“At dawn of day, when you dislike being called, have this thought ready: ‘I am called to man’s labour; why then do I make a difficulty if I am going out to do what I was born to do and what I was brought into the world for?’” (Marcus Aurelius, “The Meditations,”5.1; both in Farquharson’s […]
“What is the difference between these two statements?“The minimum amount of truth to the maximum amount of people”“The maximum amount of truth to the maximum amount of people”Only two words: minimum, maximum. But those words constitute a difference as great as night and day. The first statement unfortunately seems to summarize the goal of much […]
Hi everyone, If you have not made your new year’s resolutions, make this one yours. This is good advice from Tim Challies, author of “The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment.” Get the book!!! Why do you think reading is important? What has led you to make it a priority in your life? “I regard reading as a critical […]
Chuck Smith in his “Calvary Chapel Distinctives” when speaking in regard to Paul’s statement in Acts 20:27, “For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God,” comments on this verse, “Now, how is it possible for a person to claim to have declared “the whole counsel of God?… “This can’t […]
“Theology has become a bad word in many Christian circles…Theology is often linked in people’s minds with cold, dead religion that cares more about principles and matters of the head than deeds and matters of the heart. It is associated with fundamentalism and with cold conservatism. Yet if we look at the meaning and etymology […]
“A clear understanding that success in evangelism is a result of God’s initiating grace frees the evangelist from fear of rejection by others. Indeed evangelism is impossible without grace, for grace is what frees nonbelievers from their enslavement to sin.” This same author says elsewhere… “much evangelism training focuses on me-centered techniques and a reshaped […]
CHAPTER 7 He Shows by Example that Even Infancy Is Prone to Sin.“Hear, O God. Alas, for man’s sin! So saith man, and Thou pitiest him; for Thou madest him, but sin in him Thou madest not. Who remindeth me of the sins of my infancy? For in Thy sight none is pure from sin, […]
“John Murray said, ‘The difference between truth and error is not a chasm but a razor’s edge.’ Spurgeon said something like it too: ‘Discernment is not a matter of simply telling the difference between what is right and wrong; rather, it is the difference between right and almost right.’ Both these giants emphasize the vital […]
“22So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I observe that you are very religious in all respects. 23 For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’…” Acts 17:22-23 The American Heritage Dictionary […]
“When we have rejected the doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture, we allow Christians to depend on things other than the Bible as their guide to matters of life and faith. In particular, people begin to depend upon mysticism, upon ways supposedly knowing God apart from the Bible. They look inward for intrinsic wisdom rather […]