Quotes about Terms

With the excesses of the gender revolution the revolt against terms and categories becomes a revolt against reality, and all the rest of us are pressured to deny the obvious, believe in the incredible, and go along with the charade of the emperor's new clothes. ("Only a woman can get pregnant," but such truisms are now held to be false and offensive.)

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”

Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—

And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.

But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.

I do see that there is an argument against suicide: the grief of the worshipers left behind, the awful famine in their hearts, these are too costly terms for the release.

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair.

Often a work of God comes with two edges, great joy and great pain, and in that matter-of-fact response Mary embraced both. She was the first person to accept Jesus on His own terms, regardless of the personal cost.