"If God is most perfect and most wise, then how could I ever hope to have a thought that is good that He hadn't thought of already? It must be a bit of pride to think that you could come up with an original thought that God didn't think of before."
Journals from Before, p. 422. (c) 2017 (D.B.)
Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Friday, October 27, 2017
The Use of Trials
Until I learned to trust, I never learned to pray;
And I did not learn to fully trust ’til sorrows came my way.
Until I felt my weakness, His strength I never knew;
Nor dreamed ’til I was stricken that He could see me through.
Who deepest drinks of sorrow, drinks deepest, too, of grace;
He sends the storm so He Himself can be our hiding place.
His heart that seeks our highest good, knows well when things annoy;
We would not long for heaven if earth held only joy.
William Coltman 1924-1956
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"The cardinal error against which the Gospel has to contend is the inveterate tendency of men to rely on their own performances. The great antagonist to the truth is the pride of man, which causes him to imagine that he can be, in part at least, his own savior."
And I did not learn to fully trust ’til sorrows came my way.
Until I felt my weakness, His strength I never knew;
Nor dreamed ’til I was stricken that He could see me through.
Who deepest drinks of sorrow, drinks deepest, too, of grace;
He sends the storm so He Himself can be our hiding place.
His heart that seeks our highest good, knows well when things annoy;
We would not long for heaven if earth held only joy.
William Coltman 1924-1956
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"The cardinal error against which the Gospel has to contend is the inveterate tendency of men to rely on their own performances. The great antagonist to the truth is the pride of man, which causes him to imagine that he can be, in part at least, his own savior."
- A. W. Pink
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Some Quotes
Everyone reads, everyone hears things discussed. Consequently, if you do not listen to Theology, that will not mean that you have no ideas about God. It will mean that you have a lot of wrong ones—bad, muddled, out-of-date ideas. For a great many of the ideas about God which are trotted out as novelties today are simply the ones which real Theologians tried centuries ago and rejected. To believe in the popular religion of modern England is retrogression—like believing the earth is flat.
--C.S. Lewis
Monday, May 9, 2016
Remember the Sabbath
"Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy."
Here are a couple of quotes
==> from Dwight L. Moody
I believe that the sabbath question to-day is a vital one for the whole country. It is the burning question of the present time. If you give up the sabbath the church goes; if you give up the church the home goes; and if the home goes the nation goes. That is the direction in which we are traveling....
No nation has ever prospered that has trampled the sabbath in the dust. Show me a nation that has done this, and I will show you a nation that has got in it the seeds of ruin and decay.
http://articles.ochristian.com/article18044.shtml
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==> and John Bunyan
John Bunyan's character 'Wiseman' in his book, Journey to Hell, correctly points out, The Lord's Day is a kind of symbol of the heavenly Sabbath above, and it clearly reveals the heart's attitude toward eternal holiness. More is seen in one's observance of the Sabbath than one's performance of earthly activities
http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/articles/article_detail.php?1403
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==> And two additional references:
http://www.apuritansmind.com/thelordsday/JohnMurraySabbath.htm
http://www.newhopefairfax.org/files/30.%20Sabbath%20by%20Murray.pdf
Here are a couple of quotes
==> from Dwight L. Moody
I believe that the sabbath question to-day is a vital one for the whole country. It is the burning question of the present time. If you give up the sabbath the church goes; if you give up the church the home goes; and if the home goes the nation goes. That is the direction in which we are traveling....
No nation has ever prospered that has trampled the sabbath in the dust. Show me a nation that has done this, and I will show you a nation that has got in it the seeds of ruin and decay.
http://articles.ochristian.com/article18044.shtml
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==> and John Bunyan
John Bunyan's character 'Wiseman' in his book, Journey to Hell, correctly points out, The Lord's Day is a kind of symbol of the heavenly Sabbath above, and it clearly reveals the heart's attitude toward eternal holiness. More is seen in one's observance of the Sabbath than one's performance of earthly activities
http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/articles/article_detail.php?1403
___________________
==> And two additional references:
http://www.apuritansmind.com/thelordsday/JohnMurraySabbath.htm
http://www.newhopefairfax.org/files/30.%20Sabbath%20by%20Murray.pdf
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