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.
One thief on the cross was saved, that none should despair; and only one, that one should presume.
id: 403 | source: J.C. Ryle | tags: Evangelism, Theology
Charlie was a chemist, but Charlie is no more. What Charlie thought was H20 was H2SO4.
“By nothing do men show their character more than by the things they laugh at.”
The truth is America began as a dress-down country. We won the Revolutionary War by wearing everyday clothes and firing homemade bullets at people garbed in tailored scarlet coats.
Confession is a difficult Discipline for us because we all too often view the believing community as a fellowship of saints before we see it as a fellowship of sinners. We feel that everyone else has advanced so far into holiness that we are isolated and alone in our sin. We cannot bear to reveal our failures and shortcomings to others. We imagine that we are the only ones who have not stepped onto the high road to heaven. Therefore, we hide ourselves from one another in live in veiled lies and hypocrisy.
id: 3142 | source: Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, page 145 | tags: Confession, Hypocrisy