mistakes on Truth

Error, by force of contrast, enhances the triumph of Truth.

Help me, I pray, to be someone who tells the truth, even when that truth has to do with my mistakes, my sins. Help me see myself and my actions clearly. Give me the courage to admit when I’ve done wro...

Prayer of Adoration Gracious God – our Father: Sufficient and sovereign, yet, compassionate and kind; You tell us the truth while the world lies to us; You give us light and hope, while all around u...

Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries. Truth is uniform and narrow; it constantly exists, and does not se...

Preaching Commentary Pastoral Letters Our text comes early in the pastoral letter of 1 Timothy, right after a brief welcome to the letter’s recipient and an exhortation to fight against the false t...

When asked to recant of his writings, Luther replied, “Unless I am convinced by sacred Scripture or by evident reason, I cannot recant. For my conscience is held captive by the word of God and to act ...

Pastoral Letters Our text comes early in the pastoral letter of 1 Timothy, right after a brief welcome to the letter’s recipient and an exhortation to fight against the false teachers who have presum...

When people fail, we are inclined to find fault with them, but if you look more closely, you will find that God had some particular truth for them to learn, which the trouble they are in is to teach t...

You want to cry aloud for your mistakes. But to tell the truth the world doesn't need any more of that sound.

We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is pos...

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying… that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.

“It is a comfort not to be mistaken at all points."

Pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

The point of discourse is to learn with and from one another. I used to tell my students that at least 20 percent of what I was telling them was wrong, but I didn't know which 20 percent it was: I...

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

We know mistakes were made.

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterwards.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

In her aptly title book, Being Wrong , Kathleen Schulz describes just how difficult it is to be wrong: A whole lot of us go through life assuming that we are basically right, basically all the ti...

Sisters and brothers, Jesus calls us to be honest about our sin. But he also offers us unfathomable forgiveness and grace. He knew you before you were born, and chose to love you. In Jesus’ name, you ...

We readily confess our little faults in order to suggest that we have no big ones.

To err isn’t human after all. To err is, cosmically speaking, an anomaly. That’s why we can’t bear the imperfection in ourselves and in others.

I see no reason why I should be consciously wrong today because I was unconsciously wrong yesterday.

The point of discourse is to learn with and from one another. I used to tell my students that at least 20 percent of what I was telling them was wrong, but I didn't know which 20 percent it was: I...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive ner...

It is human to err, it is devilish to remain willfully in error.

“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”

I will look at any additional evidence to confirm the opinion to which I have already come.