Quotes about Conviction

If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.

The more I have read the Bible and studied the life of Jesus, the more I have become convinced that Christianity spreads best not through force but through fascination.

But the reality is that many people are facing nonphysical persecution because of their stand for righteousness.

purpose is for us to become so convinced of these truths that we appropriate them in our daily circumstances, that we learn to trust God in the midst of our pain, whatever form it may take. It does not matter whether our pain is trivial or traumatic, temporary or interminable. Regardless of the nature of the circumstances, we must learn to trust God if we would glorify God in them.

Don't let anyone fool you. The chase after holiness is a tough race to run, especially when it comes to obedience. You have to have conviction (belief) in the necessity of obeying God's will as well as confidence (faith) in God's promises. If you don't have both of those, you can't persevere in this difficult chase.

The primary purpose is for us to become so convinced of these truths that we appropriate them in our daily circumstances, that we learn to trust God in the midst of our pain, whatever form it may take.

We need to call sin what the Bible calls it and not soften it with modern expressions borrowed from our culture.

Are you a communist? No I am an anti-fascist For a long time? Since I have understood fascism.

He is a great fish and I must convince him, he thought. I must never let him learn his strength nor what he could do if he made his run.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

While public opinion might sway back and forth, right and wrong do not.

He did, however, put in me the ability to make a decision and then make it right.