Faust