Quotes – Page 3 – Semikkah7

01/20/2023 – ““When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.” G.K. Chesterton (example – see comment)

January 20, 2023 JimmyB 0

Just one example: “Men can have babies.” It boggles the mind. The fear of the Lord comes over me to think that man can become …

01/17/2023 – “”I believe the reason why so few find Christ is that they do not search for Him with all their hearts; they are not terribly in earnest about their soul’s salvation.” D.L. Moody // See comments

January 17, 2023 JimmyB 0

Only God can measure hearts. But I submit, our values show up in our actions, not so much our words. So, I have advised brothers to witness to …

01/14/2023 – ““But the new rebel is a skeptic, and will not entirely trust anything. He has no loyalty; therefore he can never be really a revolutionist. And the fact that he doubts everything really gets in his way when he wants to denounce anything. For all denunciation implies a moral doctrine of some kind; and the modern revolutionist doubts not only the institution he denounces, but the doctrine by which he denounces it. . . . As a politician, he will cry out that war is a waste of life, and then, as a philosopher, that all life is waste of time. A Russian pessimist will denounce a policeman for killing a peasant, and then prove by the highest philosophical principles that the peasant ought to have killed himself. . . . The man of this school goes first to a political meeting, where he complains that savages are treated as if they were beasts; then he takes his hat and umbrella and goes on to a scientific meeting, where he proves that they practically are beasts. In short, the modern revolutionist, being an infinite skeptic, is always engaged in undermining his own mines. In his book on politics he attacks men for trampling on morality; in his book on ethics he attacks morality for trampling on men. Therefore the modern man in revolt has become practically useless for all purposes of revolt. By rebelling against everything he has lost his right to rebel against anything.” G.K Chesterton, “Orthodoxy” (see comments)

January 14, 2023 JimmyB 0

Note – Chesterton lived a century before us. Marxism has now gone global. The Devil is not a Marxist, he was the first of Narcissists; he just keeps …

01/11/2023 – “A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.” G.K. Chesterton, “The Everlasting Man”

January 11, 2023 JimmyB 0

01/10/2023 – “If there were no God, there would be no atheists.” G.K Chesterton (1874 – 1936) // Check out his attached bio – treat yourself to a good belly laugh…

January 10, 2023 JimmyB 0

Bio:

https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/musiciansartistsandwriters/g-k-chesterton.html

But the absent minded genius loved a great paradox and was considered a master of the form:

Just a single excerpt:

“These were not mere plays on words—Chesterton saw the nonsense …

01/07/2022 – “It is better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed. The results may be the same but you won’t be.” Soren Kierkegaard. 1813 – 1855 – Copenhagen, Denmark // bio: attached

January 7, 2023 JimmyB 0

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Soren-Kierkegaard/Three-dimensions-of-the-religious-life

This bio was edifying. Given that Keirkegaard is often described as a founder of “existentialism”, here is a concise starter definition:

“This use of existence as a technical term for the …

01/05/2022 – “”It has always been difficult to understand those evangelical Christians who… say they serve the Lord, but they divide their days so as to leave plenty of time to play and loaf and enjoy the pleasures of the world as well. They are at ease while the world burns.” A.W. Tozer. (Supporting biblical verses attached)

January 5, 2023 JimmyB 0

See: 1 John 2: 15 – 17 / 1 James 4: 4 – 6 / Romans 12:2 / Mark 8: 34-35 / Ephesians 6:13 / 1 Peter 4: 1 …

12/26/2022 – “May God grant that we all can say with Bunyan’s pilgrim, ‘I am come from the City of Destruction, and I am going to Mount Zion.’ ” // “A Puritan Theology” by Joel R. Beeke & Mark Jones, pg. #858

December 26, 2022 JimmyB 0

Soli Deo Gloria!

12/23/2022 – “Heaven would be hell to me without Christ.” Thomas Goodwin (1600 – 1680)

December 23, 2022 JimmyB 0

Cited: “A Puritan Theology” by Joel R. Beeke & Mark Jones – pg 962 & “Why Read the Puritans, Today” by Kistler – pg 3.

Soli Deo Gloria!

12/19/2022 – “Faith isn’t the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It’s simply taking God at His word and taking the next step.” Joni Eareckson Tada

December 19, 2022 JimmyB 0

Read Joni’s (pronounced “Johnny”) amazing life testimony to her Lord:

https://www.joniandfriends.org/executive-profile-joni-eareckson-tada/

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01/20/2023 – ““When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.” G.K. Chesterton (example – see comment)

01/17/2023 – “”I believe the reason why so few find Christ is that they do not search for Him with all their hearts; they are not terribly in earnest about their soul’s salvation.” D.L. Moody // See comments

01/11/2023 – “A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.” G.K. Chesterton, “The Everlasting Man”

01/10/2023 – “If there were no God, there would be no atheists.” G.K Chesterton (1874 – 1936) // Check out his attached bio – treat yourself to a good belly laugh…

01/07/2022 – “It is better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed. The results may be the same but you won’t be.” Soren Kierkegaard. 1813 – 1855 – Copenhagen, Denmark // bio: attached

12/26/2022 – “May God grant that we all can say with Bunyan’s pilgrim, ‘I am come from the City of Destruction, and I am going to Mount Zion.’ ” // “A Puritan Theology” by Joel R. Beeke & Mark Jones, pg. #858

12/23/2022 – “Heaven would be hell to me without Christ.” Thomas Goodwin (1600 – 1680)

12/19/2022 – “Faith isn’t the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It’s simply taking God at His word and taking the next step.” Joni Eareckson Tada

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