When Sinners Say "I Do" Quotes

“Mercy sweetens marriage. Where it is absent, two people flog one another over everything from failure to fix the faucet to phone bills. But where it is present, marriage grows sweeter and more delightful, even in the face of challenges, setbacks, and the persistent effects of our remaining sin.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“But once I find 1 Timothy 1:15–16 trustworthy—once I can embrace it with full acceptance—once I know that I am indeed the worst of sinners, then my spouse is no longer my biggest problem: I am.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“Maybe you are beginning to sense that if your experience of sin is not all that bitter, and your experience of marriage not all that sweet, maybe your theology is not all that it should be.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“Bitterness differs from unbelief merely in the intensity and depth—in the degree—of its rebellion. As my friend Andy Farmer has pointed out, the two are distinguished simply by the difference between can’t and won’t. Unbelief says, “I can’t do this,” while bitterness says, “I won’t do this.” Unbelief tells a spouse, “You can’t change,” and bitterness declares, “You won’t change.” Unbelief claims, “God can’t affect what I like and dislike”; while bitterness says, “God won’t affect them.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“Human sin is stubborn,” says Cornelius Plantinga, “but not as stubborn as the grace of God and not half so persistent, not half so ready to suffer to win its way.”3 Stubborn, persistent, unrelenting grace that changes us. Now that’s good news indeed.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“A great awareness of one’s sinfulness often stands side by side with great joy and confidence in God.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“Sin is wrong, not because of what it does to me, or my spouse, or child, or neighbor, but because it is an act of rebellion against the infinitely holy and majestic God.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“Today matters because tomorrow can’t be assumed”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“forgiven sinners forgive sin.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“Quiero vivir preparándome para lo que sigue. Quiero gastar mi tiempo y dinero de tal manera que reconozca la eternidad.” No desperdicia el tiempo adivinando acerca del futuro. Sólo se prepara para ello.”
― Dave Harvey, Cuando Pecadores Dicen, “Acepto”: Descubriendo el Poder del Evagelio Para el Matrimonio

“Do you know God as a God of mercy? Do you see your spouse as God sees him or her—through eyes of mercy? If your answer to either question is no, it is unlikely that your marriage is sweet. Mercy sweetens marriage. Where it is absent, two people flog one another over everything from failure to fix the faucet to phone bills. But where it is present, marriage grows sweeter and more delightful, even in the face of challenges, setbacks, and the persistent effects of our remaining sin.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“What a person believes about God determines what he or she thinks about how we got here, what our ultimate meaning is, and what happens after we die. So essentially our worldview, our perspective on life, is determined by our perspective on God.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“What we believe about God determines the quality of our marriage.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“Marriage is the union of two people who arrive toting the luggage of life. And that luggage always contains sin.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“Honesty forces us to deal with the familiar indwelling sin of our lives in a straightforward way. And the destination is always the same—the foot of the cross where our sin has been atoned for and where Christ, our wisdom, is ready to help in time of need.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“marriage battles are no longer merely something to fight our way through, hoping we can come out on the other side with the relationship still intact. Instead, even our conflicts have redemptive possibilities because the war with sin is won in Christ, by the grace and power of our Sovereign God.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“What do you imagine is the biggest factor keeping you from having a consistent devotional life? Yup, the law of sin.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“The law of sin wants to take you captive to sin, and despite your assurance of salvation in Christ, this is serious stuff. Any sin can become enslaving.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“luego de nosotros mismos. De Dios en cuanto a su grandeza, gloria, santidad,”
― Dave Harvey, Cuando Pecadores Dicen, “Acepto”: Descubriendo el Poder del Evagelio Para el Matrimonio

“Celebre lo que sí se puede ver, aun si no está directamente relacionado al área específica en la cual deseaba cambiar. Se debe reconocer la gracia y celebrarla dondequiera que brote y en cualquier forma. A veces la gracia está obrando en áreas inesperadas. El esposo que batalla con la lujuria encuentra gracia para renunciar a su glotonería y de repente encuentra el poder para decirle no a la pornografía. La esposa que tanto se critica a sí misma sale de su comodidad y comparte el evangelio con su vecina y encuentra que su deleite en Dios se dispara por las nubes. No nos corresponde dictar cómo debe suceder el cambio, sino dar gracias por dónde sea que haya evidencias de la gracia.”
― Dave Harvey, Cuando Pecadores Dicen, “Acepto”: Descubriendo el Poder del Evagelio Para el Matrimonio

“Demasiada gente toma a la ligera el pecado, y por consiguiente, toma a la ligera al Salvador. Aquel que ha estado delante de su Dios, culpable y condenado, con la soga alrededor del cuello, es aquel que debería llorar con gozo al estar perdonado, debería odiar el mal que fue perdonado, y debería vivir para honrar al Redentor cuya sangre lo ha limpiado.2”
― Dave Harvey, Cuando Pecadores Dicen, “Acepto”: Descubriendo el Poder del Evagelio Para el Matrimonio

“No puede haber pecados chicos contra un gran Dios.”5”
― Dave Harvey, Cuando Pecadores Dicen, “Acepto”: Descubriendo el Poder del Evagelio Para el Matrimonio

“Hasta que el pecado sepa amargo, el matrimonio no podrá ser dulce.”
― Dave Harvey, Cuando Pecadores Dicen, “Acepto”: Descubriendo el Poder del Evagelio Para el Matrimonio

“Pero, a diferencia de un timador quien sólo quiere privarnos de nuestro dinero, el pecado nos quiere separar de Dios mismo. A través de sus mentiras, el pecado nos presiona a adoptar una perspectiva falsa de nuestra relación con Dios.”
― Dave Harvey, Cuando Pecadores Dicen, “Acepto”: Descubriendo el Poder del Evagelio Para el Matrimonio

“This whole idea of seeing God, yourself, and your marriage for what they truly are is all about clear, biblical thinking. Locating the source of your marriage problemsinyour marriage is like saying the Battle of Bull Run was caused by some really troubled farmland. The battle was fought on farmland, but its cause lay elsewhere.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“C. Sproul: No Christian can avoid theology. Every Christian is a theologian. Perhaps not a theologian in the technical or professional sense, but a theologian nevertheless. The issue for Christians is not whether we are going to be theologians but whether we are going to be good theologians or bad ones.1”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

“Blame-shifting is what I do when I basically know I’m guilty and am just trying to convince myself or someone else that maybe I’m not.”
― Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage