These are quotes which stood out to me, possibly for use in a sermon someday. Their presence here does not mean I agree with them, it merely shows that I might want to reference them later. The default view is five random selections. Use the tag list on the right to view all quotes relevant to that theme.
A Question About Primates
On the letterhead of:
The Anglican Church of Canada
Office of the Primate
John Hearn, Director
Wisconson Regional Primate Research Centre
1223 Capitol Court
Madison, Wisconsin
U.S.A. 53715-1299
December 11, 1991
Dear Dr. Hearn:
Thank you for your letter of December 4 addressed to Dr. George Cram of
the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund in which you seek
information for your International Directory of Primatology.
I should perhaps inform you that the term "primate" in our context refers
to the senior archbishop and chief pastor of the Anglican Church of Canada.
The Relief and Development Fund over which he presides is an agency for
the alleviation of global poverty and hunger on behalf of Anglican
Christians in this country.
I think the primates in your study are perhaps of a different species.
While it is true that our primate occasionally enjoys bananas, I have
never seen him walk with his knuckles on the ground or scratch himself
publicly under the armpits. He does have three children, but this is a
far cry from "breeding colonies of primates" as your research project
mentions. Like you we do not import our primates from the wild, however.
They are elected from among the bishops of our church. This is
occasionally a cause of similar, though arcane, comment.
The subject of primate biology might be of great importance in your field
but, alas, not so in ours. There are a mere 28 Anglican primates in the
whole world. They are all males, of course, but so far we have had no
problems with reproduction. They include such distinguished persons as
the Most Reverend and Right Honourable George Carey, Archbishop of
Canterbury and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of Capetown, South Africa. Have
you sent letters to them? Most importantly, have they responded? They
can, I believe, all read and write by themselves so perhaps this might
distort your data. Thank you for writing. I wonder if your extremely
efficient database might need just a little refining?
Kindest Regards,
The Reverend Michael Ingham
Principal Secretary to the Primate
Never make a decision when you are discouraged or depressed. If you do, you will seldom make the right decision. You need to be content where you are before God will likely move you somewhere else. When your heart is right with God and you are confident in that relationship, doubt never means "yes". Doubt always means "no" or wait, never yes. God doesn't lead us through doubt.
From an interview with the rich creators of collegehumor.com in the New Yorker - http://newyorker.com/fact/content/?050124fa_fact2 2005-01-24, "Funny Boys" by Rebecca Mead
A key to college humor, the four have realized, is that students like to think they belong to a small in-crowd that understands the joke, while the public at large remains clueless. Take the phrase “More Cowbell,” which is a slogan appearing on one of the most popular of the company’s Busted Tees; it comes from an instruction given in a skit on “Saturday Night Live.” “Not everyone saw that episode, so the people who did see it think it is that much cooler because nobody else knows,” Josh said.
No. 6: Emphasis on Small Groups
Our studies show that a new member who gets involved in a Sunday school class is five times more likely to be an active church member five years later than one who attends worship services only.
Our research on other small groups is limited, but we suspect that some of the same issues are present.
Evangelistic churches are disciple-making churches. They believe that the evangelistic process is not complete until a believer becomes a fruit-bearing disciple in the local church. And leaders in these churches seek to conserve their evangelistic gains by seeking to incorporate the new believers into a small group, most typically the Sunday school.
Constantly we hear cries of women aimed at their supposedly overly jealous boyfriends, “What’s the matter? Don’t you trust me?â€
No, he doesn’t. You slept with him on the first date and there is no reason for him to think that you wouldn’t do the same when a better offer comes along.