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John Calvin Quotes: Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?
         

Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?


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We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.



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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.



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Prayer doesn't change things - God changes things in answer to prayer.



I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.

I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.



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.

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.



While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.

While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.



Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.



When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.

When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.



Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve

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