Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

John R.W. Stott Quotes: [E]very heresy is due to an overemphasis upon some truth, without allowing other truths to qualify and balance it.
         

[E]very heresy is due to an overemphasis upon some truth, without allowing other truths to qualify and balance it.


John R.W. Stott
Check all other quotes by John R.W. Stott

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





[E]very heresy is due to an overemphasis upon some truth, without allowing other truths to qualify and balance it.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"John R.W. Stott Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/E-very-heresy-is-due-to-an-201826>.





Check out


Other quotes of John R.W. Stott


Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love.

Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love.



Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us.

Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us.



Social responsibility becomes an aspect not of Christian mission only, but also of Christian conversion. It is impossible to be truly converted to God without being thereby converted to our neighbor.

Social responsibility becomes an aspect not of Christian mission only, but also of Christian conversion. It is impossible to be truly converted to God without being thereby converted to our neighbor.



The truth is that there are such things as Christian tears, and too few of us ever weep them.

The truth is that there are such things as Christian tears, and too few of us ever weep them.



Good conduct arises out of good doctrine.

Good conduct arises out of good doctrine.



The overriding reason why we should take other people's cultures seriously is because God has taken ours seriously.

The overriding reason why we should take other people's cultures seriously is because God has taken ours seriously.



But the Holy Spirit is not in a hurry. Character is the produce of a lifetime.

But the Holy Spirit is not in a hurry. Character is the produce of a lifetime.



As we face the cross, then, we can say to ourselves both, “I did it, my sins sent him there, ” and “He did it, his love took him there.

As we face the cross, then, we can say to ourselves both, “I did it, my sins sent him there, ” and “He did it, his love took him there.



So Jesus confronts us with himself, sets before us a radical choice between obedience and disobedience, and calls us to an unconditional commitment of mind, will and life to his teaching.

So Jesus confronts us with himself, sets before us a radical choice between obedience and disobedience, and calls us to an unconditional commitment of mind, will and life to his teaching.





Other quotes you may like


Good poetry reveals the beauty of joy and tragedy.

Good poetry reveals the beauty of joy and tragedy.



An idea? An idea won't get you nothing but another idea. You need money, cash, to make anything happen in this doggone world.

An idea? An idea won't get you nothing but another idea. You need money, cash, to make anything happen in this doggone world.



When tillage begins other arts follow. The farmers therefore are the founders of human civilization.

When tillage begins other arts follow. The farmers therefore are the founders of human civilization.



-You are on the verge of being truly mad. -No, not at all. Look at me. I can tie my shoelaces. See?

-You are on the verge of being truly mad. -No, not at all. Look at me. I can tie my shoelaces. See?



Every one being allowed to learn to read, ruineth in the long run not only writing but also thinking.

Every one being allowed to learn to read, ruineth in the long run not only writing but also thinking.



The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians.

The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians.



Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect.

Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect.



There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.



Truly, we have much to thank God for, but if we would be thankful, we must set our hearts to do it with a will. We grumble and complain without thought, but we must think to give thanks.

Truly, we have much to thank God for, but if we would be thankful, we must set our hearts to do it with a will. We grumble and complain without thought, but we must think to give thanks.



No man can rob successfully over a period of years without pleasing the people he robs.

No man can rob successfully over a period of years without pleasing the people he robs.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "[E]very heresy is due to an overemphasis upon some truth, without allowing other truths to qualify and balance it.". Author of this quote is John R.W. Stott. This quote is about religion, between-two-worlds, theology,.