Coveting is nothing more or less than an attempt to improve upon God. The covetous man moans and groans because he believes that he has been treated unfairly. When all the goodies were passed out, he got nothing but crumbs... The covetous man doubts God’s wisdom, God’s goodness, God’s justice, God’s timing and ultimately God’s love. Coveting is a terrible sin because it is a surreptitious attack on God Himself. Those who covet are saying, “God, you haven’t taken care of me.” They are blaming God for His failure to meet their needs.- Ray Pritchard, Keep Believing Ministries, The Sin No One Will Admit, http://www.keepbelieving.com/sermon/1992-08-16-The-Sin-No-One-Will-Admit.

The very centre of a saving faith is the belief not merely

in God, but in God as a Father; not merely in Christ, but in

Christ as the Son of God; in Him, not as a creature, but as God

the Creator, born of God. My prime object is by the clear

assertions of prophets and evangelists to refute the insanity

and ignorance of men who use the unity of God (in itself a

pious and profitable confession) as a cloak for their denial

either that in Christ God was born, or [also] that He is very

God.- St. Hilary (ca. 300-367?), On the Trinity, in A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, second series, v. IX, Philip Schaff & Henry Wace, ed., New York: Christian Literature Company, 1902, p. 45

We have adopted the convenient theory that the Bible is a Book to be explained, whereas first and foremost it is a Book to be believed. There is a world of difference between knowing the Word of God and knowing the God of the Word -Leonard Ravenhill

The best gift a father can give to his son is the gift of himself- his time. For material things mean little, if there is not someone to share them with.= C. Neil Strait

True compassion is when you are the one who bears the burden and pays the price.- J. Budziszewski, Copied from How to Stay Christian in College by J. Budziszewski copyright 2004, p.115. Used by permission of NavPress (Think Books) - www.navpress.com.