Tag: Quotes
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The Communion of Saints
I am reminded once again that our failures are not final, that they are mysteriously integral to our sanctification. What this fragmentary and difficult conversation points towards is the Communion of Saints. I’m understanding this not just as a communion of perfected persons, who have left their imperfections behind them; but rather as a communion…
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Nothing brings us so much misery on earth as having our own way. – J. C. Ryle
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Nothing that happens to me is meaningless
I believe that nothing that happens to me is meaningless, and that it is good for us all that it should be so, even if it runs counter to our own wishes. As I see it, I’m here for some purpose, and I hope I may fulfill it. In the light of the great purpose…
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“To renounce a full life and its real joys in order to avoid pain is neither Christian nor human.” – Bonhoeffer
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Irresponsible Behavior
To take on tasks for which one lacks competence is irresponsible behavior. It is also cruel. It raises expectations that will then be disappointed. Peter Drucker
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It is only our own slackness that hinders us from remaining steadfast in God’s Word and that prevents us from getting the upper hand at all times over all temptations. – John Calvin, Sermons on Ephesians
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A man will never be fit to declare God’s will to other men, unless he himself learns daily. – John Calvin, Sermons on Ephesians
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I Love Small
[Farmers] must tend farms that they know and love, farms small enough to know and love, using tools and methods that they know and love, in the company of neighbors that they know and love. Wendell Berry, What Are People For?, p. 210 You can change this to read: “Lawyers must tend law practices that they…
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Ascend Higher! Calvin on Teaching and Exhorting Others
It certainly is the part of the Christian man to ascend higher than merely to seek and secure the salvation of his own soul. Although not all have the office of preaching the word of God, yet a private person who is a member of the church may beget spiritual children to God if he…
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As Earthly Human Beings
As earthly human beings we have to take account of an earthly future. For the sake of this future we must accept tasks, responsibilities, and joys and sorrows. We need not despise happiness simply because there is so much unhappiness. We should not arrogantly push away the kind hand of God because God’s hand is…
PHILIPPINE THEO LAW GEE 