Alan De Jager Quotes

#1. Disclosing one's "deep, dark secrets" makes them no less deep or dark or secret than any other petty flaw.

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#2. I am going to be blunt now, but I feel it is warranted: Christians who aren't willing to confess their faults to each other are either full of pride, or they have no clue of the power of prayer!

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#3. The man who cannot obey God cannot say that he loves or trusts his Master. If God knows best then how dare we interfere with His will?

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#4. God is only as far as we imagine Him to be. It's our fleshly desire not to run to Him that is ultimately our downfall.

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#5. I walk into so many places where Christians are gathered and I get all excited, only to find that the fellowship among these Believers is dead! There is no openness, no authenticity.

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#6. Authentic community is the sweet aroma of the gifts offered to our Lord on the day of His birth.

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#7. This [egalitarianism vs complementarianism] is not an issue of chauvinism or discrimination. It is an issue of Biblical interpretation.

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#8. I want to commune with Christ and live in His fullness or I don't want anything to do with Christianity. I want all God has to offer.

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#9. If you cannot give God glory for something, you should not do it. If a person is not fully persuaded that an activity is pleasing to God, then it is a sin: "whatsoever is not of faith is sin" (Romans 14:23)

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#10. So many commands in the Bible require obedience without us experiencing any conviction to obey them. That is when our faith is truly tested.

Alan De Jager