Quotes 12 Dec 17

A person may sometimes have a clear conscience simply becausehis head is empty.--Ralph W. Sockman, _How to Believe_, 1953

It is not uncommon to hear someone being instructed
to "let their conscience be their guide."  But this
is not always good advice.  It is possible to follow
one's conscience and do the wrong thing.
Six times in his pastoral epistles, Paul mentions
the conscience.  He writes about a good conscience
and a pure conscience, but he also says that it is
possible to have one's conscience "corrupted"
(Titus 1:15) or defiled.
Paul describes that defiled conscience as having
been "seared as with a hot iron" (1 Timothy 4:2).
The writer of Hebrews actually speaks of an "evil
conscience" (Hebrews 10:22).
The conscience is one of our God-given internal
faculties, a critical witness within us that tells us
we ought to do what we believe to be right and
not to do what we believe to be wrong. The conscience, however, does not instruct us as to
what is right or wrong; it prods us to do what we
have been taught is right.It is therefore possible to be led astray by our
conscience if we are deceived about what is right
and what is wrong.  It is important to understand
that our conscience must be informed by the Word
of God, by what it says is right and what it says
is wrong.Without being shaped by the absolute standard of
God's Word, our conscience is an unreliable guide
for life because it is easily deceived and subject
to emotions and moods.--David Jeremiah (1941-    )
      _The Spiritual Warfare Answer Book_ [2016],
      "What Is The Importance Of A Clear Conscience?"

"While other worldviews lead us to sit in the midst of life's joys, foreseeing the coming sorrows, Christianity empowers its people to sit in the midst of this world's sorrows, tasting the coming joy." -- @timkellernyc

God says, . . . "Sorrow and pain are serving my ends; for by them I will slay sin, and save my children." --George MacDonald (1824-1905)  _The Seaboard Parish_

Advertising tries to stimulate our sensuous desires, converting luxuries into necessities, but it only
intensifies man's inner misery.  The business world is bent on creating hungers which its wares never satisfy, and thus it adds to the frustrations and broken minds of our times. --Fulton John Sheen (1895-1979) _Lift Up Your Heart_ [1942]