We expect everything to happen fast and with little or no inconvenience, but God often works graciously slow in us.- Desiring God@desiringGod
Oh that I would have been spared my slavery to illicit sex, and would have known a truer happiness as I waited for the embrace of my God.- Augustine @AugustineQuots
A sanctified heart is better than a silver tongue. ~Thomas Watson
“He heals them… It is he, likewise, who heals their bodily sickness, and gives them help in all their temporal troubles. He is represented to us, as counting their sighs, putting their tears into his bottle, recording their sorrows in his book of remembrance (Psalm 61:8); and even, as being himself “touched with the feeling of their infirmities”, (Hebrews 4:15), as the head feels for the members of the body.”- John Newton
Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments--are absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritually-minded. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine--and the refiner's furnace to the gold.- J.C. Ryle
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Monday, 6 November 2017
Quotes 7 Nov 17
Life in modern liberal democracies is to some extent thin or shallow and that life in modern Western Europe in particular has lost its sense of purpose. - Douglas Murray, The Strange Death of Europe, p 258
"Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different " - c.s. Lewis
Darkness surrounds us always: "Then, as now, there was a growing darkness and great deeds were done that were not wholly in vain". Neither optimism (this is the last war and after it all will be lovely forever) nor pessimism (this is the last war and all civilization will end), you notice. No. The darkness comes again and again and is never wholly triumphant nor wholly defeated." - Lewis quoting J. R. R. Tolkien
Love listening to our panicked politicians telling us that we need a strategy for ethical/morals. We do...its called the 10 commandments! - David Robertson @theweeflea
“It is more significant that God walked on earth than that man walked on the moon…my own life is given purpose and perspective through God who walks on this earth in Jesus. In that sense we are a visited planet!” ..“It was my experience in exploring the moon on the Apollo 15 mission that moved me to devote the rest of my life to spreading the good news of Jesus Christ.”-Apollo 15 astronaut, Colonel James Benson Irwin
"Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different " - c.s. Lewis
Darkness surrounds us always: "Then, as now, there was a growing darkness and great deeds were done that were not wholly in vain". Neither optimism (this is the last war and after it all will be lovely forever) nor pessimism (this is the last war and all civilization will end), you notice. No. The darkness comes again and again and is never wholly triumphant nor wholly defeated." - Lewis quoting J. R. R. Tolkien
Love listening to our panicked politicians telling us that we need a strategy for ethical/morals. We do...its called the 10 commandments! - David Robertson @theweeflea
“It is more significant that God walked on earth than that man walked on the moon…my own life is given purpose and perspective through God who walks on this earth in Jesus. In that sense we are a visited planet!” ..“It was my experience in exploring the moon on the Apollo 15 mission that moved me to devote the rest of my life to spreading the good news of Jesus Christ.”-Apollo 15 astronaut, Colonel James Benson Irwin
Quotes 6 Nov 17
Men may refuse subjection to God as a lawgiver... yet they cannot withdraw themselves from His judgment~Jonathan Edwards.
If I was not a Calvinist, I think I should have no more hope of success in preaching to men, than to horses or cows.- John Newton @john__newton
“My brothers, I am condemned to death today for the doctrine of the Son of God, praise be to Him. I would never have thought that God would have given me such an honor. I feel the grace of God flowing in me more and more. It strengthens me from moment to moment, and my heart leaps within me for joy.”- Guido de Bres' parting words to his fellow prisoners as he went to be hanged as a "heretic" by the Roman Catholic authorities. de Bres is the author of Belgic Confession:
The Psalms offer us a way of joining in a chorus of praise and prayer that has been going on for millennia and across all cultures.- NTWright
The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it--is often not discovered until it is down on the ground. Just so, men fall in private--long before they fall in public!- - J.C. Ryle
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Saturday, 4 November 2017
Quotes Nov 4
..most branches of European Christianity have lost the confidence to prosyletise or even believe in its own message. … THE MESSAGE OF THE RELIGION HAS BECOME A FORM OF LEFT WING POLITICS DIVERSITY ACTION AND SOCIAL WELFARE PROJECTS. SUCH CHURCHES ARGUE FOR ‘OPEN BORDERS’ YEY ARE CIRCUMSPECT ABOUT QUOTING THE TEXTS THEY ONCE PREACHED AS REVEALED. - Douglas Murray, The Strange Death of Europe, p 264
We may be witnessing the end of history as such: that is, the end of mankind’s ideological evolution and the universalisation of Western liberal democracy as the fan, form of human government. Francis Fukuyama, Th End of History
St Peter's in Rome is a monument to the reformation - Tony Lane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwbNIP0ZXHc
Tertullian compares the church in his time to a mowed field; the more frequently it is cut, the more it grows.= George Whitefield (@WhitefieldG)
A Christian is the world’s Bible and some of them need revising. D. L. Moody.
We may be witnessing the end of history as such: that is, the end of mankind’s ideological evolution and the universalisation of Western liberal democracy as the fan, form of human government. Francis Fukuyama, Th End of History
St Peter's in Rome is a monument to the reformation - Tony Lane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwbNIP0ZXHc
Tertullian compares the church in his time to a mowed field; the more frequently it is cut, the more it grows.= George Whitefield (@WhitefieldG)
A Christian is the world’s Bible and some of them need revising. D. L. Moody.
Friday, 3 November 2017
Quotes Nov 3
“ In domestic affairs, I defer to Katie. Otherwise I am led by the Holy Ghost.” - Martin Luther
“To immerse oneself in popular culture for any length of time as to wallow in an almost unbearable shallowness. Was the sum of European endeavour and achievement really meant to accumulate in this?…… we look like a people who have lost the desire to inspire because we have nothing to inspire anyone with.” Douglas Murray – The Strange Death of Europe(p263)
BOLD PREDICTION: THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO DEMAND THAT CONFEDERATE SYMBOLS BE DECLARED HATE SPEECH. We will see kids sent home from school for having Confederate flags on their shirts; cars with Confederate decals will be banned from certain areas; and we might see the expunging of CSA symbols from movies and books and prohibiting Confederate flags at re-enactment events, etc. History must conform to the Progressive dictate of the day.
If that is to be--and it will--I, in turn, demand progressives stop wearing Che t-shirts. I insist they stop waving the "Palestinian" flag. I propose that we all demand that Maryland alter its flag which consists of the heraldic banner of Lord Baltimore. I find offensive the yearning for royalty and feudalism. The Union Flag must be struck from the flag of Hawaii. I find offensive this paean to colonialism. The Alabama flag has troubling similarly to the Scottish flag and might prove offensive to those of Welsh descent. Will Walmart stop selling items made in China, an offensive
state if ever there was one? Will there be a ban on Mexican flags considering the horrid history of human rights in that country? What about the Japanese flag? Why should Japan be able to keep the flag under which millions of Chinese, Malays, Filipinos, Koreans, Pacific Islanders, Indians, and whites were tortured and murdered? I am sure we can turn this into a drinking game. -DiploMad, On Rebel Flags and Progressive Targets http://www.thediplomad.com/2015/06/on-rebel-flags-and-progressive-targets.html
"There is nothing new in theology but that which is false; only the old is true, for truth must be old, as old as God Himself." -Spurgeon
It is a sign of growth in grace when we increase in a sense of our own unworthiness and insufficiency, and in dependence on God.- Edwards.
“To immerse oneself in popular culture for any length of time as to wallow in an almost unbearable shallowness. Was the sum of European endeavour and achievement really meant to accumulate in this?…… we look like a people who have lost the desire to inspire because we have nothing to inspire anyone with.” Douglas Murray – The Strange Death of Europe(p263)
BOLD PREDICTION: THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO DEMAND THAT CONFEDERATE SYMBOLS BE DECLARED HATE SPEECH. We will see kids sent home from school for having Confederate flags on their shirts; cars with Confederate decals will be banned from certain areas; and we might see the expunging of CSA symbols from movies and books and prohibiting Confederate flags at re-enactment events, etc. History must conform to the Progressive dictate of the day.
If that is to be--and it will--I, in turn, demand progressives stop wearing Che t-shirts. I insist they stop waving the "Palestinian" flag. I propose that we all demand that Maryland alter its flag which consists of the heraldic banner of Lord Baltimore. I find offensive the yearning for royalty and feudalism. The Union Flag must be struck from the flag of Hawaii. I find offensive this paean to colonialism. The Alabama flag has troubling similarly to the Scottish flag and might prove offensive to those of Welsh descent. Will Walmart stop selling items made in China, an offensive
state if ever there was one? Will there be a ban on Mexican flags considering the horrid history of human rights in that country? What about the Japanese flag? Why should Japan be able to keep the flag under which millions of Chinese, Malays, Filipinos, Koreans, Pacific Islanders, Indians, and whites were tortured and murdered? I am sure we can turn this into a drinking game. -DiploMad, On Rebel Flags and Progressive Targets http://www.thediplomad.com/2015/06/on-rebel-flags-and-progressive-targets.html
"There is nothing new in theology but that which is false; only the old is true, for truth must be old, as old as God Himself." -Spurgeon
It is a sign of growth in grace when we increase in a sense of our own unworthiness and insufficiency, and in dependence on God.- Edwards.
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Quotes 2 Nov 17
“This habit of attacking the secondary symptoms of the problem rather than the primary problem has many causes. Not the least of them is that it is infinitely easier to criticise generally white skinned people, especially if they are working class, than is to criticise generally darker skinned people whatever their background. And not only is it easier, but it elevates the critic. Any criticism of Islamism or mass immigration – even criticism of terrorism and rape attacks – can be seized upon by anyone else as a demonstration of racism, xenophobia or bigotry. The accusation, however untrue, can come from anywhere and can always carry some moral taint. By contrast, anybody who criticises someone as a racist or a Nazi is somehow elevated to the position of judge and jury as an antiracist and anti-Nazi. Different standards of evidence also apply.” - Douglas Murray – The Strange Death of Europe Page 241
"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless.Not to speak is to speak.Not to act is to act." - D. Bonhoeffer
"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it." - Harry S. Truman
In the Bible there are times when in the deep slumber of the body, God has taken the souls of His servants into deeper communion with himself (e.g. Genesis 2:21, 15:12). Often, when a problem or perplexity harasses the mind and there seems no solution, after a night's rest you find the solution easy, and the problem has no further perplexity. Think of the security of the saint in sleeping or in waking, "Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day."--Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) _The Pilgrim's Song Book_ [1940]
Night is the congenial hour of horrors, when alarms walk abroad like beasts of prey, or ghouls from among the tombs. Our fears turn the sweet season of repose into one of dread, and though angels are abroad and fill our chambers, we dream of demons and dire visitants from hell. Blessed is that communion with God which renders us impervious to midnight frights, and horrors born of darkness. Not to be afraid is in itself an unspeakable blessing, since for every suffering which we endure from real injury, we are tormented by a thousand griefs which arise from fear only. The shadow of the Almighty removes all gloom from the shadow of night. Once covered by the divine wing, we care not what winged terrors may fly abroad in the earth. Cunning foes lie in ambuscade, and aim the deadly haft at our hearts, but we do not fear them, and have no cause to do so. That arrow is not made which can destroy the righteous, for the Lord hath said, "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper." In times of great danger, those who have made the Lord their refuge, and therefore have refused to use the carnal weapon, have been singularly preserved. The annals of the Quakers bear good evidence to this. Yet probably the main thought is, that from the cowardly attacks of crafty malice, those who walk by faith shall be protected, from cunning heresies they shall be preserved, and in sudden temptations they shall be secured from harm. --C.H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) _Spurgeon's Treasury of David_ [1984], "Psalm 91:5"
"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless.Not to speak is to speak.Not to act is to act." - D. Bonhoeffer
"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it." - Harry S. Truman
In the Bible there are times when in the deep slumber of the body, God has taken the souls of His servants into deeper communion with himself (e.g. Genesis 2:21, 15:12). Often, when a problem or perplexity harasses the mind and there seems no solution, after a night's rest you find the solution easy, and the problem has no further perplexity. Think of the security of the saint in sleeping or in waking, "Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day."--Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) _The Pilgrim's Song Book_ [1940]
Night is the congenial hour of horrors, when alarms walk abroad like beasts of prey, or ghouls from among the tombs. Our fears turn the sweet season of repose into one of dread, and though angels are abroad and fill our chambers, we dream of demons and dire visitants from hell. Blessed is that communion with God which renders us impervious to midnight frights, and horrors born of darkness. Not to be afraid is in itself an unspeakable blessing, since for every suffering which we endure from real injury, we are tormented by a thousand griefs which arise from fear only. The shadow of the Almighty removes all gloom from the shadow of night. Once covered by the divine wing, we care not what winged terrors may fly abroad in the earth. Cunning foes lie in ambuscade, and aim the deadly haft at our hearts, but we do not fear them, and have no cause to do so. That arrow is not made which can destroy the righteous, for the Lord hath said, "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper." In times of great danger, those who have made the Lord their refuge, and therefore have refused to use the carnal weapon, have been singularly preserved. The annals of the Quakers bear good evidence to this. Yet probably the main thought is, that from the cowardly attacks of crafty malice, those who walk by faith shall be protected, from cunning heresies they shall be preserved, and in sudden temptations they shall be secured from harm. --C.H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) _Spurgeon's Treasury of David_ [1984], "Psalm 91:5"
Quotes for 1 Nov 17
3 Lies of Identity:
1. I am what I have
2. I am what I do
3. I am what other people say or think of me - Henri Nouwen @HenriNouwen
“The state is fast becoming a secular church, the fount of moral legislation, and is busy imposing a uniformity of belief on its citizens as every bit as intrusive as the theocratic states of the past, where the distinction between church and state was likewise unknown.”- Alan Bekhor, Standpoint Magazine
Man is by his constitution a religious animal; atheism is against not only our reason, but our instincts.—Edmund Burke (1729-1797)_Reflections on the Revolution in France_ [1790]
Show me an absurdity in Religion, [and] I will undertake to show you a hundred in Political Laws and Institutions. --Edmund Burke (1729-1797) _A Vindication of Natural Society_ [1756]
Recently, in a restaurant, four college kids saw me, and, as I was standing at the salad bar, they laughed at me openly and made grotesque faces which mocked my appearance. The carnal part of me wanted to tear into those people, rip that guy's lips off. But the Christ in me restrained me and helped me to see with pity the condition of their hearts that caused them to mock. --Dave Roever (1946- ) _Welcome Home, Davey_ [1986], Chapter 17 (A Vietnam vet who was horribly disfigured when a phosphorous grenade he was about to toss exploded next to his face while on patrol in Vietnam; July 26, 1969.)
1. I am what I have
2. I am what I do
3. I am what other people say or think of me - Henri Nouwen @HenriNouwen
“The state is fast becoming a secular church, the fount of moral legislation, and is busy imposing a uniformity of belief on its citizens as every bit as intrusive as the theocratic states of the past, where the distinction between church and state was likewise unknown.”- Alan Bekhor, Standpoint Magazine
Man is by his constitution a religious animal; atheism is against not only our reason, but our instincts.—Edmund Burke (1729-1797)_Reflections on the Revolution in France_ [1790]
Show me an absurdity in Religion, [and] I will undertake to show you a hundred in Political Laws and Institutions. --Edmund Burke (1729-1797) _A Vindication of Natural Society_ [1756]
Recently, in a restaurant, four college kids saw me, and, as I was standing at the salad bar, they laughed at me openly and made grotesque faces which mocked my appearance. The carnal part of me wanted to tear into those people, rip that guy's lips off. But the Christ in me restrained me and helped me to see with pity the condition of their hearts that caused them to mock. --Dave Roever (1946- ) _Welcome Home, Davey_ [1986], Chapter 17 (A Vietnam vet who was horribly disfigured when a phosphorous grenade he was about to toss exploded next to his face while on patrol in Vietnam; July 26, 1969.)
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