Philip Yancey
Christ bears the wounds of the church, his body, just as he bore the wounds of crucifixion. I sometimes wonder which have hurt worse.
Philip Yancey
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Philip Yancey
Christ bears the wounds of the church, his body, just as he bore the wounds of crucifixion. I sometimes wonder which have hurt worse.
Philip Yancey
DALLAS WILLARD
PASTEUR BAPTISTE DU SUD, THÉOLOGIEN ET UNIVERSITAIRE
HEARING DOOD, 1999
The only protection from our own pride, fear, ignorance and impatience as we study the Bible is fellowship with the living Word, the Lord himself, invoked in constant supplication from the midst of his people.
DALLAS WILLARD
SOUTHERN BAPTIST MINISTER, THEOLOGIAN AND SCHOLAR HEARING GOD, 1999
DALLAS WILLARD
PASTEUR BAPTISTE DU SUD, THÉOLOGIEN ET UNIVERSITAIRE
L'ESPRIT DES DISCIPLINES, 1988
Today, we think of Christ’s power entering our lives in various ways—through the sense of forgiveness and love for God or through the awareness of truth,through special experiences or the infusion of the Spirit, through the presence of Christ in the inner life or through the power of ritual and liturgy or the preaching of the Word, through the communion of the saints or through a heightened consciousness of the depths and mystery of life. All of these are doubtlessly real and of some good effect. However, neither individually nor collectively do any of these ways reliably produce large numbers of people who really are like Christ and his closest followers throughout history. . . . What we need is a deeper insight into our practical relationship with God in redemption. . . . In other words, we must develop a psychologically sound theology of the spiritual life and of its disciplines to guide us.
DALLAS WILLARD
SOUTHERN BAPTIST MINISTER, THEOLOGIAN AND SCHOLAR
THE SPIRIT OF THE DISCIPLINES, 1988
R.T. France, Jesus and the Old Testament, Regent, 1998, p. 162.
In His coming the “last day”’ to which the Old Testament looked forward arrived, but they have not yet run their course; the Christian church is still living in this eschaton. Jesus’ first coming inaugurated it; His second coming will consummate it. The coming of Jesus was, therefore, the beginning of the end.
R.T. France, Jesus and the Old Testament, Regent, 1998, p. 162.
C.E.B. Cranfield, Luc-Actes, SJT, 1963, p. 300.
Since the decisive event of history has already taken place in the ministry, death, resurrection and ascension of Christ, all subsequent history is a kind of epilogue, an interval inserted by God’s mercy in order to allow men time for repentance, and, as such an epilogue, necessarily in a real sense short, even though it may take a very long time.
C.E.B. Cranfield, Luke-Acts, SJT, 1963, p. 300.
John MacArthur
In my mind, the worst sin that any human being could ever, would ever, or has ever committed is very clear. The worst possible sin would be to kill the Son of God. I can’t imagine anything worse than that; it not only embodies murder, but the most hateful, venomous, vicious rejection of God. Yet it is precisely that sin which Jesus demonstrates is forgivable. In Luke 23:34, as He hangs on the cross, He looks down at those who have taken His life, then He looks to the Father and says, “Father, forgive them.” Even killing the Son of God is forgivable. It isn’t the volume of sin that is unforgivable any more than it is the kind of sin.
John MacArthur
JAMES W. ALEXANDER (1804-1859)
PRÉDICATEUR ET THÉOLOGIEN AMÉRICAIN
The study of God’s Word for the purpose of discovering God’s Will is the secret discipline which has formed the greatest characters.
JAMES W. ALEXANDER (1804–1859)
AMERICAN PREACHER AND THEOLOGIAN
Randy Smith
When we seek to run away from our conflicts through the escape tactics, we fail to trust God and prefer the other individual. These “natural” responses are unbiblical, unloving, unproductive and unacceptable.
Randy Smith
Le livre de la nature que nous avons à lire est écrit par le doigt de Dieu.
Michael Faraday (1791-1867), pionnier des moteurs électriques
Ann Lamont, 21 Great Scientists who believed the Bible, p.97, Creation Science Foundation, © 1995
In a public talk on science and religion he said:
The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.
Michael Faraday (1791-1867), pioneer of electric motors
Ann Lamont, 21 Great Scientists who believed the Bible, p.97, Creation Science Foundation, © 1995
John Wesley
We scarce conceive how easy it is to rob God of his due, in our friendship with the most virtuous persons, until they are torn from us by death. But if this loss produces lasting sorrow, that is a clear proof that we had before two treasures, between which we divided our heart.
John Wesley
Sinclair Ferguson
Before all time; prior to all worlds; when there was nothing “outside of” God Himself; when the Father, Son and Spirit found eternal, absolute and unimaginable blessing, pleasure and joy in their Holy Trinity – it was their agreed purpose to create a world which would fall, and in unison – but at infinitely great cost – to bring (some to) grace and salvation.
Sinclair Ferguson
John MacArthur
If the Spirit of God is at work in your life, nothing will stop you from making this commitment. You have nothing to fear in telling someone that. You have nothing to fear in saying to someone, “I want you to think about this, I want you to consider the cost carefully.” You have nothing to fear. What you’re doing is stopping people from superficial, non-saving delusion. You’re backing them off and saying, let’s find out whether this is really the work of the Spirit of God and what is happening in your life is not a momentary, emotional thing, but what is happening in your life is the true, regenerating work of the Holy Spirit producing an unrelenting repentance and an undying faith that will go through every barrier. You do all the important things in life by calculating carefully. This is the most important thing you’ll ever do.
John MacArthur
Arthur Pierson
From the day of Pentecost, there has been not one great spiritual awakening in any land which has not begun in a union of prayer, though only among two or three. And no such outward, upward movement has continued after such prayer meetings have declined. It is in exact proportion to the maintenance of such joint and believing supplication and intercession that the Word of the Lord in any land or locality has had free course and been glorified.
Arthur Pierson
Max Planck, Religion und Naturwissenschaft, Leipzig : Johann Ambrosius Barth Verlag, 1958, 27
Max Planck (1858-1947), pionnier de la physique quantique
Both religion and science need for their activities the belief in God, and moreover God stands for the former in the beginning, and for the latter at the end of the whole thinking. For the former, God represents the basis, for the latter – the crown of any reasoning concerning the world-view.
Max Planck, Religion und Naturwissenschaft, Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth Verlag, 1958, 27
Max Planck (1858-1947), pioneer of quantum physics
Albert Mohler
Patience is a vibrant and virile Christian virtue, which is deeply rooted in the Christian's absolute confidence in the sovereignty of God and in God's promise to bring all things to completion in a way that most fully demonstrates His glory.
Albert Mohler
Richard Sibbes
Whatsoever is good for God's children they shall have it; for all is theirs to help them towards heaven; therefore if poverty be good they shall have it; if disgrace or crosses be good they shall have them; for all is ours to promote our greatest prosperity.
Richard Sibbes
John Gresham Machen, What Is Christianity, cité dans Biblical Separation, par Ernest Pickering, p. 97.
Again, men tell us that our preaching should be positive and not negative, that we can preach the truth without attacking error. But if we follow that advice we shall have to close our Bible and desert its teachings. The New Testament is a polemic book almost from beginning to end… It is when men have felt compelled to take a stand against error that they have risen to the really great heights in the celebration of the truth.
John Gresham Machen, What Is Christianity, cited in Biblical Separation, by Ernest Pickering, p. 97.
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Joni Eareckson Tada
We will stand amazed to see the topside of the tapestry and how God beautifully embroidered each circumstance into a pattern for our good and His glory.
Joni Eareckson Tada
Robert Mounce, Apocalypse, Eerdmans, 1977, p. 396.
Redemptive history remains incomplete until Christ returns. It is for the final act in the great drama of redemption that the church awaits with longing.
Robert Mounce, Revelation, Eerdmans, 1977, p. 396.