“We all stumble in many ways.” ~ James 3:2, NIV

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God-- 9 not the result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.” ~ Ephesisans 2:8-10, NRSV

FAITH = “An Absolute Relationship with the Absolute mediated through the teleological suspension of the Ethical.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard

TRANSLATION = “A prioritized intimate relationship with God’s Person, rather than his Precepts, his Principles, his Bible or his Blessings.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard (Bruxy Cavey version)

“No one, when tempted, should say, ‘I am being tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one. But one is tempted by one's own desire, being lured and enticed by it.” ~ James 1:13-14, NRSV

“You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.” ~ Jesus, to religious people, John 5:39-40, NIV

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” ~ Hebrews 12:2, NIV

“The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say "and to seeds," meaning many people, but "and to your seed," meaning one person, who is Christ. What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.” ~ Galatians 3:16-18, NIV