Quotes about Truth
Only God gets to define Himself. And only God gets to reveal who He is and how He operates in history. He is who He is, not who you say He is.
— Tony Evans
God's Word is equal to God's person since the Word was God.
— Tony Evans
We need an objective standard that isn't tied to our emotions, thoughts, or desires.
— Tony Evans
God's Word is perfect, ever relevant, speaking to all issues, for all of life.
— Tony Evans
Faith is directly tied to an action done in response to a revealed truth.
— Tony Evans
God's Word is perfect, ever relevant, speaking to all issues, for all of life.
— Tony Evans
Desire for God without doctrine is blind; doctrine without desire is empty. The
— Kevin Vanhoozer
Jesus is a person, not a proposition; however, language is the means the Spirit uses to enable the gospel to become the all-encompassing framework that allows disciples not only to think but also to situate themselves in relation to the truth, goodness, and beauty of what is in Christ.
— Kevin Vanhoozer
Unless the word of God enlighten men's path, the whole of their life is enveloped in darkness and obscurity, so that they cannot do anything else than miserably wander from the right way.
— Kevin Vanhoozer
There is too much concern with what works and sells than with gospel truth. It is tempting, and better for one's self-esteem, to be "like other nations" (1 Sam. 8:20) than to be a resident alien, a marginalized weakling, or a fool.
— Kevin Vanhoozer
The true martyr/witness testifies in word and deed, life and death. This is the cost of apologetics. Cheap apologetics is the defense of Christian truth without martyrdom.
— Kevin Vanhoozer
The English term "martyr" comes from the Greek martys, "witness." Søren Kierkegaard defines witness as "someone who directly demonstrates the truth of the doctrine he proclaims—directly, yes, partly by its being the truth within him, … partly by his volunteering his personal self and saying: See, now, if you can force me to deny this doctrine.
— Kevin Vanhoozer