October 2009
6 posts
“…the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to...”
– James. Chapter 3, verses 17 and 18.
Sometimes, with the stress put on divine inspiration, “words from the (H)oly (S)pirit”, and the importance of holiness in the life of the believer, people tend to forget that the wisdom from God is not adverse or opposed to wisdom, to reason, or to...
“How can we embrace poverty as a way to God when everyone around us wants to...”
– Henri Nouwen
(via azspot)
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“The doctrine of justification itself, as preached by an Arminian, is nothing but...”
– C.H. Spurgeon
(related: “Are You Sure You Like Spurgeon?”)
September 2009
4 posts
“The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.”
– Albert Schweitzer. philosopher, theologian, musician, Winner of the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.
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“True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live...”
– William Penn, English Quaker and pacifist, who was instrumental in establishing the American colony of “Penn-sylvania” (sylvania is Latin for “forest or woods”).
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“To pray is to descend
with the mind
into the heart,
and there to stand...”
– Theophan the Recluse
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‘If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,”...
August 2009
4 posts
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“I am not a pacifist because pacifism in this fallen world in which we live means...”
– Francis A. Schaeffer, Speech in Washington D.C. (1982)
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“Whatever Christians would not wish others to do to them, they do not to others....”
– The Apology of Aristides
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“Christians could never slay their enemies. For the more that kings, rulers, and...”
– Origen
July 2009
5 posts
Stanley Hauerwas and Jean Vanier on engaging a... →
Via Sojourners.
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“I am a Christian pacifist. Being Christian and being a pacifist are not two...”
– Stanley Hauerwas
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“Theology is simply that part of religion that requires brains.”
– C.K. Chesterton, as quoted in A Man Alive
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