"God’s grace in saving miserable sinners has been replaced by heretical teaching, such as saying that it is because we are so valuable that Christ came to redeem us. Not all who hold self-esteem views go so far, but many do."

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Source : "Competent to Counsel: An Interview with Jay Adams". Tabletalk Interview, tabletalkmagazine.com. February 2014.

Jay Adams

#Self Esteem Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Views Quotes

“The first duty of a Christian, of a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ, is to deny himself. To deny oneself means to give up one's bad habits, to root out of the heart all that ties us to the world; not to cherish bad desires and thoughts; to quench and suppress bad thoughts; to avoid occasions of sin; not to do or desire anything from self-love but to do everything out of love for God. To deny oneself means, according to the Apostle Paul, to be dead to sin and the world, but alive to God.”
“I convinced myself I hadn't seen anything, ... I had done this many times before ... I was adept at erasing reality.”
“To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation.”
“I am not looking for a friend; if I want a friend I'd buy a dog.”
“My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'”
“I'm buying records a lot, like, every week I'm just buying old reissues or old originals or new records that I have heard about.”

Source : "Stereolab" by Tim Gane, pitchfork.com. September 3, 2008.
“I think what's always been interesting to me than the science and the criminality with this job is what happens to your persona, your disposition, after day in and day out dealing with life and death.”
“I think that's necessary in photography. We try to simplify the chaos that's out there - and that's true of the natural world as well as the mad-made world. Clearly, it's easier in the mad-made world because it has already been structured.”

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