Quotes That Rock
"The followers of Jesus are to be different-different from both the nominal church and the secular world, different from both the religious and the irreligious. The Sermon on the Mount is the most complete delineation anywhere in the New Testament of the Christian value-system, ethical standard, religious devotion, attitude to money, ambition, life-style and network of relationships-all of which are totally at variance with those of the non-Christian world. And this Christian Counterculture is the life of the kingdom of God, a fully human life indeed but lived out under the divine rule."
John Stott, The Message of the Sermon on the Mount"Therefore, in a post-Christian world and in an often post-Christian church it is imperative to point out with love where apostasy lies. We must openly discuss with all who will listen, treating all men as fellow men, but we must call apostasy, apostasy. If we do not do that, we are not ready for reformation, revival, and a revolutionary church in the power of the Holy Spirit. We are all too easily infilitrated with relativism and synthesis in our own day. We tend to lack antithesis."
Francis Schaeffer, Death in the City"In efficacious grace we are not merely passive, nor yet does God do some and we do the rest. But God does all, and we do all. God produces all, we act all. For that is what produces, viz. our own acts. God is the only proper author and fountain; we only are the proper actors. We are in different respects, wholly passive and wholly active."
Jonathan Edwards, Freedom of the Will"But what if the foreknowledge of God, and the liberty of the will cannot be reconcilled by man? Shall we therefore deny a perfection in God to support a liberty in ourselves? Shall we rather fasten ignorance upon God, and accuse Him of blindness to maintain our liberty?"
Stephen Charnock, Discourses Upon the Existence and Attributes of God"But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world."
The Apostle Paul, The Book of Galatians
Sep 13th 2005 
2 Comments 
Sep 14th 2005
Hey Chris,
Your blogs are always so inspirational and amazing. The last quote you have from Galations is....well.....very humbling. By the way, I have been wanting to talk to you about predestination and all that. I still feel very confused by it and I know that you like to talk about it so........it doesn't really matter when but I certainly have some questions about it. I hope that your day and week are just the best it could be!!
Your little sister in Christ,
Becky Martin
Just so you know, I have my own Xanga blog thingy now. If you go to the website I provided you should be able to find it.
Sep 15th 2005
Hah! :D I found *your* blog!
Awesome stuff. I love the Stott, Schaeffer and Edwards quotes. Paul is deffinitely the most quoteable of all the apostles, and not just because he wrote half the new testament ;D my personal favorite is 1Cor4:10. I'm pretty sure, though, that we could get locked in the jaws of eternal debate on the Charnock quote. I think it's one of the few areas where I'm more than willing to just admit that the concept of foreknowledge and predestination is simply one of the complications of God that I can't wrap my mortal mind around (of course, there's no shortage of things that I can't wrap my mind around!). I guess I feel that I don't have to understand it because God does.
Anywho, just thought I'd swing by your blog in retalition :D
Have fun, See you in class next week!