Une vie spirituelle ne peut se former sans discipline, pratique et responsabilité.
Henri Nouwen, Direction spirituelle
A spiritual life cannot be formed without discipline, practice, and accountability.”
Henri Nouwen, Spiritual Direction
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Une vie spirituelle ne peut se former sans discipline, pratique et responsabilité.
Henri Nouwen, Direction spirituelle
A spiritual life cannot be formed without discipline, practice, and accountability.”
Henri Nouwen, Spiritual Direction
Soit la foi en Christ peut purifier toutes les personnes de leur péché, soit aucune, mais pas certaines... La vérité de la mort, de la résurrection et du pouvoir du Christ sur le péché est absolue.
Rick Perry
Either faith in Christ can cleanse all people of their sin, or none, but not some... The truth of Christ's death, resurrection and power over sin is absolute.
Rick Perry
Derick Bingham, Encouragement - Oxygène pour l'âme, Christian Focus, 1997, p. 157-158.
I gave Him a crown of thorns, He gave me a crown of righteousness. I gave Him a cross to carry, He gave me His yoke which is easy, His burden which is light. I gave Him nails through His hands, He gave me safely into His Father’s hands from which no power can pluck me. I gave Him a mock title, ‘This is the King of the Jews.’ He gave me a new name and made me a king and a priest to God. I gave Him no covering, stripping His clothes from Him, He gave me a garment of salvation. I gave Him mockery, casting the same in His teeth, He gave me Paradise. I gave Him vinegar to drink, He gave me Living Water. I crucified and slew Him on a tree, He gave me eternal life. It was my sinfulness that put Him there. It is His sinlessness that puts me here.
Derick Bingham, Encouragement – Oxygen for the Soul, Christian Focus, 1997, p. 157-158.
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Jean CHRYSOSTOME
The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed the anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the elements, expelled demons, burst the chains of death, expanded the gates of heaven, assuaged diseases, rescued cities from destruction, stayed the sun in its course, and arrested the progress of the thunderbolt. Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a heaven unruffled by the storm. It is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.
JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
J.C. Ryle
Do you believe the Bible? Then depend upon it, hell is eternal. It must be eternal, or words have no meaning at all. “Forever and ever,” “everlasting,” “unquenchable,” “never-dying” all these are expressions used about hell, and expressions that cannot be explained away. It must be eternal, or the very foundations of heaven are cast down. If hell has an end, heaven has an end too. They both stand or fall together. It must be eternal, or every doctrine of the gospel is undermined. If a man may escape hell at length without faith in Christ, or sanctification of the Spirit, sin is no longer an infinite evil, and there was no such great need of Christ’s making an atonement. And where is the warrant for saying that hell can ever change a heart, or make it fit for heaven? It must be eternal, or hell would cease to be hell altogether. Give a man hope, and he will bear anything. Grant a hope of deliverance, however distant, and hell is but a drop of water.
J.C. Ryle
Qu'est-ce que le péché ? C'est le "oui de la volonté" à la tentation.
F.B. Meyer
What is sin? It is the "Yes of the will" to temptation.
F.B. Meyer
Sinclair B. Ferguson, Une croissance chrétienne saine
How do we bring glory to God? The Bible’s short answer is: by growing more and more like Jesus Christ.
Sinclair B. Ferguson, Healthy Christian Growth
Phil Robertson
Basically, I don't ever move too far past the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, because it's of first importance. And I make sure it's of first importance with anyone I'm talking to. It all comes down to that, really, when you get right down to it. So it's not complex. Jesus removed our sins and guarantees we can be raised from the dead.
Phil Robertson
John Piper, The Driving Convictions Behind Missions
A God-centered theology must be a missionary theology. If you say that you love the glory of God, the test of your authenticity is whether you love the spread of that glory among all the peoples of the world. Or another way to say it is that worship is the fuel and the goal of missions. Missions exists because worship doesn't. God's passion is to be known and honored and worshipped among all the peoples. To worship Him is to share that passion for His supremacy among the nations.
John Piper, The Driving Convictions Behind Missions
La joie dans le service divin est un gage d'acceptation. Ceux qui servent Dieu avec un visage triste, parce qu'ils font ce qui leur est désagréable, ne le servent pas du tout ; ils apportent la forme de l'hommage, mais la vie est absente. Notre Dieu n'a pas besoin d'esclaves pour orner son trône ; il est le Seigneur de l'empire de l'amour, et il veut que ses serviteurs soient revêtus de la livrée de la joie. Les anges de Dieu le servent avec des chants, non avec des gémissements ; un murmure ou un soupir serait une mutinerie dans leurs rangs. L'obéissance qui n'est pas volontaire est une désobéissance. Un service accompagné de gaieté est un service du cœur, et donc vrai. Enlevez au chrétien sa volonté joyeuse, et vous lui enlevez le reste de sa sincérité. La gaieté est le soutien de notre force ; c'est dans la joie du Seigneur que nous sommes forts. Elle agit comme le remède aux difficultés.
Charles H. Spurgeon
The Lord looketh at the heart, and if He seeth that we serve Him from force, and not because we love Him, He will reject our offering. Service coupled with cheerfulness is heart-service, and therefore true. Do you serve the Lord with gladness?
Delight in divine service is a token of acceptance. Those who serve God with a sad countenance, because they do what is unpleasant to them, are not serving Him at all; they bring the form of homage, but the life is absent. Our God requires no slaves to grace His throne; He is the Lord of the empire of love, and would have His servants dressed in the livery of joy. The angels of God serve Him with songs, not with groans; a murmur or a sigh would be a mutiny in their ranks. That obedience which is not voluntary is disobedience. Service coupled with cheerfulness is heart-service, and therefore true. Take away joyful willingness from the Christian, and you have removed the rest of his sincerity. Cheerfulness is the support of our strength; in the joy of the Lord are we strong. It acts as the remover of difficulties.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Andrew Murray (1828-1917)
Never try to arouse faith from within. You cannot stir up faith from the depths of your heart. Leave your heart, and look into the face of Christ.
Andrew Murray (1828-1917)
Ajith Fernando, The Supremacy of Christ, 1995, p. 111.
Having lost the security of being rooted in the eternal reality of the Word of God, we are looking to busy activity to fill the void that has been created in our lives. And under that bondage to activity we find it difficult to linger with the Word simply for the joy of it. In fact, we may be afraid to stop our busyness lest it expose the shallowness of our lives. So we go on from activity to activity, from project to project. But activity is a dangerous source of fulfillment. Instead of finding our identity, our sense of self-worth, from our relationship with God, we begin to look to success in programs and other earthly indicators of success for our self-worth. But these will never satisfy. This will only enslave us more in our bondage to activity.
Ajith Fernando, The Supremacy of Christ, 1995, p. 111.
Charles Hodge, Théologie systématique, v. 2, p. 382.
All divine names and titles are applied to Him. He is called God, the mighty God, the great God, God over all; Jehovah; Lord; the Lord of lords and the King of kings. All divine attributes are ascribed to Him. He is declared to be omnipresent, omniscient, almighty, and immutable, the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is set forth as the creator and upholder and ruler of the universe. All things were created by Him and for Him; and by Him all things consist. He is the object of worship to all intelligent creatures, even the highest; all the angels (i.e., all creatures between man and God) are commanded to prostrate themselves before Him. He is the object of all the religious sentiments; of reverence, love, faith, and devotion. To Him men and angels are responsible for their character and conduct. He required that men should honour Him as they honoured the Father; that they should exercise the same faith in Him that they do in God. He declares that He and the Father are one; that those who had seen Him had seen the Father also. He calls all men unto Him; promises to forgive their sins; to send them the Holy Spirit; to give them rest and peace; to raise them up at the last day; and to give them eternal life. God is not more, and cannot promise more, or do more than Christ is said to be, to promise, and to do. He has, therefore, been the Christian’s God from the beginning, in all ages and in all places.
Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology, v. 2, p. 382.
Thomas Fuller
“No man who is fit to live need fear to die. To us here, death is the most terrible thing we know. But when we have tasted its reality it will mean to us birth, deliverance, a new creation of ourselves. It will be what health is to the sick man; what home is to the exile; what the loved one given back is to the bereaved. As we draw near to it a solemn gladness should fill our hearts. It is God’s great morning lighting up the sky. Our fears are the terror of children in the night. The night with its terrors, its darkness, its feverish dreams, is passing away; and when we awake it will be into the sunlight of God.”
Thomas Fuller
Leonard Ravenhill
The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Power helpeth our infirmity in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Life ends our deadness in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Wisdom delivers us from ignorance in this holy art of prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Fire delivers us from coldness in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Might comes to our aid in our weakness as we pray.
Leonard Ravenhill
Lorsque j'ai lu que le Christ Jésus était venu dans le monde pour sauver les pécheurs, c'était comme si le jour se levait soudainement dans une nuit noire.
THOMAS BILNEY (XVIE SIÈCLE), MARTYR PROTESTANT ANGLAIS
When I read that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, it was as if day suddenly broke on a dark night.
THOMAS BILNEY (SIXTEENTH CENTURY), ENGLISH PROTESTANT MARTYR
A.T. Pierson
[Mercy] is the forgiving spirit; it is the non-retaliating spirit; it is the spirit that gives up all attempt at self-vindication and would not return an injury for an injury, but rather good in the place of evil and love in the place of hatred. That is mercifulness. Mercy being received by the forgiven soul, that soul comes to appreciate the beauty of mercy, and yearns to exercise toward other offenders similar grace to that which is exercised towards one’s self.
A.T. Pierson
Charles H. Spurgeon
There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.
Charles H. Spurgeon