Saturday, November 25, 2023

Printing is "God's highest and extremest act of grace, whereby the business of the Gospel is driven forward; it is the last flame before the extinction of the world."

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Martin Luther, WA-Tisch 1, no. 1038, p. 523 : "Omnes artes et disciplinae nunc sunt in summo fastigio, quanquam simul etiam sint despec...
Friday, November 24, 2023

"I cast my anchor"

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"In the midst of this storm I cast my anchor towards the throne of God, the anchor that is the lively hope in my heart."      St. ...
Tuesday, November 21, 2023

"'You do not hasten faster than the Most High, for your haste is for yourself, but the Highest hastens on behalf of many.'"

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Uriel leading John the Baptist, Index of Medieval Art "Non festina spiritu super Altissimum; tu enim festinas propter temet ipsum spiri...
Monday, November 20, 2023

"If we are to understand American Christianity we need to take our stand within the movement so that its objects may come into view"

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      "Every movement, like every person, needs to be understood before it can be criticized.  And no movement can be understood until ...

"the shadow of lost knowledge"

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"A certain amount of knowledge you can indeed with average faculties acquire so as to retain; nor need you regret the hours you spent o...
Saturday, November 4, 2023

"Throughout, Moody portrayed Christ himself as a sinner"

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"did you ever know a man to keep the law except the Son of God himself?" "Christ kept the law.  He was the Lamb, pure and spo...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

"We awaken in Christ's body": almost as much Stephen Mitchell as St. Symeon the New Theologian

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We awaken in Christ's body as Christ awakens our bodies, and my poor hand is Christ, He enters my foot, and is infinitely me. I move my ...