The following quote on keeping the main things the main thing is a favorite of mine. Yet, it seems like there is some confusion over who gets credit for it. Was it Saint Augustine? Most attribute it to him. Can someone identify where it is recorded in his vast collections of writings? Who else has … More QUOTABLES: Saint Augustine
“Everybody thinks of changing humanity but nobody thinks of changing himself.” -Leo Tolstoy
“Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.” – Opening sentences of Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster
“No sin is worse than the sin of self-pity because it obliterates God and puts self-interest upon the throne.” -Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest
“The Medievals conceived the world as a book written by God, the plot of which is given in God’s other book, the Bible. Today, however, the world is plotted by different narratives, either humanly authored (modernism) or authorless (postmodernism). Now the world writes itself; or better, it is writing itself…It is against this background—of the world … More QUOTABLES: Gerard Loughlin on God’s Story
“A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.” – C. S. Lewis
“I think these younger Christians are the vanguard of some major new religious, social, and political arrangements that could make the older form of culture wars obsolete. After they wrestle with doubts and objections to Christianity many come out on the other side with an orthodox faith that doesn’t fit the current categories of liberal … More QUOTABLES: Tim Keller
“The Christian way of life is no fairytale; in the power of the Spirit it can be lived. Countless Christians through the ages have shown us how. The fruit of worship and Bible study and prayer and obedience to the Word, is a joy, a peace, an unshakeable hope that the world cannot give or … More QUOTABLES: Elizabeth Achtemeier
Are you a Calvinist? Are you an Arminian? Are you Pre-Trib? Post-Trib? Are you Catholic? Lutheran? Evangelical? Whichever labels you may claim or shame, we are wise to consider the following warning: I have long come to the conclusion that men may be more systematic in their statements than the Bible, and may be led … More QUOTABLES: J.C. Ryle
Kingdom Harbor 