"The thought of Jeremy Corbyn running the country makes me feel safer sitting in a car with Richard Hammond" - Nick Ferrari on BBC Question Time
Between you and the thunderclouds of God’s coming wrath, stands the cross - J.I. Packer
In times of adversity believers comfort themselves with the solace that they suffer nothing except by God's ordinance and command.- John Calvin @JohnCalvinDaily
English Bill of Rights of 1689, one of the rights therein is 'That the subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law'. - Peter Mason
God saves us from God. The One who drags us out of the rebellious city, is the same One who rainsdown fire on it.- Joshua D Jones 🧀 🥃 @BlueCheezWhisky
Friday 30 June 2017
Thursday 29 June 2017
Quotes 30 Jun 17
"A universal atonement removes the "power" from the blood of Christ, and places salvation into the hands and valuation of a beggar. Do this and live! A powerless atonement is no atonement at all.The Father said, "when I see the Blood" not "when you see the blood." The power and efficacy is in the blood of the atonement, not the faith which claims it. Faith is the instrumental means, not the basis to our salvation. It's the Father's estimation of the blood that determines it's efficacious nature in salvation, not the beggar who (attempts to) claim it as his own." - Gary Edwards
The primary enemy of 21st Century Christianity isn't Feminism, Fascism, LGBTism, or Islam. The chief enemy is our own laziness after God.- Joshua D Jones @BlueCheezWhisky
… our identity is the function of who we are in Christ. — White Horse Inn
Wednesday 28 June 2017
Quotes 29 Jun 17
Complementarianism,” applied strictly to the spheres of marriage and formal ecclesiastical authority, is a biblically legitimate view.- Duke Kwon @dukekwondc
Anyone rejecting an ideological shibboleth is vilified as racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic, climate-change denier and so on.Such people aren’t being shamed over what they do but what they are. The aim is not to change their behaviour but to disbar them from the community of right-thinking people. In the interests of making a kinder, gentler, nicer world we have become tyrannical.- MELANIE PHILLIPS, june 27 2017,the times, How we’ve turned into a shameless society
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”- C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily
"...nothing is too small for God's loving care and attention.”God's omniscience is no reason for our not telling him things which he already knows.”= -Martyn Lloyd-Jones @D_M_LloydJones
Lust says, “What can you do for me?” Love says, “What can I do for you?”- Tim Keller Wisdom @DailyKeller
Anyone rejecting an ideological shibboleth is vilified as racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic, climate-change denier and so on.Such people aren’t being shamed over what they do but what they are. The aim is not to change their behaviour but to disbar them from the community of right-thinking people. In the interests of making a kinder, gentler, nicer world we have become tyrannical.- MELANIE PHILLIPS, june 27 2017,the times, How we’ve turned into a shameless society
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”- C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily
"...nothing is too small for God's loving care and attention.”God's omniscience is no reason for our not telling him things which he already knows.”= -Martyn Lloyd-Jones @D_M_LloydJones
Lust says, “What can you do for me?” Love says, “What can I do for you?”- Tim Keller Wisdom @DailyKeller
Tuesday 27 June 2017
Quotes 28 Jun 17
"The Catechism presents to us a religion in which all of its doctrines culminate in attributing nothing to man and everything to God. Consequently, it causes man completely to look away from the creature to that he seeks and finds his comfort, peace, and salvation exclusively in the triune God" "The Christian's only comfort in life and death" Theodorus Vandergroe (1705-84).An exposition of the Heidelberg Catechism(p2)
"The manner in which one is called to travel to heaven is a way that is filled with sharp thorns.”- "The Christian's only comfort in life and death" Exposition of the Heidelberg Catechism by Theodorus Vandergroe (1705-84)(p6)
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? - T. H. Huxley, 'On Elemental Instruction in Physiology', 1877
'Perhaps the highest and loftiest acts a Christian can have toward God are worship and prayer.' — Mack Tomlinson http://buff.ly/2rwUdVf
"But, sir, this prejudice goes farther. It debars men from heaven. While, sir, this slavery cuts off the colored portion of the community from religious privileges, men are made infidels. What, they demand, is your Christianity? How do you regard your brethren? How do you treat them at the Lord’s table? Where is your consistency in talking about the heathen; traversing the ocean to circulate the Bible everywhere, while you frown upon them at your door? These things meet us, and weigh down our spirits."- Theodore S. Wright,1797-1847. Attended Princeton Theological Seminary. Pastored First Colored Presbyterian Church of New York.
"The manner in which one is called to travel to heaven is a way that is filled with sharp thorns.”- "The Christian's only comfort in life and death" Exposition of the Heidelberg Catechism by Theodorus Vandergroe (1705-84)(p6)
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? - T. H. Huxley, 'On Elemental Instruction in Physiology', 1877
'Perhaps the highest and loftiest acts a Christian can have toward God are worship and prayer.' — Mack Tomlinson http://buff.ly/2rwUdVf
"But, sir, this prejudice goes farther. It debars men from heaven. While, sir, this slavery cuts off the colored portion of the community from religious privileges, men are made infidels. What, they demand, is your Christianity? How do you regard your brethren? How do you treat them at the Lord’s table? Where is your consistency in talking about the heathen; traversing the ocean to circulate the Bible everywhere, while you frown upon them at your door? These things meet us, and weigh down our spirits."- Theodore S. Wright,1797-1847. Attended Princeton Theological Seminary. Pastored First Colored Presbyterian Church of New York.
Monday 26 June 2017
Quotes 27 Jun 17
“Jesus is not committed to repairing Adam’s old world. He is committed to raising up his new world. It’s more glorious this way—not simply to heal the illness but to turn the funeral into a homecoming. What Jesus does for Lazarus is a picture of his plans for the world. He is not committed to repairing this fallen world, but to raising it from the dead.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](144–45)
“Whatever else we say about hell, we should remember that God the Son has entered it so that we never have to.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](149)
“The Christian God is unique. In some religions God is an individual defined by supremacy. In some religions there are many gods who often war with each other. In neither case is love ultimate. [The Scriptures present] a Father loving his Son in the joy of the Spirit. Only the Christian can truly say, ‘God is love.’” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](159)
“Jesus says our partner’s gender matters. In our ‘one flesh’ relationship we are not called to another version of ourselves but to our ‘opposite number.’ For the Christian, marriage is a flow between two interlocking partners: a man and a woman. In this way, Christians believe that marriages reflect to the world the ultimate romance story: the love of Jesus for those who are different to him—us.” (166)- Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation]
“Whatever else we say about hell, we should remember that God the Son has entered it so that we never have to.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](149)
“The Christian God is unique. In some religions God is an individual defined by supremacy. In some religions there are many gods who often war with each other. In neither case is love ultimate. [The Scriptures present] a Father loving his Son in the joy of the Spirit. Only the Christian can truly say, ‘God is love.’” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](159)
“Jesus says our partner’s gender matters. In our ‘one flesh’ relationship we are not called to another version of ourselves but to our ‘opposite number.’ For the Christian, marriage is a flow between two interlocking partners: a man and a woman. In this way, Christians believe that marriages reflect to the world the ultimate romance story: the love of Jesus for those who are different to him—us.” (166)- Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation]
Sunday 25 June 2017
Quotes 26 Jun 17
“There are no promises of earthly riches or easy living. In fact, Jesus leads us into a suffering world to engage with it more, not less. While most people spend their lives keeping back, filling up, and clinging on, Jesus teaches us to press it, pour out, and give away. The way of Jesus is not a trouble-free existence—far from it. But Jesus does promise that, in giving ourselves away, we will truly find ourselves.” Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](132)(112–13)
“One-ness with Jesus brings us into a one-ness with church.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](132)
(113)
“The point of the Bible is not simply education, though there is much to learn. Its point is not simply entertainment, though its stories and songs are inspirational. Its point is not simply ethical improvement, though it has shaped the moral life of civilizations. The point of the Bible is to encounter Jesus.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](132)
(117)
“‘Dead men don’t rise.’ This is true. But what if Jesus is more than a man?” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](132)
“Given that the Bible is a library of 66 books written by 40 authors over 15 centuries, the headline story is actually the incredible unity of the Bible. . . . On Good Friday alone Jesus fulfilled 29 separate Old Testament prophecies. . . . The consistency question is not a weak point for the Bible; it is perhaps the strongest argument for its divine origin.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](137)
“One-ness with Jesus brings us into a one-ness with church.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](132)
(113)
“The point of the Bible is not simply education, though there is much to learn. Its point is not simply entertainment, though its stories and songs are inspirational. Its point is not simply ethical improvement, though it has shaped the moral life of civilizations. The point of the Bible is to encounter Jesus.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](132)
(117)
“‘Dead men don’t rise.’ This is true. But what if Jesus is more than a man?” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](132)
“Given that the Bible is a library of 66 books written by 40 authors over 15 centuries, the headline story is actually the incredible unity of the Bible. . . . On Good Friday alone Jesus fulfilled 29 separate Old Testament prophecies. . . . The consistency question is not a weak point for the Bible; it is perhaps the strongest argument for its divine origin.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation](137)
Friday 23 June 2017
Quotes for 24 Jun 17
“As miracles go, [the universe spontaneously creating itself] would be unparalleled. Everything from nothing? Christians believe in the virgin birth of Jesus but this would mean the virgin birth of the cosmos. In fact, it’s the virgin birth of the cosmos but without a virgin, without anything.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation].p(55)
“Our first instinct is self-preservation, self-protection, and self-promotion. Of course, as we grow we realize that others don’t respond well to our naked savagery, so we moderate these instincts. We learn to ‘play nice.’ But notice why we play nice: it serves our interests better.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation].p(73)
“Jesus entered our hell so we could have his heaven. . . . Jesus joins us in our failures so we can join him in his family.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation].p(88,90)
“If he is our Champion, then his victory is our victory. We know we look like ‘a bunch of losers’ and we know we’ve contributed nothing to the victory. Nonetheless we sing like we’ve won because, in Jesus, we have.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation].p(102)
“Our first instinct is self-preservation, self-protection, and self-promotion. Of course, as we grow we realize that others don’t respond well to our naked savagery, so we moderate these instincts. We learn to ‘play nice.’ But notice why we play nice: it serves our interests better.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation].p(73)
“Jesus entered our hell so we could have his heaven. . . . Jesus joins us in our failures so we can join him in his family.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation].p(88,90)
“If he is our Champion, then his victory is our victory. We know we look like ‘a bunch of losers’ and we know we’ve contributed nothing to the victory. Nonetheless we sing like we’ve won because, in Jesus, we have.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation].p(102)
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Quotes 22 Jun 17
“This traveling preacher never graduated from the recognized academies, never accepted political office, never entered religious orders, never joined the military. He never founded a school, never fathered a dynasty, never wrote a book, never led an army, never had an ounce of earthly power. He was butchered as a blasphemer in his thirties yet today he commands more allegiance than any human has or could. Billions call him Lord. Not bad for a kid born in a shed.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation].p16
“Wherever Jesus sees faith, he has forgiveness on a hair trigger.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation].p19
“Jesus can’t speak of judgment day without putting himself at the center of our cosmic conclusion—he is the Judge. He can’t set eyes on Jerusalem without lamenting the way they’ve treated him for the last millennia. He can’t mention Abraham without saying how terrific it was when they met—2,000 years earlier. . . . He owns divine titles; accepts divine worship; performs divine acts; pronounces divine verdicts; and makes divine oaths. In short, he walks around planet earth like he owns the place.”- Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation].p26, 28
“Wherever Jesus sees faith, he has forgiveness on a hair trigger.” - Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation].p19
“Jesus can’t speak of judgment day without putting himself at the center of our cosmic conclusion—he is the Judge. He can’t set eyes on Jerusalem without lamenting the way they’ve treated him for the last millennia. He can’t mention Abraham without saying how terrific it was when they met—2,000 years earlier. . . . He owns divine titles; accepts divine worship; performs divine acts; pronounces divine verdicts; and makes divine oaths. In short, he walks around planet earth like he owns the place.”- Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation].p26, 28
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Quotes 21 Jun 17
The Gospel is a warrior's song about the Triumph of the Lamb and the heavenly city of God over the Dragon. - Michael Horton @MichaelHorton
“The story at the heart of Christianity is every [epic] story. There’s a golden age of innocence; mistrust; betrayal; unrequited love; a fall from grace; murder and intrigue; a pit of despair; a Hero’s epic journey; a fight to the death; victory through sacrifice; and a happy ending complete with wedding and singing. . . . The Bible says it was God’s story first. And this story makes sense of our little stories.”- Glen Scrivener’s 321: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014) [animated presentation].p11
Monday 19 June 2017
Quotes 20 Jun 17
On 20 June 1776 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'A Christian is not of hasty growth...but rather like the oak, the progress of which is hardly perceptible, but in time becomes a deep-rooted tree.'
BTW according to Jonathan Aitken's biography Newton was in danger of rebuke from his patron, a government minister, when his sympathies were with the 1776 rebels.
BTW according to Jonathan Aitken's biography Newton was in danger of rebuke from his patron, a government minister, when his sympathies were with the 1776 rebels.
Sunday 18 June 2017
Quotes 18 Jun 17
If the word be not placed in the heart by fixed meditation and delight, it may please for a season, but it will not nourish the soul. ~ John Owen @John_OwenQuotes
This is God's way: you are not called to buy, but to beg; not to be strong in yourself, but in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. -John Newton @john__newton
Christ and the church are the new Adam and Eve. - Rebecca Jones, Does Christianity Squash Women?
‘The more we look upward, the more we look outward.’- Tim Keller
This is God's way: you are not called to buy, but to beg; not to be strong in yourself, but in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. -John Newton @john__newton
Christ and the church are the new Adam and Eve. - Rebecca Jones, Does Christianity Squash Women?
‘The more we look upward, the more we look outward.’- Tim Keller
Friday 16 June 2017
Quotes 17 Jun 17
"If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be govned by the ten thousand commandments." G.K. Chesterton
"Gentlemen, I am a Catholic. As far as possible, I go to Mass every day. This (taking a rosary out of his pocket) is a rosary. As far as possible, I kneel down and tell these beads every day. If you reject me on account of my religion, I shall thank God that he has spared me the indignity of being your representative.”- former Liberal MP, Hillare Belloc.
He won with a landslide.
"In crosses and miseries, think of Him as a "Father of mercies"; in discomforts, think of Him as a "God of all comfort;" in perplexities and distress, think of Him as a "God of wisdom’…”- Richard Sibbes, Sermon on II Corinthians
"I go to prepare a place for you,” was one of the last and sweetest assurances that breathed from the lips of the departing Savior. Yes! He has passed within the veil as our Forerunner; He has prepared heaven for us, and by His gentle, wise, and loving discipline He is preparing us for heaven.Bereaved one! death enters not there. Sick one! diseases enfeebles not, wastes not there. Afflicted one! sorrow saddens not there. Oppressed one! cruelty injures not, wounds not there. Weeping one! tears spring not there. "The former things are passed away." The desert is passed, the ocean is crossed, the home is reached, and the soul finds itself in heaven, where all is the perfection of purity, and the plenitude of bliss.- Octavius Winslow
"Gentlemen, I am a Catholic. As far as possible, I go to Mass every day. This (taking a rosary out of his pocket) is a rosary. As far as possible, I kneel down and tell these beads every day. If you reject me on account of my religion, I shall thank God that he has spared me the indignity of being your representative.”- former Liberal MP, Hillare Belloc.
He won with a landslide.
"In crosses and miseries, think of Him as a "Father of mercies"; in discomforts, think of Him as a "God of all comfort;" in perplexities and distress, think of Him as a "God of wisdom’…”- Richard Sibbes, Sermon on II Corinthians
"I go to prepare a place for you,” was one of the last and sweetest assurances that breathed from the lips of the departing Savior. Yes! He has passed within the veil as our Forerunner; He has prepared heaven for us, and by His gentle, wise, and loving discipline He is preparing us for heaven.Bereaved one! death enters not there. Sick one! diseases enfeebles not, wastes not there. Afflicted one! sorrow saddens not there. Oppressed one! cruelty injures not, wounds not there. Weeping one! tears spring not there. "The former things are passed away." The desert is passed, the ocean is crossed, the home is reached, and the soul finds itself in heaven, where all is the perfection of purity, and the plenitude of bliss.- Octavius Winslow
Thursday 15 June 2017
Quotes 16 Jun 17
Christianity is a religion based on historical events and facts.- Michael Horton @MichaelHorton
The more joy we have in God, the less we'll be addicted to entertainment.- Joshua D Jones 🧀 🥃 @BlueCheezWhisky
'The sovereignty of God is the sweet pillow on which we lay our heads' Charles Spurgeon
"O friends, if you are afraid of being overcome, take to praising God. If you are in trouble and do not know how to bear it, divert your thoughts by praising God. Get away from the present trail by blessing and magnifying His holy name.- Charles Spurgeon. Sunday Sermon June 15, 1882
"God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering." - Augustine
The more joy we have in God, the less we'll be addicted to entertainment.- Joshua D Jones 🧀 🥃 @BlueCheezWhisky
'The sovereignty of God is the sweet pillow on which we lay our heads' Charles Spurgeon
"O friends, if you are afraid of being overcome, take to praising God. If you are in trouble and do not know how to bear it, divert your thoughts by praising God. Get away from the present trail by blessing and magnifying His holy name.- Charles Spurgeon. Sunday Sermon June 15, 1882
"God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering." - Augustine
Wednesday 14 June 2017
Quotes 15 Jun 17
Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives. - Blaise Pascal, _Pensees_
Mohammedan's religion might be sustained by scimitars, but Christians' religion must be maintained by love. -C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) _New Park Street Pulpit_, Volume 3 [1857]
"It is good to regularly weigh ourselves on the scale of God's Word." -Spurgeon
On October 15th 1987, Andrei Gromyko (chairman of the Supreme Soviet), boasted, that "there is capitalism and there is socialism, which was born seventy years ago...And in 1,000 years socialism will still be bringing good to the world." Just four years later the Soviet Union collapsed.
"It is incomprehensible to me that any thinker can calmly call himself a modernist; he might as well call himself a Thursdayite. But apart altogether from that particular disturbance, I am conscious of a general irritation expressed against the people who boast of their advancement and modernity in the discussion of religion. But I never succeeded in saying the quite clear and obvious thing that is really the matter with modernism. The real objection to modernism is simply that it is a form of snobbishness. It is an attempt to crush a rational opponent not by reason, but by some mystery of superiority, by hinting that one is specially up to date or particularly 'in the know.' To flaunt the fact that we have had all the last books from Germany is simply vulgar; like flaunting the fact that we have had all the last bonnets from Paris. To introduce into philosophical discussions a sneer at a creed's antiquity is like introducing a sneer at a lady's age. It is caddish because it is irrelevant. The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion." - G. K. Chesterton
Mohammedan's religion might be sustained by scimitars, but Christians' religion must be maintained by love. -C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) _New Park Street Pulpit_, Volume 3 [1857]
"It is good to regularly weigh ourselves on the scale of God's Word." -Spurgeon
On October 15th 1987, Andrei Gromyko (chairman of the Supreme Soviet), boasted, that "there is capitalism and there is socialism, which was born seventy years ago...And in 1,000 years socialism will still be bringing good to the world." Just four years later the Soviet Union collapsed.
"It is incomprehensible to me that any thinker can calmly call himself a modernist; he might as well call himself a Thursdayite. But apart altogether from that particular disturbance, I am conscious of a general irritation expressed against the people who boast of their advancement and modernity in the discussion of religion. But I never succeeded in saying the quite clear and obvious thing that is really the matter with modernism. The real objection to modernism is simply that it is a form of snobbishness. It is an attempt to crush a rational opponent not by reason, but by some mystery of superiority, by hinting that one is specially up to date or particularly 'in the know.' To flaunt the fact that we have had all the last books from Germany is simply vulgar; like flaunting the fact that we have had all the last bonnets from Paris. To introduce into philosophical discussions a sneer at a creed's antiquity is like introducing a sneer at a lady's age. It is caddish because it is irrelevant. The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion." - G. K. Chesterton
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Quotes 14 Jun 17
"Be cautious of paying too great a regard to persons and parties. One is your Master, even Christ. " John Newton
This is the wonderful exchange which, out of his measureless benevolence, he has made with us; that, becoming Son of man with us, he has made us sons of God with him; that , by his descent to earth, he has prepared an ascent to heaven for us; that, by taking on our mortality, he has conferred his immortality upon us; that, accepting our weakness, he has strengthened us by his power; that, receiving our poverty unto himself, he has transferred his wealth to us; that, taking the weight of our iniquity upon himself (which oppressed us), he has clothed us with his righteousness.- Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion, Institutes
To say that God is sovereign is to declare that no one can thwart His will. —Julius Kim
Paul Bates: (Michael Sheen)
Nostalgia is denial--denial of the painful present.
Inez: (Rachel McAdams)
Well, Gil is a complete romantic. I mean he would
be more than happy living in a complete state of
perpetual denial.
Paul Bates:
And the name for this fallacy is called Golden Age
thinking--the erroneous notion that a different
time period is better than the one one's living in.
It's a flaw in the romantic imagination of those
people who find it difficult to cope with the present. -Dialogue from the film _Midnight In Paris_ [2011], written and directed by Woody Allen
This is the wonderful exchange which, out of his measureless benevolence, he has made with us; that, becoming Son of man with us, he has made us sons of God with him; that , by his descent to earth, he has prepared an ascent to heaven for us; that, by taking on our mortality, he has conferred his immortality upon us; that, accepting our weakness, he has strengthened us by his power; that, receiving our poverty unto himself, he has transferred his wealth to us; that, taking the weight of our iniquity upon himself (which oppressed us), he has clothed us with his righteousness.- Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion, Institutes
To say that God is sovereign is to declare that no one can thwart His will. —Julius Kim
Paul Bates: (Michael Sheen)
Nostalgia is denial--denial of the painful present.
Inez: (Rachel McAdams)
Well, Gil is a complete romantic. I mean he would
be more than happy living in a complete state of
perpetual denial.
Paul Bates:
And the name for this fallacy is called Golden Age
thinking--the erroneous notion that a different
time period is better than the one one's living in.
It's a flaw in the romantic imagination of those
people who find it difficult to cope with the present. -Dialogue from the film _Midnight In Paris_ [2011], written and directed by Woody Allen
Monday 12 June 2017
Quotes 13 Jun 17
"Democracy requires the life of faith.”- Prime Minister Thatcher speaking on the importance of the Holy Bible in shaping and making our nation (1988).
"In the seventh century of the Christian era, a wandering Arab of the lineage of Hagar, the Egyptian, combining the powers of transcendent genius, with the preternatural energy of a fanatic, and the fraudulent spirit of an impostor, proclaimed himself as a messenger from Heaven, and spread desolation and delusion over an extensive portion of the earth. Adopting from the sublime conception of the Mosaic law, the doctrine of one omnipotent God; he connected indissolubly with it, the audacious falsehood, that he was himself his prophet and apostle. Adopting from the new Revelation of Jesus, the faith and hope of immortal life, and of future retribution, he humbled it to the dust, by adapting all the rewards and sanctions of his religion to the gratification of the sexual passion. He poisoned the sources of human felicity at the fountain, by degrading the condition of the female sex, and the allowance of polygamy; and he declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part of his religion, against all the rest of mankind. THE ESSENCE OF HIS DOCTRINE WAS VIOLENCE AND LUST: TO EXALT THE BRUTAL OVER THE SPIRITUAL PART OF HUMAN NATURE.
Between these two religions, thus contrasted in their characters, a war of twelve hundred years has already raged. That war is yet flagrant; nor can it cease but by the extinction of that imposture, which has been permitted by Providence to prolong the degeneracy of man. While the merciless and dissolute dogmas of the false prophet shall furnish motives to human action, there can never be peace upon earth, and good will towards men. The hand of Ishmael will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. It is, indeed, amongst the mysterious dealings of God, that this delusion should have been suffered for so many ages, and during so many generations of human kind, to prevail over the doctrines of the meek and peaceful and benevolent Jesus" - John Quincy Adams. This is from American Annual Register, Volume 1; Volume 3, 1827-9 edited by Joseph Blunt but I do not see it attributed to Adams there.
"In the seventh century of the Christian era, a wandering Arab of the lineage of Hagar, the Egyptian, combining the powers of transcendent genius, with the preternatural energy of a fanatic, and the fraudulent spirit of an impostor, proclaimed himself as a messenger from Heaven, and spread desolation and delusion over an extensive portion of the earth. Adopting from the sublime conception of the Mosaic law, the doctrine of one omnipotent God; he connected indissolubly with it, the audacious falsehood, that he was himself his prophet and apostle. Adopting from the new Revelation of Jesus, the faith and hope of immortal life, and of future retribution, he humbled it to the dust, by adapting all the rewards and sanctions of his religion to the gratification of the sexual passion. He poisoned the sources of human felicity at the fountain, by degrading the condition of the female sex, and the allowance of polygamy; and he declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part of his religion, against all the rest of mankind. THE ESSENCE OF HIS DOCTRINE WAS VIOLENCE AND LUST: TO EXALT THE BRUTAL OVER THE SPIRITUAL PART OF HUMAN NATURE.
Between these two religions, thus contrasted in their characters, a war of twelve hundred years has already raged. That war is yet flagrant; nor can it cease but by the extinction of that imposture, which has been permitted by Providence to prolong the degeneracy of man. While the merciless and dissolute dogmas of the false prophet shall furnish motives to human action, there can never be peace upon earth, and good will towards men. The hand of Ishmael will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. It is, indeed, amongst the mysterious dealings of God, that this delusion should have been suffered for so many ages, and during so many generations of human kind, to prevail over the doctrines of the meek and peaceful and benevolent Jesus" - John Quincy Adams. This is from American Annual Register, Volume 1; Volume 3, 1827-9 edited by Joseph Blunt but I do not see it attributed to Adams there.
Sunday 11 June 2017
Quotes for 12 Jun 17
There is no holiness without a warfare. ... J. C. Ryle
You did not choose Him, so you cannot lose Him.— @BurkParsons
Do not have your concert first and tune your instruments afterwards. Begin the day with God.- Hudson Taylor
“To ‘multiculturalists,’… oppression is the key to understanding white history, literature, art, and most everything else of European origin. It follows from this that all the narratives of the white, European races are to be seen as propagandistic means of concealing their evil, or, even worse, making their evil appear virtuous. There is no possibility of proceeding in a fair-minded way, the ‘multiculturalists’ believe, unless the narratives of white Europeans are overthrown.”- Neil Postman. The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School
"Oh , look up, tired and assaulted believer! You have a Friend at court, an Advocate in the chancery of heaven, an Intercessor curtained within the holiest of holies, transacting all your concerns, and through whom you may have access to God with boldness. " Octavius Winslow
You did not choose Him, so you cannot lose Him.— @BurkParsons
Do not have your concert first and tune your instruments afterwards. Begin the day with God.- Hudson Taylor
“To ‘multiculturalists,’… oppression is the key to understanding white history, literature, art, and most everything else of European origin. It follows from this that all the narratives of the white, European races are to be seen as propagandistic means of concealing their evil, or, even worse, making their evil appear virtuous. There is no possibility of proceeding in a fair-minded way, the ‘multiculturalists’ believe, unless the narratives of white Europeans are overthrown.”- Neil Postman. The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School
"Oh , look up, tired and assaulted believer! You have a Friend at court, an Advocate in the chancery of heaven, an Intercessor curtained within the holiest of holies, transacting all your concerns, and through whom you may have access to God with boldness. " Octavius Winslow
Friday 9 June 2017
Quotes 10 Jun 17
If Godfrey of Bouillon, Richard the Lion-hearted, and countless others hadn’t risked their lives to uphold the honour of Christ and His Church thousands of miles from home, the jihadists would almost certainly have swept across Europe much sooner.” - Robert Spencer, The Politically Incorrect Guide to ISLAM (and the Crusades) (Washington, USA: Regnery Publishing, 2005), 160.
"I am a Christian because God has chosen me unto salvation and separated me he has taken me out of it all and has given me to his Son…”- Martyn Lloyd-Jones @D_M_LloydJones
Christ justifies no man without also sanctifying him ~ Calvin
That is the Devil's main business—to make time more intriguing than eternity. —E.M. Bounds
You cannot judge God by your calendar. God may appear to be slow, but he never forgets his promises.- Tim Keller Wisdom @DailyKeller
"I am a Christian because God has chosen me unto salvation and separated me he has taken me out of it all and has given me to his Son…”- Martyn Lloyd-Jones @D_M_LloydJones
Christ justifies no man without also sanctifying him ~ Calvin
That is the Devil's main business—to make time more intriguing than eternity. —E.M. Bounds
You cannot judge God by your calendar. God may appear to be slow, but he never forgets his promises.- Tim Keller Wisdom @DailyKeller
Thursday 8 June 2017
Quotes for 9 Jun 17
“When we are content, we ‘spy mercy in every condition’ and have our hearts laminated with thanksgiving.”Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017) (164
“We’ve always been a party that believed that, while we should be releasing the abilities and energies of individuals, people do have a place within society and we should always ensure that the government provides a safety net for those who can’t help themselves and, for a whole variety of reasons, find themselves in particular difficulties”.- Theresa May
"...our salvation is dependent upon God's eternal purpose…”- Martyn Lloyd-Jones @D_M_LloydJones
“Islam makes it incumbent on all adult males, provided they are not disabled or incapacitated, to prepare themselves for the conquest of (other) countries so that the writ of Islam is obeyed in every country in the world… But those who study Islamic Holy War will understand why Islam wants to conquer the whole world...Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those (who say this) are witless. Islam says: Kill all the unbelievers just as they would kill you all! Does this mean that Muslims should sit back until they are devoured by (the unbelievers)? Islam says: Kill them (the non-Muslims), put them to the sword and scatter (their armies).
Does this mean sitting back until (non-Muslims) overcome us? Islam says: Kill in the service of Allah those who may want to kill you! Does this mean that we should surrender (to the enemy)? Islam says: Whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword and in the shadow of the sword! People cannot be made obedient except with the sword!The sword is the key to Paradise, which can be opened only for the Holy Warriors! There are hundreds of other (Qur’anic) psalms and Hadiths (sayings of the Prophet) urging Muslims to value war and to fight. Does all this mean that Islam is a religion that prevents men from waging war?I spit upon those foolish souls who make such a claim.” - Ayatollah Khomeini
Wednesday 7 June 2017
Quotes 8 Jun 17
Some providences, like Hebrew letters, must be read backwards. --John Flavel
“I feel it is my duty to plod on while daylight lasts.” – William Carey
“Don’t you know, young man, that from every town and every village and every hamlet in England, wherever it may be, there is a road to London? So from every text of Scripture there is a road to Christ. And my dear brother, your business is, when you get to a text, to say, now, what is the road to Christ? I have never found a text that had not got a road to Christ in it, and if ever I do find one, I will go over hedge and ditch but I would get at my Master, for the sermon cannot do any good unless there is a savor of Christ in it.”
C.H. Spurgeon
"The churches must owe, as we all do know,
For when they be drooping and ready to fall,
By a Whitsun or Church-ale up again they shall go
And owe their repairing to a pot of good ale"
"Exaltation of Ale" by Francis Beaumont
“I feel it is my duty to plod on while daylight lasts.” – William Carey
“Don’t you know, young man, that from every town and every village and every hamlet in England, wherever it may be, there is a road to London? So from every text of Scripture there is a road to Christ. And my dear brother, your business is, when you get to a text, to say, now, what is the road to Christ? I have never found a text that had not got a road to Christ in it, and if ever I do find one, I will go over hedge and ditch but I would get at my Master, for the sermon cannot do any good unless there is a savor of Christ in it.”
C.H. Spurgeon
"The churches must owe, as we all do know,
For when they be drooping and ready to fall,
By a Whitsun or Church-ale up again they shall go
And owe their repairing to a pot of good ale"
"Exaltation of Ale" by Francis Beaumont
Tuesday 6 June 2017
Quotes for 7 Jun 17 - more on contentment
“Most people say they’d be happy if they could just have more. But God often makes us content not by giving us more stuff or relationships but by giving us more humility and trust.” Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(110)
“We cannot be content in the present when we are nursing bitterness about the past. We are basically saying God failed us.” - Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(126)
“Instead of interpreting God’s character in light of our circumstances, we must do the opposite and interpret our circumstances in light of God’s character.” - Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(127)
“There are no wasted hardships with God.” - Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(127)
“It is a simple formula really: If you want to be content, think less about yourself and more about Christ.” - Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(159)
“We cannot be content in the present when we are nursing bitterness about the past. We are basically saying God failed us.” - Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(126)
“Instead of interpreting God’s character in light of our circumstances, we must do the opposite and interpret our circumstances in light of God’s character.” - Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(127)
“There are no wasted hardships with God.” - Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(127)
“It is a simple formula really: If you want to be content, think less about yourself and more about Christ.” - Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(159)
Monday 5 June 2017
Quotes 6 Jun 17
“If contentment is learned by resting in what we cannot see, discontentment results from seeking rest in physical things.” Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(86–87)
“The Bible shows us that the natural impulse of the fallen nature is to crave self at the expense of God, while the new natures craves God as the fulfillment of self.”Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017) (95)
“The heart of the matter is that when we ourselves determine what will satisfy, we don’t pursue what brings true satisfaction. The broken compass within us always leads to the dumpster rather than the five-star restaurant.” Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(98)
“To see your need of Christ and his willingness to save you creates an explosion of happiness in the soul.” Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(107)
“Heaven is so happy because those who are there have come to see, without any impediments or weights of sin, that God is their all in all. In heaven there is eternal delight without the things we so often chase after.” Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(107)
“The Bible shows us that the natural impulse of the fallen nature is to crave self at the expense of God, while the new natures craves God as the fulfillment of self.”Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017) (95)
“The heart of the matter is that when we ourselves determine what will satisfy, we don’t pursue what brings true satisfaction. The broken compass within us always leads to the dumpster rather than the five-star restaurant.” Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(98)
“To see your need of Christ and his willingness to save you creates an explosion of happiness in the soul.” Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(107)
“Heaven is so happy because those who are there have come to see, without any impediments or weights of sin, that God is their all in all. In heaven there is eternal delight without the things we so often chase after.” Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(107)
Sunday 4 June 2017
Quotes 5 Jun 17
“Contentment is far more powerful than a change of circumstances. Instead of being sourced on the outside and subject to changing circumstances, biblical contentment comes from within and endures through the spectrum of circumstances.” Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(25)
“God is the object and the model of contentment. He is content in himself, and he shows us that the only way to find contentment is in him.” Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(37)
“Contentment is elusive because sin is pervasive.” Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(42)
“Contentment is the abiding ‘Amen’ of our joy. It speaks in the present tense, saying: ‘I am tasting and I am seeing that the Lord is good.’”Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017) (46)
“If you are having a hard time being content, make a list of everything you have that you don’t deserve, and then make a list of everything you deserve that you don’t have.” Erik Raymond, Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)(62)
Friday 2 June 2017
Quotes 3 Jun 17
There is nothing like the believing hope of eternal life and foresights of that glory, to keep us from fainting under present calamities.- Puritan Piety
"Socialism is precisely the religion that must overwhelm Christianity. … In the new order, Socialism will triumph by first capturing the culture via infiltration of schools, universities, churches and the media by transforming the consciousness of society."
—Antonio Gramisci, Italian communist (1915)
Looking unto Jesus. The duty, the privilege, the safety, the unspeakable happiness of a believer are all comprised in that one sentence.- John Newton @john__newton
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavours to live at the expense of everybody else.” - Frédéric Bastiat
“Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyzes the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.” - Winston Churchill
"Socialism is precisely the religion that must overwhelm Christianity. … In the new order, Socialism will triumph by first capturing the culture via infiltration of schools, universities, churches and the media by transforming the consciousness of society."
—Antonio Gramisci, Italian communist (1915)
Looking unto Jesus. The duty, the privilege, the safety, the unspeakable happiness of a believer are all comprised in that one sentence.- John Newton @john__newton
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavours to live at the expense of everybody else.” - Frédéric Bastiat
“Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyzes the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.” - Winston Churchill
Thursday 1 June 2017
Quotes 2 Jun 17
And when he goes to heaven
To Saint Peter he will tell:
Another Marine reporting, sir;
I've served my time in hell!
--Epitaph on the grave of Pfc. Cameron of the
U.S. Marine Corps, Guadalcanal, 1942
The Son of God became the Son of Man, that men, having been taken into the Word ... might become the sons of God. - John Calvin @JohnCalvinDaily
There is no calm haven where our minds can rest until we come to God’s free love.- John Calvin @JohnCalvinDaily
Christianity alone among the world religions claims that God became uniquely and fully human in Jesus Christ. He knows your pain firsthand.- Tim Keller Wisdom @DailyKeller
No sinner is too depraved for God to forgive; no Christian is too mighty to fall. Let us all revel in God's grace, and live in holiness.- P. Andrew Sandlin
To Saint Peter he will tell:
Another Marine reporting, sir;
I've served my time in hell!
--Epitaph on the grave of Pfc. Cameron of the
U.S. Marine Corps, Guadalcanal, 1942
The Son of God became the Son of Man, that men, having been taken into the Word ... might become the sons of God. - John Calvin @JohnCalvinDaily
There is no calm haven where our minds can rest until we come to God’s free love.- John Calvin @JohnCalvinDaily
Christianity alone among the world religions claims that God became uniquely and fully human in Jesus Christ. He knows your pain firsthand.- Tim Keller Wisdom @DailyKeller
No sinner is too depraved for God to forgive; no Christian is too mighty to fall. Let us all revel in God's grace, and live in holiness.- P. Andrew Sandlin
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