“I am an historian, the elders should protect the sinner from the church. When a sinner is defiant, the elders should protect the church from the sinner.”

“…a man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous…” – John Calvin

“The Elect that the Father gives to the Son are preserved by the Son. The basis of our assurance is not to be based upon a confidence of our ability to persevere. We talk about the Perseverance of the Saints and I believe that the saints do in fact persevere but the reason that they persevere is because they are preserved and so it’s better to speak of the preservation of the saints than the perseverance of the saints and so we hear in this chapter Jesus appeals to the Father that those who have been given to Him may be kept.” – R.C. Sproul – Gaining True Assurance part 5 in The Assurance of Salvation series

“A ‘moral’ atheist is like a man sitting down to dinner who doesn’t believe in farmers, ranchers, fishermen, or cooks.” – Greg Koukl

“Where God’s wrath is no longer a problem, Christ’s cross is no longer the solution.” – Michael Horton
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