Dave Harvey Quotes

#1. What a person believes about God determines what he or she thinks about how we got here, what our ultimate meaning is, and what happens after we die. So essentially our worldview, our perspective on life, is determined by our perspective on God.

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#2. Sin is wrong, not because of what it does to me, or my spouse, or child, or neighbor, but because it is an act of rebellion against the infinitely holy and majestic God.

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#3. You must read to lead. Reading feeds. It opens our souls to a long line of counselors.

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#4. Everything in Scripture is either preparation for the Gospel, presentation of the Gospel, or participation in the Gospel.

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#5. Mercy sweetens marriage. Where it is absent, two people flog one another over everything from failure to fix the faucet to phone bills. But where it is present, marriage grows sweeter and more delightful, even in the face of challenges, setbacks, and the persistent effects of our remaining sin.

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#6. Today matters because tomorrow can't be assumed

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#7. Marriage is the union of two people who arrive toting the luggage of life. And that luggage always contains sin.

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#8. Do I trust that where I am in life today - no matter how far it is from where I think I should be - can never limit God's ability to accomplish his will in my life?

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#9. What we believe about God determines the quality of our marriage.

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#10. Maybe you are beginning to sense that if your experience of sin is not all that bitter, and your experience of marriage not all that sweet, maybe your theology is not all that it should be.

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#11. Serving in obscurity can do more to shape a future leader than a dozen years of combing evangelicalism for the perfect position.

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#12. Human sin is stubborn," says Cornelius Plantinga, "but not as stubborn as the grace of God and not half so persistent, not half so ready to suffer to win its way."3 Stubborn, persistent, unrelenting grace that changes us. Now that's good news indeed.

Dave Harvey