No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger. --John Chrysostom
Never shout at one another unless the house is on fire - Pastor's Puritan quote on marriage,…..
There are not two but three certainties in human affairs, death, taxes and jihad. - Robert Spencer, Islam Unveiled
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He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet in the grave. - Matthew Henry
The pious man and the atheist always talk of religion; the one speaks of what he loves, and the other of what he fears. --Baron de Montesquieu (Charles Louis de Secondat) (1689—1755) _The Spirit of the Laws_, vol. 2, bk. XXV, ch. I [1748]
The pious man and the atheist always talk of religion; the one speaks of what he loves, and the other of what he fears. --Baron de Montesquieu (Charles Louis de Secondat) (1689—1755) _The Spirit of the Laws_, vol. 2, bk. XXV, ch. I [1748]
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.- Desmond Tutu
My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.= Desmond Tutu
One of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences.- Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890 - 1973
The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid. It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live. - Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890 - 1973
My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.= Desmond Tutu
One of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences.- Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890 - 1973
The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid. It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live. - Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890 - 1973
Monday, 25 October 2010
Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.- Helen Keller
We might well pray for God to invade and conquer us, for
until He does, we remain in peril from a thousand foes. We bear
within us the seeds of our own disintegration... The strength
of our flesh is an ever present danger to our souls.
Deliverance can come to us only by the defeat of our old life.
Safety and peace come only after we have been forced to our
knees... So He conquers us and by that benign conquest saves us
for Himself -A. W. Tozer (1897-1963), The Divine Conquest, Harrisburg, Penn.: Christian Publications, Inc., 1950, Revell, 1950, p. 57
The nature of true repentance is clearly and unmistakably laid down in holy Scripture. It begins with knowledge of sin. It goes on to work sorrow for sin. It leads to confession of sin before God. It shows itself before man by a thorough breaking off from sin. It results in producing a habit of deep hatred for all sin. Above all, it is inseparably connected with lively faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Repentance like this is the characteristic of all true Christians.~ J.C. Ryle Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke volume 2 , [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1998], 109.
Christians fight in the army as soldiers, but the church does not do so; Christians work in the tax office as civil servants, but the church does not do so; Christians should be involved in the political process as citizens (and, as with soldiers and civil servants, their behaviour there is shaped by their Christianity), but the church is not to be so engaged. The church is rather to preach the good news of Christ's death and resurrection.- CARL TRUEMAN, Reformation 21
Cover, Lord, what has been: govern what shall be. Oh,
perfect that which Thou hast begun, that I suffer not shipwreck
in the haven.-Theodore Beza (1519-1605), his last words, quoted in Last Hours of Eminent Christians, Henry Clissold,London: Rivingtons, 1829, p. 169
We might well pray for God to invade and conquer us, for
until He does, we remain in peril from a thousand foes. We bear
within us the seeds of our own disintegration... The strength
of our flesh is an ever present danger to our souls.
Deliverance can come to us only by the defeat of our old life.
Safety and peace come only after we have been forced to our
knees... So He conquers us and by that benign conquest saves us
for Himself -A. W. Tozer (1897-1963), The Divine Conquest, Harrisburg, Penn.: Christian Publications, Inc., 1950, Revell, 1950, p. 57
The nature of true repentance is clearly and unmistakably laid down in holy Scripture. It begins with knowledge of sin. It goes on to work sorrow for sin. It leads to confession of sin before God. It shows itself before man by a thorough breaking off from sin. It results in producing a habit of deep hatred for all sin. Above all, it is inseparably connected with lively faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Repentance like this is the characteristic of all true Christians.~ J.C. Ryle Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke volume 2 , [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1998], 109.
Christians fight in the army as soldiers, but the church does not do so; Christians work in the tax office as civil servants, but the church does not do so; Christians should be involved in the political process as citizens (and, as with soldiers and civil servants, their behaviour there is shaped by their Christianity), but the church is not to be so engaged. The church is rather to preach the good news of Christ's death and resurrection.- CARL TRUEMAN, Reformation 21
Cover, Lord, what has been: govern what shall be. Oh,
perfect that which Thou hast begun, that I suffer not shipwreck
in the haven.-Theodore Beza (1519-1605), his last words, quoted in Last Hours of Eminent Christians, Henry Clissold,London: Rivingtons, 1829, p. 169
Thursday, 23 September 2010
I know well there is no comfort for this pain of parting: the wound always remains, but one learns to bear the pain, and learns to thank God for what He gave, for the beautiful memories of the past, and the yet more beautiful hope for the future.-Max Muller
I am born for God only. Christ is nearer to me than father,
or mother, or sister,--a near relation, a more affectionate
friend; and I rejoice to follow Him, and to love Him. Blessed
Jesus! thou art all I want--a forerunner to me in all I ever
shall go through, as a Christian, a minister, or a missionary.-Henry Martyn (1781-1812), Life and letters of the Rev.Henry Martyn, B.D., with John Sargent, London:Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 1862, p. 140
Fear not the knife that God wields, for his hand is sure.-Francois Fenelon
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.- Benjamin Franklin, 1706 - 1790
For some years now I have read through the Bible twice
every year. If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and
every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of these
branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it
means. -Martin Luther (1483-1546), Preface to the Prophets [1532], in What Luther Says: an anthology, v. I, Ewald Martin Plass, ed., Concordia Pub. House, 1959, p. 83
I am born for God only. Christ is nearer to me than father,
or mother, or sister,--a near relation, a more affectionate
friend; and I rejoice to follow Him, and to love Him. Blessed
Jesus! thou art all I want--a forerunner to me in all I ever
shall go through, as a Christian, a minister, or a missionary.-Henry Martyn (1781-1812), Life and letters of the Rev.Henry Martyn, B.D., with John Sargent, London:Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 1862, p. 140
Fear not the knife that God wields, for his hand is sure.-Francois Fenelon
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.- Benjamin Franklin, 1706 - 1790
For some years now I have read through the Bible twice
every year. If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and
every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of these
branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it
means. -Martin Luther (1483-1546), Preface to the Prophets [1532], in What Luther Says: an anthology, v. I, Ewald Martin Plass, ed., Concordia Pub. House, 1959, p. 83
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Christ's riches are unsearchable, and this doctrine of the gospel is the field this treasure is hidden in.- Thomas Goodwin
To die well is not a thing of that light moment as some imagine: it is no easy matter. But to die well is a matter of every day. Let us daily do some good that may help us at the time of our death. Every day by repentance pull out the sting of some sin, that so when death comes, we may have nothing to do but to die. To die well is the action of the whole life.- Richard Sibbes
If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. ~Sir Winston Churchill
In the person of Christ we see infinite glory and lowest humility.--Jonathan Edwards
I know without a doubt that it's the hand of God that's brought me through a lot of my self- destructive times. I can almost hear Him say, "Not yet, Cash. I'm not through with you yet." He'd straighten me out and slap me. -Johnny Cash (1932-2003) (In Raymond Obstfeld's _Twang: The Ultimate Book of Country Music Quotations_ [1997], "Homespun Truth & Spirituality")
To die well is not a thing of that light moment as some imagine: it is no easy matter. But to die well is a matter of every day. Let us daily do some good that may help us at the time of our death. Every day by repentance pull out the sting of some sin, that so when death comes, we may have nothing to do but to die. To die well is the action of the whole life.- Richard Sibbes
If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. ~Sir Winston Churchill
In the person of Christ we see infinite glory and lowest humility.--Jonathan Edwards
I know without a doubt that it's the hand of God that's brought me through a lot of my self- destructive times. I can almost hear Him say, "Not yet, Cash. I'm not through with you yet." He'd straighten me out and slap me. -Johnny Cash (1932-2003) (In Raymond Obstfeld's _Twang: The Ultimate Book of Country Music Quotations_ [1997], "Homespun Truth & Spirituality")
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Never commit suicide; you may regret it later. - Churchill
All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy - Spike Miligan
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is extinguishing the lamp because the dawn has come. - Rabindranath Tagore
... what is the relationship of the Church to the state? Here, again, is a
highly controversial subject. The Roman Catholic idea was that the Church was the state and controlled everything in the state and, as I reminded you at the beginning, the Church did that. At the opposite extreme is the so-called ‘Erastian’ view, an idea first propounded by a man called Erastus, who, I regret to say, was a medical man. I feel I must, on some occasion, give you thehistory of the unfortunate interventions of medical men in the doctrinal history of the Church! Erastus, unfortunately, was the man who started the pernicious doctrine that the Church is a branch of the state. Now that is, of course, the view in England with regard to the Anglican Church....
Erastianism, I repeat, is the belief that the Church is a kind of department of
state, and that it is ruled and governed by the state, so that the head of the
state appoints bishops and other dignitaries and functionaries in the Church....
There, then, are the Roman Catholic and the Erastian views of Church and state. But over against these, surely, we must agree, if we go carefully through the Scriptures, that there is a third view which can be described as ‘the two estates’. People who hold this view believe that God owns everything. God is the Lord of the universe, as well as the Lord of the Church. God has ordained the state: ‘The powers that be,’ says Paul, ‘are ordained of God’ (Rom. 13:1).
Magistrates and other types of rulers were not made by man but were ordained by God. Yes, but there is this other estate, the Church, and the two exist side by side. The one does not control the other. They are both separate and they are both under God.
That, I suggest to you, is the picture given by the New Testament. There is no indication at all of anything coming anywhere near a state Church. The first believers were independent of governments. They met under the lordship and in the presence of Christ. And outside was the great state to which they belonged. While still citizens of that state, they had entered into a realm which, in a sense, had nothing at all to do with the state. And throughout the centuries that has been the Reformed view of the relationship between the state and the Church.
In exactly the same way, we cannot find in the Scriptures such a thing as a
‘national’ Church, surely quite the reverse. Paul writes, ‘There is neither
Greek nor Jew … Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free’ (Col. 3:11). The Church is something different, consisting of those people who have been born again and have spiritual life, who are, as we have seen, members of the mystical body of Christ, and gather together in their local assembly—church— call it what you will, with Christ as the head.-Lloyd-Jones, D. M. (1998). The church and the last things (11–12). Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books.
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All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy - Spike Miligan
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is extinguishing the lamp because the dawn has come. - Rabindranath Tagore
... what is the relationship of the Church to the state? Here, again, is a
highly controversial subject. The Roman Catholic idea was that the Church was the state and controlled everything in the state and, as I reminded you at the beginning, the Church did that. At the opposite extreme is the so-called ‘Erastian’ view, an idea first propounded by a man called Erastus, who, I regret to say, was a medical man. I feel I must, on some occasion, give you thehistory of the unfortunate interventions of medical men in the doctrinal history of the Church! Erastus, unfortunately, was the man who started the pernicious doctrine that the Church is a branch of the state. Now that is, of course, the view in England with regard to the Anglican Church....
Erastianism, I repeat, is the belief that the Church is a kind of department of
state, and that it is ruled and governed by the state, so that the head of the
state appoints bishops and other dignitaries and functionaries in the Church....
There, then, are the Roman Catholic and the Erastian views of Church and state. But over against these, surely, we must agree, if we go carefully through the Scriptures, that there is a third view which can be described as ‘the two estates’. People who hold this view believe that God owns everything. God is the Lord of the universe, as well as the Lord of the Church. God has ordained the state: ‘The powers that be,’ says Paul, ‘are ordained of God’ (Rom. 13:1).
Magistrates and other types of rulers were not made by man but were ordained by God. Yes, but there is this other estate, the Church, and the two exist side by side. The one does not control the other. They are both separate and they are both under God.
That, I suggest to you, is the picture given by the New Testament. There is no indication at all of anything coming anywhere near a state Church. The first believers were independent of governments. They met under the lordship and in the presence of Christ. And outside was the great state to which they belonged. While still citizens of that state, they had entered into a realm which, in a sense, had nothing at all to do with the state. And throughout the centuries that has been the Reformed view of the relationship between the state and the Church.
In exactly the same way, we cannot find in the Scriptures such a thing as a
‘national’ Church, surely quite the reverse. Paul writes, ‘There is neither
Greek nor Jew … Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free’ (Col. 3:11). The Church is something different, consisting of those people who have been born again and have spiritual life, who are, as we have seen, members of the mystical body of Christ, and gather together in their local assembly—church— call it what you will, with Christ as the head.-Lloyd-Jones, D. M. (1998). The church and the last things (11–12). Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books.
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Saturday, 31 July 2010
Life is terminal; something will get you in the end.- Elliott Larson M.D.
Tolerance comes with age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other.-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
How Can Such a Man Be Just Before God?
"Their righteousness is from Me!" Isaiah 54:17
The longer the Christian lives--the more he learns. And the more the Spirit teaches him--the more he loathes himself and renounces his own righteousness as filthy rags.
He hoped sensibly . . .
to grow in holiness,
to feel his corruptions subdued, and
to enjoy the presence of his God without interruption.
But instead of this:
he seems to grow more like Satan,
his corruption appears to get stronger and stronger, and
the depravity of his nature appears more and more dreadful!
He thinks himself to be a monster of iniquity, and wonders how God can possibly love him, or show any favor unto him.
Yet, this heart-felt experience . . .
endears God's free grace,
renders Christ unspeakably precious,
and the gift of righteousness invaluable!
How can such a man be just before God? Where is his righteousness to come from? Jehovah answers, "His righteousness is from Me!"
Jesus wrought it;
the Father imputes it to us;
the gospel reveals it; and
faith receives it, puts it on, and pleads it before God.
Precious Jesus! in You alone, I have righteousness and strength!
James Smith, "The Pastor's Morning Visit"
Finally, a poem about the area where I live, Perivale, Middlesex now in the Borough of Ealing, London.
Gaily into Ruislip Gardens
Runs the red electric train,
With a thousand Ta's and Pardon's
Daintily alights Elaine;
Hurries down the concrete station
With a frown of concentration,
Out into the outskirt's edges
Where a few surviving hedges
Keep alive our lost Elysium - rural Middlesex again..
Well cut Windsmoor flapping lightly,
Jacqmar scarf of mauve and green
Hiding hair which, Friday nightly,
Delicately drowns in Drene;
Fair Elaine the bobby-soxer,
Fresh-complexioned with Innoxa,
Gains the garden - father's hobby -
Hangs her Windsmoor in the lobby,
Settles down to sandwich supper and the television screen.
Gentle Brent, I used to know you
Wandering Wembley-wards at will,
Now what change your waters show you
In the meadowlands you fill!
Recollect the elm-trees misty
And the footpaths climbing twisty
Under cedar-shaded palings,
Low laburnum-leaned-on railings
Out of Northolt on and upward to the heights of Harrow hill.
Parish of enormous hayfields
Perivale stood all alone,
And from Greenford scent of mayfields
Most enticingly was blown
Over market gardens tidy,
Taverns for the bona fide,
Cockney singers, cockney shooters,
Murray Poshes, Lupin Pooters,
Long in Kensal Green and Highgate silent under soot and stone.
John Betjeman, Middlesex,From "A Few Late Chrysanthemums" (1954) & "Collected Poems"
Graham J Weeks M.R.Pharm.S
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Question reality. Question authority.
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Tolerance comes with age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other.-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
How Can Such a Man Be Just Before God?
"Their righteousness is from Me!" Isaiah 54:17
The longer the Christian lives--the more he learns. And the more the Spirit teaches him--the more he loathes himself and renounces his own righteousness as filthy rags.
He hoped sensibly . . .
to grow in holiness,
to feel his corruptions subdued, and
to enjoy the presence of his God without interruption.
But instead of this:
he seems to grow more like Satan,
his corruption appears to get stronger and stronger, and
the depravity of his nature appears more and more dreadful!
He thinks himself to be a monster of iniquity, and wonders how God can possibly love him, or show any favor unto him.
Yet, this heart-felt experience . . .
endears God's free grace,
renders Christ unspeakably precious,
and the gift of righteousness invaluable!
How can such a man be just before God? Where is his righteousness to come from? Jehovah answers, "His righteousness is from Me!"
Jesus wrought it;
the Father imputes it to us;
the gospel reveals it; and
faith receives it, puts it on, and pleads it before God.
Precious Jesus! in You alone, I have righteousness and strength!
James Smith, "The Pastor's Morning Visit"
Finally, a poem about the area where I live, Perivale, Middlesex now in the Borough of Ealing, London.
Gaily into Ruislip Gardens
Runs the red electric train,
With a thousand Ta's and Pardon's
Daintily alights Elaine;
Hurries down the concrete station
With a frown of concentration,
Out into the outskirt's edges
Where a few surviving hedges
Keep alive our lost Elysium - rural Middlesex again..
Well cut Windsmoor flapping lightly,
Jacqmar scarf of mauve and green
Hiding hair which, Friday nightly,
Delicately drowns in Drene;
Fair Elaine the bobby-soxer,
Fresh-complexioned with Innoxa,
Gains the garden - father's hobby -
Hangs her Windsmoor in the lobby,
Settles down to sandwich supper and the television screen.
Gentle Brent, I used to know you
Wandering Wembley-wards at will,
Now what change your waters show you
In the meadowlands you fill!
Recollect the elm-trees misty
And the footpaths climbing twisty
Under cedar-shaded palings,
Low laburnum-leaned-on railings
Out of Northolt on and upward to the heights of Harrow hill.
Parish of enormous hayfields
Perivale stood all alone,
And from Greenford scent of mayfields
Most enticingly was blown
Over market gardens tidy,
Taverns for the bona fide,
Cockney singers, cockney shooters,
Murray Poshes, Lupin Pooters,
Long in Kensal Green and Highgate silent under soot and stone.
John Betjeman, Middlesex,From "A Few Late Chrysanthemums" (1954) & "Collected Poems"
Graham J Weeks M.R.Pharm.S
http://www.christiansquoting.org.uk 10201 quotes 654 topics 2452 authors
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http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/Christiansquoting Daily quotes
http://christianquoter.blogspot.com/ My blog
http://iuhuru.com/category/columnists/graham-weeks/ - my weekly column
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Question reality. Question authority.
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Sunday, 27 June 2010
28 Jun 10
A Yorkshireman is like a Scotsman, but with all the generosity squeezed out
Our relationship with Jesus Christ is the key, secret, and foundation to living, loving, finishing, and dying well.- George Crow
The most certain test by which we judge weather a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. --Lord Acton (1834-1902)
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.- Corrie Ten Boom
Sometimes God calms the storm...
Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child.
Graham J Weeks M.R.Pharm.S
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http://www.ipc-ealing.co.uk/ Our church
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http://www.cpaparty.org.uk/ Christian politics
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Don't you get annoyed when you go to a Vuvuzela concert and they start playing football?
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Our relationship with Jesus Christ is the key, secret, and foundation to living, loving, finishing, and dying well.- George Crow
The most certain test by which we judge weather a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. --Lord Acton (1834-1902)
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.- Corrie Ten Boom
Sometimes God calms the storm...
Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child.
Graham J Weeks M.R.Pharm.S
http://www.christiansquoting.org.uk 10201 quotes 654 topics 2452 authors indexed
http://www.ipc-ealing.co.uk/ Our church
http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/Christiansquoting Daily quotes
http://christianquoter.blogspot.com/ My blog
http://www.cpaparty.org.uk/ Christian politics
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Don't you get annoyed when you go to a Vuvuzela concert and they start playing football?
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