Posted in Quotes on Sep 5th, 2008
I’ve been listening to a lecture by the incomparable N.T. Wright that he gave in May of 2005 at Seattle Pacific University. He touched on Pilate’s question to Jesus recorded in John 18, “What is truth?” And then during the Q&A at the end of the lecture, he added this wonderful quote: “…Jesus Himself was [...]
My favorite song on The David Crowder Band’s cd “A Collision” is “Come Awake.” Incredible lyrics set to a powerful arrangement. “Are we left here on our own? Can you feel when your last breath is gone? Night is weighing heavy now Be quiet and wait for a voice that will say Come awake From [...]
Posted in Quotes on Aug 26th, 2008
“i’m determined to live today like i wish i lived yesterday.” Angie Weldon (found on the Weldon blog) FYI, that’s just a nugget of what you’ll find as you peruse Angie’s astute, though often rambling, observations of life, faith, family and love, along with great pics of their beautiful family.
The other day, I was thinking about that old hymn, “How Great Thou Art.” I was remembering the lyrics that spelled out the greatness of God, from the stars and universe He created, to the beauty of the woods and birds and mountains and gentle breeze, to the enormity of His sacrifice on Calvary, bearing [...]
In comparing the theology of liberal modernism, which pushed a social gospel, with the theology that strongly asserts that nothing can be “set to rights” until our Lord returns and repairs and restores all things, N.T. Wright makes this powerful statement: “The universal early Christian belief was that Jesus had already been demonstrated publicly to [...]
“O Jesus, if Thou come not in person to Thy waiting Church this day, yet come in Spirit to my sighing heart, and make it sing for joy.” Charles H. Spurgeon (quoted from “Morning & Evening” August 6)
Posted in Quotes on Jul 31st, 2008
“…the best questions come out of deepest losses.” William P. Young (author of “The Shack” quoted from interview on 7-30-08 on NPR’s show “Here and Now”)
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” William Greenough Thayer Shedd 1820-1894
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them…” Jesus Christ of Nazareth (quoted from Matthew 7.12 ESV)
“…the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is—never look for justice, but never cease to live it.” Oswald Chambers My Utmost for His Highest July 14