Quotes about Conviction

Remember how Paul and Barnabas urged this upon the Jews of Antioch, 'persuading them to continue in the grace of God' (Acts 13:43; Gal. 5:4; Titus 2:11; 1 Peter 5:12).

Without this, nothing else will profit. Not orthodoxy, or learning, or eloquence, or power of argument, or zeal, or fervor will accomplish anything without this. This is what gives power to our words and persuasiveness to our arguments, making them as either the balm of Gilead to the wounded spirit or sharp arrows of the mighty to the conscience of the stouthearted rebel.

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.

Disappointment leads to clarity, which leads to conviction and true originality.

You are not called to convince anyone. You are simply called to be an open channel for the Spirit of God to flow through.

Some conservative evangelicals write or speak as if the only legitimate form of Christianity is inerrantism. Only a tiny minority throughout church history has held this conviction, and it often proves counterproductive.

The strongest man is not the one who lifts the most weight but the one who has the most faith.

We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different.

That place that I had been most sure that I was right was the place that I was most wrong.

You might not have strong faith unless you push-through some honest doubts. In order to decide to trust, you have to let yourself doubt.

There is a difference between believing in and believing. Thomas believed in Jesus. But once he touched his Lord, once he had his questions answered, once the tension was resolved, Thomas no longer believed in Jesus. He believed him.

What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act?