Category: Quotes

  • A Quest for Godliness – January 22, 2012

    In 2012, I am following the lead of a few of my favorite bloggers and posting a quote or excerpt on Sundays. I’ve chosen A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J.I. Packer. If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both; if…

  • A Quest for Godliness – January 15, 2012

    In 2012, I am following the lead of a few of my favorite bloggers and posting a quote or excerpt on Sundays. I’ve chosen A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J.I. Packer. The Puritans have taught me to see and feel the transitoriness of this life, to think of…

  • A Quest for Godliness – January 8, 2012

    In 2012, I am following the lead of a few of my favorite bloggers and posting a quote or excerpt on Sundays. I’ve chosen A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J.I. Packer.   Biblical religion is God-centered, not man-centered. To get the love of Christ in focus changes one’s…

  • A Quest for Godliness – January 1, 2012

    In 2012, I am following the lead of a few of my favorite bloggers and posting a quote or excerpt on Sundays. I’ve chosen A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J.I. Packer. California’s Redwoods make me think of England’s Puritans, another breed of giants who in our time have…

  • Would you rather…

    be guilty of sacrificing truth on the altar of love or of sacrificing love on the altar of truth? How about neither? Why is it so often assumed that one is being murdered for the sake of the other when Christians disagree? I say, let both live. While camping this past weekend, I read several…