Jon Bloom Quotes

Prosperity obscures rather than reveals how much fallen humans love God. "Blessings" easily turn into curses as sinners subtly ( or not so subtly) come to love and trust the blessings more than the bless-er.

Don't follow your heart. God did not design our hearts to be followed, but to be led.

Though Christians are accused of holding bigoted and inhumane beliefs about sexuality, this is not true. Our view of sexuality is rooted not in fear or self-righteous prudery. It is rooted in our high view of human dignity as God's image-bearers. That's why we do not believe that sexuality defines humanity, nor do we believe humanity defines sexuality. Being human, and thus made in the likeness of God, is so noble a thing that God alone reserves the right to confer the definition of our true personhood. We do not say with Lady Gaga, "I'm beautiful in my way." We say, "I am beautiful in God's way." To the degree that we abandon God's way, we abandon our beauty.

In fact, if we do what our hearts tell us to do, we will pervert and impoverish every desire, every beauty, every person, every wonder, every joy. Our hearts want to consume these things for our own self-glory and self-indulgence. No, our hearts will not save us. We need to be saved from our hearts.

We are not to lean on conclusions we deduce primarily from our perceptions. In this sense, our own understanding simply will not bear the full weight of reality. It was never intended to.

Sometimes, in your battle with unbelief, your greatest ally will wrestle you - he might even make you limp - until you're desperate enough to say, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me.' It is a great mercy to be brought to the point where you're desperate enough to insist on what you need the most.

Emotions aren't imperatives; they're not your boss. They're indicatives; they're reports. Thats why Paul wrote, " Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions; Roms 6:12