Jim Cottrill

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

I think when I read that sweet story of old, when Jesus was here among men, how he called little children as lambs to his fold; I should like to have been with him then. ~Jemima Thompson Luke #hymns #christianhymns More information: https://t.co/goYH01swY5

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

⌛ "Like a thief" #Revelation #Bible

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

O Saviour, thou thy love to me in shame, in want, in pain, hast showed; for me on the accursed tree, thou pouresdt forth thy guiltless blood, thy wounds upon my heart impress, nor aught shall the loved stamp efface. ~John Wesley #hymns #christianhymns

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

🌫️ Darkened. #Bible #Romans

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in his excellent word! What more can he say, than to you he hath said, to you, who for refuge to Jesus have fled. #hymns #christianhymns More information: https://t.co/Bha0xdMMHJ

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

👂🏾 the things which you have heard.... #2Timothy #Bible

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

... I've thought it was strange that so often they’d tell that story as if it were new; but I’ve found out the reason they loved it so well, that old, old story is true. ~D. B. Watkins #hymns #christianhymns

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

@AndrewComings @hthieblot That's a good one, actually. That was the one that allowed you to highlight a certain part of an article? That was the best. "Copy link to highlight" does this, but only works in some browsers.

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Reasons to read old books:

1) They’re often very pretty

2) Because they’re second-hand, they’re a lot cheaper than new books (this one cost £4)

3) Old books are 100% AI proof. When you see that something was printed in 1926 (for example) you know AI had nothing to do with it, and that it’s also insulated against the internet in general; they're time-machines

4) Not all books printed in the past were good quality, but the ones that have survived are: thicker (and nicer) paper than we use today, plus tougher bindings. These quality materials also mean they’re nicer just to hold in your hands.

5) If you read what everybody else is reading, the odds are you’ll end up thinking what everybody else is thinking. History is very long, and just reading books from the year 2026, or the 2020s, or even the 21st century, will warp your perspective. Reading old books (not even the greats, just random old books) teaches you more, because it acts as a foil to the present and helps you see it more clearly by comparison.

6) You often get old inscriptions in the endpapers: names, dates, awards, gifts. Sometimes you even get annotations. It’s a small thing, but knowing somebody one hundred years ago owned and loved a book you’re now reading is… well, it’s something.

7) Time is the best possible filter for quality. Many great books weren’t considered great in their own time; most books considered great in their own time have been forgotten. The same will happen to the best-selling books of the 21st century.

8) They generally look nicer on shelves

9) Unlike most modern paperbacks or hardbacks, older books were often printed in actual pocket-sized editions, so you can take them around easily

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

👀 your own eyes... #Bible #Proverbs

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

@Pontifex That's not the Gospel - the Gospel is something specific ABOUT Christ. Look how beautifully wise old Zechariah prophesied about the Gospel in Luke 1:76-79. Forgiveness of sins (humanity is much worse than just disappointed!) because of God's mercy!

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

❤️ Be present, Holy Spirit, to bless them as they kneel, as Thou for Christ, the Bridegroom, the heav’nly Spouse dost seal. O spread Thy pure wing o’er them, let no ill power find place when onward to Thine altar their hallowed path they trace. #hymns https://t.co/jZKu5DIixA

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

💰 It is better... #Proverbs #Bible

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

⚭ Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow, grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife; and to life´s day the glorious unknown morrow that dawns upon eternal love and life. ~ Dorothy Frances Blomfield Gurney #hymns #christianhymns https://t.co/a14zFtD0ZM

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

@jonharris1989 Congratulations!

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

🔄 #Bible #Proverbs

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

My hope is in the Lord who gave Himself for me, and paid the price of all my sin at Calvary. For me He died, for me He lives, and everlasting life and light He freely gives. ~Norman John Clayton #hymns #christianhymns https://t.co/WYUWqs87jZ

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

Wonderful! #Psalms #Bible

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

🌷 And in the dusty city, where busy crowds pass by, and where the tall dark houses stand up and hide the sky, and where through lanes and alleys no pleasant breezes blow, even there, O God, our Father, thou mak´st flowers grow. #hymns #christianhymns

[Jim Cottrill @cleansocks]

@jonharris1989 @megbasham I KNEW it was a true story!!