Jerry Bridges Quotes
Faith in Christ and a reliance on ourselves, even to the smallest degree, are mutually exclusive.
Quotes to Explore
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I have faith in the jury system.
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For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.
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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
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Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I believe in a future life. How could I do otherwise? My daughter was a soul; I saw this soul. I touched it, so to speak.
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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
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It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects.
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I am God's wheat, and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.
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Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
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Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.
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Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.
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This too I know-and wise it wereIf each could know the same-That every prison that men buildIs built with bricks of shame,And bound with bars lest Christ should see How men their brothers maim.
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And with my advice, faith I wish you'd take me.
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Reality is not exhausted by knowledge. Inaccessible to research are the ultimate facts. All scientific conclusions are based on axioms, all reasoning depends ultimately upon faith. Faith is virgin thinking, preceding all transcendent knowledge. To believe is to abide at the extremities of spirit.
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I now had enough faith not only to believe there were answer, but to feel certain that those answers would become apparent at some point in the future.
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I learned early on the magic of life is having a vision, having faith, and then going for it.
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Faith makes all things possible... love makes all things easy.
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We are distressed by the unilateral actions of those provinces that are clearly determined to redefine what our common faith was once.
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Martyrs - those killed because of their Catholic faith - can be beatified even if they don't perform a miracle. However, all beatified individuals must stage a certifiable miracle before being made a saint.
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He would make a good manager, but he had a little too much integrity to survive in a top job.
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After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.
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If you bail out every investment bank that gets in trouble, that’s not capitalism, that’s socialism for the rich.
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A lot of people tell me, once they get to know me, that they're surprised that I'm nothing like they think I'll be.
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As a writer, I always peel back the layers, go to the most sensitive places uncomfortably close to the heart.
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Faith in Christ and a reliance on ourselves, even to the smallest degree, are mutually exclusive.
