Love the sinner, hate the sin
Attributing this phrase directly to the Bible or to Jesus, when it is not found ...
Matthew 7:7
Interpreting 'Seek and you will find' as a universal and unconditional promise t...
Matthew 7:7
Interpreting 'Seek and you will find' as a universal promise that God will grant...
Attributing this phrase directly to the Bible or believing that believers have t...
God helps those who help themselves
Believing this phrase is biblical and that God's help is conditioned on human se...
God knows your heart (used to justify sin)
Using God's omniscience as an excuse to persist in sin, misrepresenting His know...
Acts 10:34
Interpreting God's 'no partiality' as modern egalitarianism that nullifies all d...
1 Corinthians 10:13
Attributing this phrase to the Bible and using it to minimize suffering, implyin...
Hebrews 13:5
Interpreting the promise of God's unconditional presence as a guarantee of the a...
Hebrews 13:5
Interpreting the promise of God's presence as a guarantee of the absence of suff...
Jeremiah 29:11 (Popular Phrase)
The phrase 'God has a wonderful plan for your life' does not appear in the Bible...
When God closes a door He opens a window
Believing and quoting this phrase as if it were a direct biblical promise from G...
Matthew 18:20
Using Matthew 18:20 as a universal promise of Christ's presence in any gathering...
1 Timothy 6:10
Quoting the phrase 'Money is the root of all evil' as if it were biblical, when ...
God's timing is perfect
Attributing this phrase directly to the Bible or using it to dismiss pain, frust...
Psalm 46:10
Interpreting 'Be still' as an invitation to passive meditation, introspective si...
Psalm 46:10
Interpreting 'Be still' as an invitation to passive, introspective meditation, o...
Philippians 4:13
Interpreting Philippians 4:13 as a promise of unlimited power to achieve any per...
Philippians 4:13
Confusing the promise of contentment in any circumstance with a guarantee of unl...
Mark 9:23
Interpreting faith as a force that the believer exerts to compel God to fulfill ...
Matthew 17:20
Interpreting 'faith moves mountains' as an intrinsic power of human faith to man...
Matthew 17:20
Interpreting faith as a force that compels God to fulfill any personal desire, i...
John 8:32
Assuming that 'the truth' refers to objective information or a political/ideolog...
John 8:32
Interpreting the 'freedom' in John 8:32 as political, social, or economic freedo...
Matthew 20:16
Interpreting 'The last will be first' as a promise of personal status reversal o...
Matthew 20:16 (Closest Scripture)
Interpreting 'the last will be first' as a personal promise of success or advanc...
The phrase 'Do not judge' as a total prohibition
Using the phrase 'judge not' as an absolute prohibition of all forms of discernm...
John 16:24
Believing that prayer is a mechanism to obtain any personal desire without consi...
Matthew 6:33
Believing the phrase is a direct biblical quote or using it to justify a life of...
Romans 8:37
Using 'more than conquerors' as a promise of guaranteed success, absence of diff...
Follow your heart
Believing that the human heart is inherently good and a reliable guide for life,...
We are a spirit, we have a soul, we live in a body
Presenting this phrase as a direct biblical quote or as the sole and dogmatic bi...
Romans 8:37
Interpreting 'more than conquerors' as a promise of absence of suffering, guaran...
Mark 9:23
Adding 'as absolute power' to the biblical phrase, shifting the subject of power...
Everything happens for a reason
Using this phrase as a simplistic explanation or an automatic comfort for any ev...
John 14:6
Interpreting 'I am the way' as an affirmation that Jesus is *a* way among many, ...