Quotes By Dr. Shelton L. Smith
"We need to think carefully about 'the crowd' with whom we align and with whom we associate ourselves."
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"When we find others who are obedient to God, we should run with them: they are the right crowd."
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"If you have something religious that can be received and lost, I assure you
it is not the salvation of God! You don't get saved by your performance, and you don't lose your salvation by the failure to perform."
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"Fundamentalism is just basic New Testament Christianity."
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"'My crowd' declares itself fundamental and distinguishes itself to be so by separating from any and all who are otherwise engaged."
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"Doctrine is a dirty word to a lot of religious folks these days, but let me remind you, it is a good Bible word."
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"Doctrine divides truth from error, good from evil, right from wrong, sheep from goats, etc."
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“Every Christian should be active in a local church.”
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“That anti-church spirit is often a rebellion against authority.”
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“Separation is the very antithesis, the exact opposite, of ecumenism.”
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“We believe that this doctrine of separation is a landmark of faith and a watermark of fundamentalism.”
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“If you follow, you fish! If you’re not fishing, you’re not following!”
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“The pursuit of souls is not an option: it is a matter of obedience.”
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“Teaching instructs; preaching instructs and inspires! Teaching educates; preaching educates, expounds, exposes, exhorts, evangelizes, enlists and energizes.”
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“No jump! No jiggle! No jazz! No rock’n’roll! No hip-hop! No rap! No Broadway, no Hollywood, no Nashville, no Branson! Music in the church ought to be distinctively Christian in its message, its manner and its motive!”
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“The style of the song’s presentation should not mirror worldly performers.”
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“Our works are because of our salvation. They are the fruit (not the root) of salvation.”
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“Oddly enough, even those who cry ‘legalism’ also have some standards; they’re just lover ones!”
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“We believe the faith of our fathers should be the faith of our future.”
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“The crowd that walks with God is a praying people.”
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“Prayer is not just for the closet where we are alone. It is for every step we take every moment of the day.”
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“Homosexuality is not only a biological and moral perversion; it is a satanic attack upon the family.”
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“If you are professing the Sunlight of Heaven but living in the shadows of Hell, you are not doing what you should.”
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“If you can’t get your heart anchored to the truth, your lips will soon betray you in carnality!”
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“So many churches today are not voices for God but echoes of the times, the trends and the polls.”
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“Pulpiteers are often mere puppets answerable to a board, a committee or headquarters somewhere.”
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“There is no conflict between a strong soul-winning witness and a strong stand.”
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“A strong stand and a sweet spirit! It’s the Bible way.”
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“’Let’s don’t be so negative’ is favorite penchant of the voices of compromise.”
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“’As long as I can preach the Gospel,’ they say, ‘nothing else matters.’ It is a formula for disaster!”
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“What in the world has made it necessary in the past fifty years for us to roll out a new Bible every few months?”
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“It’s never right to do wrong so we will have a chance to do a good thing.”
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“It is never God’s plan that any church conform to the culture in which it was located. To the contrary, it is the divine plan that churches confront the culture with their message of salvation, morality, decency, order, and such like.”
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“Tackle the times with the truth of God.”
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“Soup lines, crisis shelters and clothes closets are wonderful things, but they are mere Band-Aids in comparison to the major surgery every sinner needs.”
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“The ‘hang-loose, anything-goes, no-standards’ mentality that has invaded the church scene nationwide is not the biblical formula for success.”
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“There must be visible evidence of Christ in us, or the unsaved world will turn a deaf ear to our appeals.”
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“The more real you are inside, the more evidence there will likely be outside.”
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“Television and the Internet are not family-friendly.”
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“Undisciplined children are NOT happy kids.”
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“It is absolutely essential that Christian families protect their children from the government controlled educational system now in place.”
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“If you get a committee together to talk about what God has already spoken, it is a ‘stinking’ committee.”
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“We were better off when the ‘filthy dreamers’ (homosexuals) were in the closet somewhere.”
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“Doctrine is on the first and last pages of the Bible and on all the pages in between. If you dismiss doctrine, then you are denying the Bible.”
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“When a man lines up with evolution, he’s in the same line as the Devil.”
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“We’re not doing much if we don’t get somebody upset every once in a while.”
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“You ask, ‘What’s wrong with Benny Hinn?’ He’s a heretic! Phony baloney!”
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“The reason we have corrupt politicians is that we have had an erosion of absoluteness at the church house, and condemnation comes because of it.”
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"If you are a genuine Christian down deep inside, it ought to be fairly obvious all over your outside."
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"Some Christians are so backslidden that they'll not even get a sucker at the Judgment Seat of Christ."
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