In Britain, for centuries, moral conduct has arisen from the Judaeo-Christian vision of the Bible and, specifically, the Ten Commandments. It is true, of course, that non-believers can be moral, even more so than believers, but this is usually within the context of an existing tradition. What made Britain great was a sense of responsibility, of accountability to one another and, ultimately, of having to answer to God, the very source of our existence. It is the loss of this framework that has led to the darkness we have all been experiencing. Instead of finding numerous excuses and denying the real origin of our problems, we should make the recovery of such a framework central to the task of the moral and spiritual regeneration that everybody now thinks is necessary.- Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali Conservative Home website

Thank you for being rash enough to marry me, foolish enough to stay with me, and loving me in a way I thought I'd never be loved.-Winston Churchill to Clementine when he was about to enter the office of First Lord of the Admiralty just after Britain had finally declared war on Germany--at least, anyway, as shown in the BBC/HBO movie "The Gathering Storm."

Without the comfort and strength of the Holy Spirit, we will either despise afflictions or collapse under them and God's purpose in sending them to us will be defeated..Sin will either harden us so that we treat it with contempt, or else cast us into despair and so we neglect the gracious means that God has graciously provided us with to defeat it. Without the comfort and strength of the Holy Spirit, the comforts of our loved ones will separate us from God and the loss of them will turn our hearts to stone. Without the comfort and strength of the Holy Spirit, the poverty of the church will overwhelm us and the prosperity of the church will not concern us. Without the comfort and strength of the Holy Spirit, we shall not have wisdom in our work, nor peace in any trial, nor will we have joy and comfort in life, nor light in death. How sad, then, is the condition of those who know nothing of the Spirit as a Comforter.- John Owen in Communion with God