A Jesus did not perform miracles, but only pretended that he did, would not be worth following. - David Robertson, Magnificent Obsession, P 47
... Let us come near, and fill ourselves with Christ, and let his friends drink, and be drunken ... Drink, and spare not; drink love,and be drunken with Christ! - Samuel Rutherford, Letters, quoted in 2000 years of Christ's power Nick Needham Page 407
”Outside the gates of Jerusalem, we saw indeed no living object, heard no living sound”, wrote French poet Alphonse de Lamartine about his visit in 1835.
”The country is in a considerable degree empty of inhabitants and therefore its greatest need is that of a body of population.” wrote British Consul James Finn in his 1857 description of the Holy Land.”Palestine sits in a sackcloth and ashes. Over it broods the spell of a curse that withered its fields and fettered its energies. …Palestine is desolate and unlovely….It is a hopeless dreary, heartbroken land.” wrote American author Mark Twain in his description of his visit in 1867.- Arab Historian Admits there is No Palestinian People, Judith Bergman 09/11/2017 https://en.mida.org.il/2017/11/09/arab-historian-admits-no-palestinian-people/
'Our hearts have 'a blame retardant coating'. Iaian Duguid
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