A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth.
Walter MartinWhat makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
Walter MartinLooking back, you can romanticize the things you did back then. I also like talking about the stupid things I've done.
Walter MartinTruth by definition is exclusive. If truth were all-inclusive, nothing would be false.
Walter MartinA poet’s freedom lies precisely in the impossibility of worldly success. It is the freedom of one who knows he will never be anything but a failure in the world’s estimation, and may do as he pleases. The poet is a man on the sidelines of life, sidelined for life. He belongs to the aristocracy of the outcast, the lowest of the low, below the salt of the earth. A member of the most ancient regime in the world. One that cannot, it seems, be overthrown.
Walter MartinHowever, the Bible is called the Word of God because the whole transcript is an inspired, faithful, and infallible record of what God determined essential for us to know about Himself, the cosmos in which we live, our spiritual allies and adversaries, and our fellow man.
Walter MartinChrist imparts the capacity of conquest to our lives every single day that we are willing to believe Him.
Walter MartinI thought some of Mrs. White's material was prophetic. I felt some of her insights were extremely helpful and I regarded her as a sister in the Lord. I wasn't out to attack Ellen White's character.
Walter MartinI feel more productive, mostly because I feel like my ass is on the line. Before I had kids, I would sit around, drink, I don't even know what I did with myself.
Walter MartinWriting about something specific, in my mind, was overwhelming, so I wrote about art because I love art and I know I can say a couple of funny things about art.
Walter MartinGod does say He will graciously entertain our prayers. He says that if we exercise faith, and if our request is in accordance with His will, He will hear us.
Walter MartinIn college I had to major in something, so I was like, "Okay I like art history, so I will major in that." I never really had any ambitions to work in museums or anything, though.
Walter MartinControversy for the sake of controversy is sin. Controversy for the sake of truth is a divine command.
Walter MartinWho made God? Doesn't matter. We are not responsible to a hypothetical maker of God but to our maker - God.
Walter MartinA key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.
Walter MartinWhen people say, 'I believe in Jesus', look them straight in the eye and ask, 'Which one?'
Walter MartinIt should be carefully noted that Jesus did not say, "I am one of the equally good ways" or "I am a better way than the others, I am an aspect of truth; I am a fragment of the life." Instead, His claim was absolute, and allegiance to Him as the Savior of the world, was to take precedence over all the claims of men and religions.
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