There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
JOHN CALVINPrayer is the chief exercise of faith.
More John Calvin Quotes
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
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If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
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For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous.
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We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.
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Satan is an astute theologian.
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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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The Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease and indolence, but rather so you should be prepared to endure all sorts of evils.
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