Heb 12 Quotes

#1. The faithful are called through grace to be partakers of God's holiness (Heb. 12), restored to their primordial capacity to reflect, like a mirror, the radical holiness and purity of God, even though their mirroring is always imprecise (Irenaeus, Ag. Her. 5.16).

Thomas C. Oden

#2. Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men and holiness: without which no man shall see God.

Various

#3. The church isn't a circle of friends, but the family of God. The covenant of grace connects generations, rooting them in that worshiping community with the "cloud of witnesses" in heaven as well as here and now (Heb 12:1).

Michael S. Horton

#4. Holiness is not a luxury, it's a necessity. If you're not holy, you'll never make it to Heaven [Heb. 12:14].

Leonard Ravenhill

#5. Judges are appointed often through the political process.

Stephen Breyer

#6. The Internet moves very fast. In the old world, we could afford to sit and analyze forever. But in the new world, the first mover has the advantage.

Raymond Kwok

#7. Remember that misuse of language can lead to miscommunication, and that miscommunication leads to everything that has ever happened in the whole of the world.

Joseph Fink

#8. I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true.

Katharine Hepburn

#9. The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.

Walter Benjamin

#10. Lord, You have extended such grace to me. You have forgiven my wickedness and remembered my sins no more. (Heb. 8:12) Help me to demonstrate my gratitude by forgiving others!

Beth Moore

#11. Nobody ever arrives at a very big idea through a conscious, rational thought process. It comes from your unconscious.

David Ogilvy

#12. I'd like to thank my mother, my father, the Academy. I'm sorry. I was thinking of something else.

Jim Carrey

#13. My manner of living is plain. I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready; and such as will be content to partake of them are always welcome. Those, who expect more, will be disappointed, but no change will be effected by it.

George Washington

#14. We've taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS, malaria - in four countries. We've scored some victories in the sense that we've cured or treated thousands and changed the discourse about what is possible.

Paul Farmer

#15. The second is the Word of God used in the life to affect all its parts (notice that soul, spirit, body, and heart are all mentioned in Heb. 4:12).

Charles C. Ryrie

#16. I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.

Rosa Parks

#17. The wise man through an excess of wisdom is made a fool.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#18. And in today already walks tomorrow.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#19. As we see in Ezra's life, committed study of Scripture can bring about much more than merely head knowledge. It can bring God himself into all the recesses of our being, for "the word of God is living and active" (Heb 4:12). Take

Richard J. Foster