There is the centre ground of the Christian fight: to have the gospel of Christ’s love as our sap and food. It means being full of Scripture, ignorance of Scripture being ignorance of Christ.”-- Rejoicing in Christ by Mike Reeves
“If the Christian life is Christ, then looking to him is the great duty of the Christian life. Looking to Jesus marks the beginning of the Christian life; looking to Jesus is the end goal of the Christian life; and looking to Jesus is the daily privilege of the Christian life, which is Newton’s way of saying that we never outgrow the gospel.” (Newton on the Christian Life6
God's ultimate purpose does not concern you and me but His Son. - Ian Hamilton, IPC, 15 Feb 2019
Our greatest hindrance in the Christian life's not our lack of effort but our lack of acquaintance with our privileges in Christ. - John Owen
"How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to righteous cause? Such fine sunny day, and have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people awakened and stirred to action?" -Sophie Scholl, who was executed on 22 Feb in 1943 for leading student resistance against Hitler. Her last words. She was 21.
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