Quotes 7 Mar

Billy Bray and a friend were is coming to the house of a wealthy man. Billy was making for the front door, and his friend said it would be better and his friend said it would be better if they went round the back. 'No' send Billy, I am the son of a King and I shall go frontways.' - Chris Wright, Billy Bray in his own words Page 10 S

Our doctrine and biblical knowledge cannot leave the affections behind. If we believe with our minds that God is holy we must also come to find his holiness enjoyable and satisfying just to praise it. If we believe the great God of the universe really loves us, it should make us emotionally unshakable in the face of criticism, suffering and death. In short we must be able to existentially access r.final convictions. If.our doctrinal soundness is not accompanied by heart experience, it will lead eventually to to nominal Christianity -  that is in name only and eventually to unbelief.-Timothy Keller, Prayer, Page 180

National churches work foreign to the nature and Constitution of the Christian church. - Patrick Hutchison of the Relief church quoted  by Andrew L Drummond and James Bulloch, The Scottish church 1688 to 1843 Page 150