Quotes about Behavior

You and I don't always live what we say we believe. There is often a disconnect between our confessional theology and our street-level functional theology. There is often a separation between, on the one hand, the doctrines we say we have embraced and, on the other hand, the choices we make and the anxieties that we feel.

anger is always an issue of the heart before it is an act of physical aggression.

De wet is er niet alleen goed in om ons gedrag bloot te leggen, maar ook ons hart.

Sin is not just a matter of bad behavior. It is a condition of the heart. That's why you cannot free yourself from it.

When good things become controlling, they command the affection of our hearts and then shape our words and behavior. When this happens, they take the place in our hearts that only God should have.

everything you do and say in your life, every choice that you make, and everything you decide to invest in is a reflection of a system of internalized values in your heart.

Parenting is about the condition that makes good behavior seem such a hard and elusive goal.

Faith describes our whole way of looking at life and how we act on that.

I believe that God knows best what sort of sacred writing we need. And these three characteristic ways the Bible behaves, rather than posing problems to be overcome, are telling us something about how the Bible actually works and therefore what the Bible's true purpose is—and the need to align our expectations with it.

Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.

and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.