Quotes Nov 20

Get to Christ somehow, anyhow, for if you get to him you shall live. It is not the greatness nor the perfection of your faith, it is his greatness and his perfection which is to be depended on.-- Charles Spurgeon

I still can hardly believe it.  I, with shriveled, bent
fingers, atrophied muscles, gnarled knees, and no
feeling from the shoulders down, will one day
have a new body, light, bright, and clothed in
righteousness--powerful and dazzling.
Can you imagine the hope this gives someone spinal-cord
injured like me?  Or someone who is cerebral palsied,
brain-injured, or who has multiple sclerosis?  Imagine
the hope this gives someone who is manic-depressive.
No other religion, no other philosophy promises new
bodies, hearts, and minds.  Only in the Gospel of
Christ do hurting people find such incredible hope.
--Joni Eareckson-Tada (1949-    ) _Heaven: Your Real Home_ [1995], Chapter 3

The essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be, God sacrifices himself for man & puts himself where only man deserves to be.- Sam Allberry@SamAllberry

All earthly things are as salt water, that increases the appetite, but satisfies not.
—Richard Sibbes