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No one ever truly comes to know, honor, or worship God without being changed in the process

No one ever truly comes to know, honor, or worship God without being changed in the process

James Montgomery Boice
Honor, Worship, Process
James Montgomery Boice (1998). “Psalms: Psalms 107-150”, Baker Publishing Group

We are not to be anxious about the unknown future or to fret about it. We are to live in a moment-by-moment dependence upon God.

James Montgomery Boice
God, Religious, Future

Bible study is the most essential ingredient in the believer's spiritual life, because it is only in study of the Bible as that is blessed by the Holy Spirit that Christians hear Christ and discover what it means to follow Him.

James Montgomery Boice
Christian, Spiritual, Blessed
James Montgomery Boice (1998). “Christ's Call to Discipleship”, p.52, Kregel Publications

Whether you can see it or not - and often we cannot - everything is being used of God for your good as well as the good of othersThis knowledge is by faith. It is not always by sight. But it is nevertheless certain, because it is based on the character of God, who reveals himself to us as both sovereign and benevolentWe are not to be anxious about the unknown future or to fret about it. We are to live in a moment-by-moment dependence upon God.

James Montgomery Boice
Character, Sight, Sovereign

The world's theology is easy to define. It is the view that human beings are basically good, that no one is really lost, that belief in Jesus Christ is not necessary for salvation.

James Montgomery Boice
Jesus, Views, World
James Montgomery Boice (1986). “Foundations of the Christian Faith”, p.674, InterVarsity Press

The doctrines of grace stand or fall together, and together they point to one central truth: salvation is all of grace because it is all of God; and because it is all of God, it is all for His glory.

James Montgomery Boice
Fall, Grace, Together

A nation's strength is found not in the number of its laws but in the character of its people.

James Montgomery Boice
War, Character, Law

We are to believe and follow Christ in all things, including his words about Scripture. And this means that Scripture is to be for us what it was to him: the unique, authoritative, and inerrant Word of God, and not merely a human testimony to Christ, however carefully guided and preserved by God. If the Bible is less than this to us, we are not fully Christ's disciples.

James Montgomery Boice
Believe, Mean, Unique
James Montgomery Boice (1978). “The Foundation of Biblical authority”, Zondervan Publishing Company

The chief problem with television is that, for those who watch it consistently, it undermines and eventually destroys the ability to think. This is because it communicates primarily images, not by words, and words are necessary if we are to perceive logical connections and make judgments as to what is right and wrong.

James Montgomery Boice
Thinking, Connections, Watches

Preaching is the primary means of growth for the local church. There is a great deal of debate about this in our day, but it is the preaching of the Word that God most uses to build up a church, not only numerically but above all (and far more importantly) in spiritual depth and understanding of the people who make up the congregation.

James Montgomery Boice
Spiritual, Mean, People

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