"If God is the creator of all things, and if the Bible has his seal of truth and power, then the Bible has the right to interrogate my life and culture, and not the other way around."
Rosaria Butterfield
Twice this week our parliament has tried to alleviate burdens — at the beginning and end of life.
But we’re not meant to eliminate burdens, we’re meant to carry them:
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"We got dust on our Bibles, but brand new iPhones
No wonder why we feel this way
We walk with our eyes closed, blind leading blind folks
I'm done with those idols and dusty Bibles."
Josiah Queen
To part with what we cannot keep, that we may get that we cannot lose, is a good bargain. Wealth can do us no good, unless it help us toward heaven.
Thomas Adams
“Of course, I have thought of going away, but I imagined a kind of holiday, a series of adventures...And I suppose I must go alone, if I am to do that and save the Shire.But I feel very small, and very uprooted, and well- desperate.The Enemy is so strong and terrible.” Frodo
No skeptic’s scoffing hammer has ever made a dent in the Eternal Anvil of God’s Word. To those who attempt to do so, Jesus emphatically declares, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away” (Matthew 24:35).
Philip Yancey "In my spiritual journey, I have long lingered in the margins, puzzling over matters like the problem of pain, the conundrum of prayer, providence versus free will. When I do so, everything becomes fuzzy. Looking at Jesus, however, restores clarity."