114 Quotes by Lewis B. Smedes

The blood of Christ covers all of our sins, but each of us must do personal business with God in order to experience his forgiveness.

No one really forgives unless he has been hurt.

Some people have loved ones they will not forsake, even though they are a pain in the neck.

Seeing reality for what it is is what we call discernment. The work of discernment is very hard.

Any lazy or biased fool can have opinions; making judgments is the hard work of responsible and compassionate people.

Sometimes I like to list the strongest arguments I can find to support a point of view I think is wrong. When I have them before me, I am up against a real opponent rather than a hypothetical one that is an easy target for me to hit.

As I read the New Testament, I find only one path to salvation - the path of an informed faith in Jesus Christ.

The right to personal privacy is precious. Without it, we are all potential victims for a prying secret police.

The problem with revenge is that it never evens the score. It ties both the injured and the injurer to an escalator of pain. Both are stuck on the escalator as long as parity is demanded, and the escalator never stops.