REPENTANCE

'An act of sin is like throwing a stone into a pond: repentance is like fetching the stone out again, retrieving the situation; but throwing the the stone in and fetching it out creates ripples, which spread and spread. Repentance in itself does not stop them rippling and spreading.'

Alec Motyer, Treasures of the King, p.118.

BIBLE STUDY

'When something the Bible says is capable of two equally valid interpretations, the Bible writers, knowing far more Hebrew and Greek than we do, would have been well aware of the nuances of their own languages. If, for their part, they were willing to allow two possible meanings to stand, we can do the same.'

Alec Motyer, Treasures of the King: Psalms from the Life of David, p.126.