John Calvin on evil
John Calvin92 quotes“We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.”
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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
John CalvinJohn Calvin To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by whose grace we are free from the curse of the law, and by whose Spirit we have the law engraved upon our hearts.
John CalvinJohn Calvin There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
John CalvinJohn Calvin For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
John CalvinJohn Calvin Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
John CalvinJohn Calvin When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
John CalvinJohn Calvin When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Satan is an astute theologian.
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MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
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Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
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There’s too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.
Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole of life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
St. JeromeSt. Jerome Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
Louisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott A great cause of evil in the world is that men seldom think themselves criminal if they offer the same injustice to others that has been successfully practiced on themselves.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald I have no room for monsters and cowards claiming to be something they’re not, who lie to get what they want.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Savage, despicable evil. That’s what we were fighting in Iraq.
Chris KyleChris Kyle
