- Child of the Devil, an Incarnate Villain Darryl Hart
Bogardus was ill-suited to adjust to the poor decisions of the colony’s leadership. He and one of New Netherland’s governors, Wouter van Twiller, carried on a heated …
- Fading is the Worldling’s Pleasure John Newton
Savior, if of Zion’s city I, through grace, a member am, Let the world deride or pity— I will glory in Thy name. Fading is the worldling’s pleasure, All his boasted pomp …
- Little Necessary Things John Newton
Religion does not consist in doing great things, for which few of us have frequent opportunities, but in doing the little necessary things of daily occurrence with a …
- When Your Favorite Pastor is Gone John Newton
Some persons are so weak, that, if their favorite minister is absent, they hardly think it worth their while to hear another.
- John Newton on Jonthan Edwards John Newton
‘Edwards on Free Will,’ I have read with pleasure, as a good answer to proud reasoners in their own way; but a book of that sort cannot be generally read: where the …
- Kline on Baptism Meredith Kline
For the passing of Jesus through the divine judgment in the water rite in the Jordan meant to John’s baptism what the passing of Yahweh to the curse of the knife rite of …
- Little in Our Own Eyes John Newton
Oh! to be little in our own eyes! This is the ground-work of every grace; this leads to a continual dependence upon the Lord Jesus; this is the spirit which He has …
- Isaac’s Sacrificial Ram Meredith Kline
When the hour of darkness should come, it was the Lord who would himself be Isaac’s sacrificial ram.
- He Seeth Not as Man Seeth John Newton
It is an astonishing thought, that God should thus dwell with men; that he, before whom the mightiest earthly potentates are less than nothing and vanity, should thus …
- The Judge of All the Earth will do Right John Newton
That the Judge of all the earth will do right, is to me as evident and necessary is that two and two make four. I believe that He has a sovereign right to do what He will …
- Political Comfort John Newton
There is one political maxim which comforts me: ‘The Lord reigns.’
- The Real Soul-Mate J.R.R. Tolkien
When the glamour wears off, or merely works a bit thin, [husbands] think they have made a mistake, and that the real soul-mate is still to find. The real soul-mate too …
- Tolkien on Lewis J.R.R. Tolkien
C.S.L. of course had some oddities and could sometimes be irritating.
- Tolkien on Disney J.R.R. Tolkien
It may be advisable, rather than lose the American interest, to let the Americans do it seems good for them – as long as it was possible (I should like to add) to veto …
- Frivolousness of Newsness Wendell Berry
And it is sure the duty of the older generation to be embarrassingly old-fashioned, for the claims of the ’newness’ of any younger generation are mostly frivolous. The …
- People Don't Talk About Anything Ray Bradbury
“People don’t talk about anything!”
“Oh, they must!”
“No, not anything. They name a lot of cars or clothes or swimming pools mostly and say how swell! But they all say …
- C. S. Lewis on Media and Sexuality C. S. Lewis
It is all a fake, of course; the figures in the popular art are falsely drawn; the real women in bathing suits or tights are actually pinched in and propped up to make …
- The Realm of Science Vern Poythress
Because of the cultural prestige of science and scientists, many people simply accept the present state of things as if it were the only possibility. But once we question …
- The Lord of the Rings Not a Children’s Book J.R.R. Tolkien
I find that many children become interested, even engrossed, in The Lord of the Rings, from about 10 onwards. I think this is rather a pity, really. It was not written …
- Ignorance of Providence John Calvin
Ignorance of providence is the ultimate of all miseries.
- Illusion of Liberal Ideology Peter Berger
It is one of the more facetious illusions of liberal ideology that people will like each other better by getting to know each other.
- My Happiest Hours C. S. Lewis
My happiest hours are spent sitting up to the small hours in someone’s college room talking nonsense, poetry, theology, metaphysics over beer, tea and pipes. There’s no …
- Entire Life of Repentance Martin Luther
When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said ‘Repent,’ he intended that the entire life of believers should be repentance.
- The Word Made Man Athanasius
By man death has gained its power over men; by the Word made Man death has been destroyed and life raised up anew.
- Peace Passing Understanding John Newton
There is a peace passing understanding, of which the politicians cannot deprive us.
- His Infinite and Unchangable Love John Newton
We may well mourn that our love to the Lord is so faint and wavering; but oh! what a cause of joy to know that his love to us is infinite and unchangeable. Our attainment …
- Truly Evangelical Piety Geerhardus Vos
May God by his Spirit maintain among us, and through our instrumentality revive around us, that truly evangelical type of piety which not merely tolerates facts and …
- Temptations in Me John Newton
In London I’m in a crowd of temptations, but in the country there is a crowd of temptations in me. My mind is a Vanity Fair.
- The Inaugurator Herman Ridderbos
For what is intended is not merely that Christ was the First or formed the beginning in terms of chronological order; he was rather the Pioneer, the Inaugurator, who …
- Serving Your Country John Newton
People do their country more service by pleading for it in prayer than by finding fault with things they have no power to alter.
- Lovers of Books Desiderius Erasmus
I consider as lovers of books not those who keep their books hidden in their store-chests and never handle them, but those who, by nightly as well as daily use thumb …
- What are all your beloveds to this Beloved? John Owen
You that are yet in the flower of your days, full of health and strength, and, with all the vigor of your spirits, do pursue some one thing, some another, consider, I …
- The Rose and the Lily John Owen
The Lord Christ is, in the Scripture, compared to all things of eminency in the whole creation. He is in the heavens the sun, and the bright morning star; as the lion …
- Frequent and Various Trials John Newton
And how are you to know experimentally either your own weakness or the power, wisdom, and grace of God, seasonably and sufficiently afforded, but by frequent and various …
- To be in Christ John Preston
To be in Christ is the ground of all salvation.
- Music and Theology Gordon Fee
Show me a church’s songs, and I’ll show you their theology.
- Theory Induced Blindness Daniel Kahneman
Once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult to notice its flaws. If you come upon an observation that does not …
- Scientific Delusion Thinking, Fast and Slow
I have yet to meet a successful scientist who lacks the ability to exaggerate the importance of what he or she is doing, and I believe that someone who lacks a delusional …
- Two Directional Singing Oskar Söhngen
The singing of the congregation takes place, as it were, in two directions: facing the other members of the congregation and facing God.
- Small Talk and the Heart David Powlison
Something as innocuous, as seemingly meaningless, careless, casual as small talk, when you take it apart, bears a freight of profound messages that every word you say and …
- News of a Better World John Newton
Blessed by God for the news of a better world, where there will be no sin, change, nor defect for ever. And let us praise him, likewise, that He has appointed means of …
- Gospel Strength for Preachers John Newton
It is, indeed, no small thing to stand between God and the people, to divide the word of truth aright, to give every one their portion, to withstand the counter tides of …
- Barth on Calvin Karl Barth
I could gladly and profitably set myself down and spend all the rest of my life just with John Calvin.
- The Huge Task of Mothering G. K. Chesterton
How can it be a large career to tell other people’s children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one’s own children about the universe? … I will pity Mrs. …
- Renewing in the Image of Jesus David Powlison
God does not accept me just as I am; he loves me despite how I am. He loves me just as Jesus is; he loves me enough to devote my life to renewing me in the image of …
- An Astonishing Dispensation John Owen
And truly, for sinners to have fellowship with God, the infinitely holy God, is an astonishing dispensation.
- Woodrow Wilson in Church James Taylor
On many occasions when the policies of President Wilson were being vigorously attacked he would come to the services on Sunday mornings and sit in his place in the house …
- Infallibility and Dull Uniformity Geerhardus Vos
But infallibility is not inseparable from dull uniformity. The truth is inherently rich and complex, because God is so himself.
- C. S. Lewis on Friendship C. S. Lewis
Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I …
- Scheduling Presbytery by the Moon Woodrow Wilson
I remember that the Stated Clerks of those Presbyteries gave me gave a great deal of trouble. Some of them, particularly of the country Presbyteries would not consult the …