Quotes About Truth

Assumptions without evidence are the kind of things that start wars

es imposible que los dos estén en lo cierto. Sí es posible, en cambio, que los dos estén en un error

Moral relativism and rights don't mix. Relativism undermines any appeal to rights: If rights exist, relativism is false; if rights exist, where do they come from? Again, we're pointed in the direction of a good God in whose image humans have been made—and thus who sets the parameters regarding our sexuality.

It's not like there's a vote on what's real," said Judith. "It don't matter what either of you believe, the world just gets on with it.

Immature people will not receive loving truth, no matter how gently you offer it.

Firmly speaking the truth in love and maintaining healthy boundaries in relationships will teach most people to treat you respectfully.

Hurting people look toward individuals who, like Jesus, have both fire and compassion in their eyes, individuals who inspire and who will speak the truth in love—even if it stings.

Facts, like people, want to be free — and when they're free, liberty is usually around the corner.

Every day you preach to yourself a gospel of your loneliness, inability, and lack of resources or you faithfully preach to yourself the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We all tend to look for life horizontally when the reality is that we will only ever find life vertically.

Becaise I love God, I want to handle his truth with accuracy, clarity, and specificity. I want to build bridges of understanding from the wisdom of the Word to the details of people's lives. And because I love people, I will not be satisfied with lobbing grenades of general truth at them. Rather, through good questions, committed listening, and careful interpretation, I will enter their world with the understanding necessary to bring Christ's help to where it is really needed.

If I am going to see myself clearly, I need you to hold the mirror of God's Word in front of me.

Truth that is not spoken in love ceases to be truth because it is twisted by other human agendas. Love that is not guided by truth ceases to be love because it is divorced from God's agenda. Once

Only when I focus on the holiness and glory of God am I able to see myself with accuracy.

Midlife doesn't introduce you to a new you; it forces you to admit who you have been all along.

There is no one we swindle more than we swindle ourselves. There is no one we run to defend more than we do ourselves. And like every other spiritually blind person, Joe was blind to his blindness.

Real, biblical, self-sacrificing, God-honoring love never compromises what God says is right and true. Truth and love are inextricably bound together. Love that compromises truth simply isn't love. Truth without love ceases to be truth because it gets bent and twisted by other human agendas.

Word problems are often interpretation problems. We do not say the right thing because we do not believe the right thing.

The heart of the righteous weighs its answers" (Prov. 15:28).

Genesis 1—the only time in human history when there was no war of words. In Genesis 1, the world of communication was a world of peace, truth, and life. Words were never used as weapons. Truth was never used to tear down. Words were always spoken in love, and human communication never broke the bonds of peace.

When we deny our difficulties in order to feel immediate peace, we are not exercising biblical faith.

Peace isn't a faded dream. No, Peace is real. Peace is a person, and his name is Jesus.

El hecho triste es que muchos de nosotros simplemente no somos bíblicos en la forma que usamos la Biblia! Ser bíblico no significa simplemente citar palabras de sus páginas. Ser verdaderamente bíblico significa que mi consejo refleje el tema general de la Biblia. La Biblia es un relato, una historia de redención, y su personaje principal es Jesucristo.

Denying sin makes a liar out of God and denies the message of his Word. Here's the bottom line—either God, in his Word, is true when he says that you have a problem you can't solve or you're right that you're not so bad after all. It can't be both ways.