Quotes About Distinctives

This idea of "becoming a Jew" indicates ceremonial distinctives are in view rather than moral ones. No one "becomes a Jew" by not killing, not committing adultery, or not coveting (keeping the moral aspects of the Law). They do "become a Jew" by undergoing the ceremonial distinctives which marked the Jews off from the Gentiles (circumcision, food laws, cleansing rituals, and so forth).

Neutrality is in actuality veiled agnosticism or unbelief—a failure to walk in Christ, an obscuring of Christian commitment and distinctives, a suppression of the truth (cf. Rom. 1:21, 25).

We need to have a unified understanding of our national heritage without losing our personal distinctives. The closer that national heritage is to the rule of God, the more ordered our relationships will become in society.

no known religions are the same; they teach and practice radically different things. You only have to look at them to see that. To say they are all the "same" is to disrespect them. It is a way of claiming that none really matter, that their distinctives are of no human significance.

We cannot have an authentic witness to the world without having an authentic apologetic of Christianity. Hence, the use of reasonable apologetics and biblical distinctives cannot be sacrificed at the altar of political correctness and cultural contextualization.

You can fill a cup, but if you keep pouring, it's going to overflow. This is distinct from just being just filled. This is overflowing with the Spirit. " "True education doesn't come from the wisdom of the world, but by the guidance and the wisdom that comes from the Holy Spirit."-Pastor Chuck Smith, "Calvary Chapel Distinctives