Jas. 1:19: let every person be quick to hear, slow (ฮฒฯฮฑฮดแฝบฯ) to speak, slow (ฮฒฯฮฑฮดแฝบฯ) to anger
ฮฒฯฮฑฮดแฝบฯ- slow, taking time toย deliberate; unhurried, while still moving forwardย afterย considering all the facts
Christian Twitter could use a dose of ฮฒฯฮฑฮดแฝบฯ in speech and anger
With whom is the Christian soldier meant to fight? Not with other Christians. Wretched indeed is that man's idea of religion who fancies that it consists in perpetual controversy!
J. C. Ryle
"Holiness"
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11
For as nothing helps to build up the devils kingdom more than the societies of wicked men, nothing would be more for pulling of it down than the people of God meeting to strengthen each other's hands.
George Whitefield
"The Folly and Danger of Not Being Righteous Enough"
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God...
Ps. 42:5
While the heart and flesh might fail an individual, a mind that is set on God above can be reconstituted by even the minutest hope in God.
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lordโs doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:22-24
FYI, the event descriptions in this tweet are not describing a protest, they're describing crime en masse; a.k.a. RIOTING. Participants should be arrested.
Christologies constructed "from below" produce only a larger-than-life religious figure . . . . Their christs might be admired, but they cannot be worshipped. They might inspire religious devotion, but they cannot sustain or explain Christian faith.
D. Wells
The Person of Christ
For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the worldโto bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.โ
Jesus
John 18:37
Fear not, nor be afraid;
have I not told you from of old and declared it?
And you are my witnesses!
Is there a God besides me?
There is no Rock; I know not any.โ
Isaiah 44:8
The mystery of Christ's incarnation is to be adored, not pried into. If we know not the way of the Spirit in the formation of common persons, nor the bones formed in the womb...much less do we know how the blessed Jesus was formed in the womb of the blessed virgin.
Matthew Henry
Thus by what seems His utter poverty and weakness on the cross He overturns the pomp and parade of idols, and quietly and hiddenly wins over the mockers and unbelievers to recognize Him as God.
Athanasius
On the Incarnation
@DanielMGurtner Thought about you the other day, brother. I had you for NT 2 over the J-Term 2019-20. Your class was difficult but rewarding. Because of your instruction I love Jesus more, know his word better, and am more equipped to equip others than I would have been otherwise.