Quotes by Doctrine Doctrine does matter. But one must ever be reminded that to be right on doctrine does not mean one is right with the Lord. John Napier doctrinedoemean Of the maxims of orthodox finance none, surely, is more anti-social than the fetish of liquidity, the doctrine of that it is a positive virtue on the part of investment institutions to concentrate their resources upon the holding of 'liquid' securities. It forgets that there is no such thing as liquidity of investment for the community as a whole. John Maynard Keynes liquiddoctrinecommunity To embrace what are called the Calvinistic doctrines was an infallible token of a humble mind. John Newton doctrinehumblemind Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history. John Polkinghorne doctrineagecharacter Those theologians who are beginning to take the doctrine of creation very seriously should pay some attention to science's story. John Polkinghorne doctrinestoriesattention People go wrong in their fellowships before they go wrong in their doctrine. John R. Rice doctrinefellowshippeople When we have communion with God in the doctrine we contend for-then shall we be garrisoned by the grace of God against all the assaults of men. John Owen doctrinegracemen As among all the doctrines of the gospel, there is none opposed with more violence and subtlety than that concerning our regeneration by the immediate, powerful, effectual operation of the Holy Spirit of grace. John Owen doctrinepowerfulgrace The fault of the utilitarian doctrine is that it mistakes impersonality for impartiality. John Rawls doctrinefaultsmistake Now the good of political life is a great political good. It is not a secular good specified by a comprehensive doctrine like those of Kant or Mill. You could characterize this political good as the good of free and equal citizens recognizing the duty of civility to one another: the duty to give citizens public reasons for one's political actions. John Rawls doctrinepoliticalgiving Citizens can have their own grounding in their comprehensive doctrines, whatever they happen to be. John Rawls doctrinegroundingcitizens The greatest step forward would be to see that everything factual is already theory. The blueness of the sky reveals the basic lawof chromatics. Don't look for anything behind the phenomena, they themselves are the doctrine. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe doctrinestepssky It is not the feeling sure of a doctrine (be it what it may) which I call an assumption of infallibility. It is the undertaking to decide that question for others, without allowing them to hear what can be said on the contrary side. And I denounce and reprobate this pretension not the less, if put forth on the side of my most solemn convictions. John Stuart Mill doctrinefeelingsmay Good conduct arises out of good doctrine. John Stott doctrinearise Adjust your doctrine - or just minimize doctrine - to attract the world, and in the very process of attracting them, lose the radical truth that alone can set them free. John Piper doctrineprocessworld The laity ought to understand the faith, and since the doctrines of our faith are in the Scriptures, believers should have the Scriptures in a language familiar to the people, and to this end the Holy Ghost endued them with knowledge of all tongues. John Wycliffe doctrineshould-havepeople I do not elevate the time or mode of baptism to a primary doctrine. John Piper primariesdoctrinebaptism ...there ought to exist the fullest liberty of professing and discussing, as a matter of ethical conviction, any doctrine, however immoral it may be considered. John Stuart Mill doctrinelibertymay There should be perfect freedom, legal and social, to do the action and stand the consequences. It would be a great misunderstanding of this doctrine to suppose that it is one of selfish indifference, which pretends that human beings have no business with each other's conduct in life, and that they should not concern themselves about the well-doing or well-being of one another, unless their own interest is involved. John Stuart Mill doctrineselfishwould-be ... what is really inspiriting and ennobling in the doctrine of freewill, is the conviction that we have real power over the formation of our own character; that our will, by influencing some of our circumstances, can modify our future habits or capabilities of willing. John Stuart Mill doctrinerealcharacter«910111213141516171819»
