September 7th 1940 Joseph Kennedy (the US ambassador) walking down Piccadilly with a friend said to him, "I'll bet you five to one any sum that Hitler will be in Buckingham Palace in two weeks" It was time he advised the State department for the British to accept defeat." - Churchill & Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks p113
So much of left wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know fire is hot. - Orwell on W H Auden in Churchill & Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks p127
It is doubtful whether a fortress as strong as Singapore can be taken by storm - Orwell on BBC radio January 1942, - in Churchill & Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks p143 It fell the next month, the worst ever British army defeat and by an outnumbered Japanese force.
This glory of Christ as Head is also accompanied by power and rule over all creatures. As King and Ruler over all things He effectively gathers the Church out of the world by His Word and Spirit and keeps it safe and guards it from the world & Satan until He will triumph over all- liam goligher @LGoligher
The underlying, ultimate motive of all sin is to be like God.- Tmothy Keller @timkellernyc
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