texts

"A text without a context is a pretext for a prooftext."

DA Carson

Heart of Darkness

"The weakness then of an infant's limbs, not its will, is its innocence."

Augustine, Confessions

Exegetical arguments with God

"'Ah,' we say, 'but our doctrinal hobby horse isn't in view in Romans 14. The Greek indicates . . . ' Whatever the secondary issue we use to harass our brothers may be, we must guard our hearts. 'But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ' (Rom. 14:10). If these squabbles and disputes are going to follow us into the throne room of Christ, then our Greek had better be pretty good"

- Doug Wilson