Human Nature

“Conservatives quickly memed Jackson, portraying her refusal to answer the question as clear indication of progressive nonsense. After all, anyone should be able to define what a woman is. The only problem with this, of course, is that we’ve struggled to define what a woman is for thousands of years.” - Hannah Anderson

“Wendland observes that the conversations spread through Twitter are most times cut off from the context that allows participants to verify the claims, but no one cares; its connection and movement through the ‘tribe’ gives it communal authority.” - C.Post

“I put the mic down to adjust my notes and then started back up with the talk. After about 30 seconds, I looked down and … I was talking into a water bottle like it was a microphone. The audience burst out in laughter and all I could do was smile and join them.” - C.Leaders

“…if God does view the instruments in his hands as fitting recipients of his own commendation and rewards and praise, then what should our attitude and response toward those human instruments be?” - Desiring God

“There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.” - GARBC Commentary

“…the reality of God’s existence is strong; it takes effort to ‘suppress the truth’ (Rom. 1:17). So unbelief is always tentative; it is truly a guess contrary to better evidence.” - Ref21

“Where that Authority does not speak with specificity, I actually do look pretty much to the reality-based community for wisdom. But where he does speak, he outranks them all.” - Mark Ward

Bavinck insists, “To do full justice to religion, we must return to the central unity in man that is the basis for differentiating his faculties and which is in Holy Scripture designated the heart, from which proceed all expressions of life in mind, feeling, and will.” - TGC

“This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.” Jesus answers them by saying, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.” - Karen Swallow Prior

“So if disappointment is inevitable, how do we avoid the awful emotional turmoil that often follows when dealing with church people? One word: expectations.” - C.Leaders