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The Good and the Bad

8/19/2014

 
"We can observe in the succession of kings what a mixture there was of good and bad. Wicked Rehoboam begat wicked Abijah; wicked Abijah begat good Asa; good Asa begat good Jehoshaphat; good Jehoshaphat begat wicked Joram. Grace does not run in the blood, neither does disposition toward sin. Someone has said that God has children, but does not have grandchildren."
                                                                -James E. Smith

War and the Conscientious Objector

8/19/2014

 
"War will exist until the distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." - J. F. K.

Numbers

8/19/2014

 
"Small numbers are not a sign of weakness and do not foretoken defeat."
                                                       - Josiah Blake

Warning Against Digression

8/19/2014

 
"At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, If it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
                                                -Abraham Lincoln, on January 27th, 1837

Young People & Evangelism

8/19/2014

 
"Young people today are not dumbbells. You cannot woo them into the church with a basketball and a coke machine, then subtly try to squeeze in unconsciously a little religion and expect it to captivate them. No, they are intelligent enough to participate in the good time and skip the religion. As the lamented John D. Cox declared, 'If you hamburger them to get them into the church you will have to hamburger them to keep them there.’"
                                                         - Leon Cole

The Book, The Book

8/19/2014

 
"The book, the Bible, contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, and the doom of sinners. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts binding, its histories true, and its decisions immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be saved, and practice it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer your soul. It's the traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword, and the Christian charter. Here paradise is restored, heaven opened, and the gates of hell disclosed. Christ is its grand object, our good its design, the glory of God its end. It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, prayerfully. It's a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory, and a river of pleasure. It's given in life, will be open at the judgment, and will be remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, rewards the least labor, and condemns all who trifle with its holy contents."
                                                    -Author Unknown

Missionary Methods

8/19/2014

 
"Secondly, people have adopted fragments of St. Paul's method and have tried to incorporate them into alien systems, and the failure which resulted has been used as
an argument against the Apostle's method. For instance, people have; baptized uninstructed converts and the converts have fallen away ; but St. Paul did not baptize
uninstructed converts apart from a system of mutual responsibility which ensured their instruction. Again, they have gathered congregations and have left them to fend for
themselves, with the result that the congregations have fallen back into heathenism. But St. Paul did not gather congregations, he planted Churches, and he did not leave a Church until it was fully equipped with orders of Ministry, Sacraments and Tradition. Or again, they have trusted native helpers with the management of mission funds,
and the natives have grievously misused them ; but St. Paul did not trust natives with the management of Church funds. He had no funds with which to entrust them. These
people have committed funds in trust to individual natives and have been deceived ; but St. Paul left the Church to manage its own finance. These people have made the
natives responsible to them for honest management ; but St. Paul never made any Church render an account of its finances to him. Or again, Europeans have ordained ill educated
natives and have repented of it. But they have first broken the bonds which should have united those whom they ordained to those to whom they were to minister, and then have expected them to be ministers of a foreign system of Church organization with which neither the ministers nor their congregations were familiar. St. Paul
did not do this. He ordained ministers of the Church for the Church, and he instituted no elaborate constitution. When these false and partial attempts at imitating the Apostle's method have failed, men have declared that the Apostolic method was at fault and was quite unsuited to the condition and circumstances of present day missions. The truth is that they have neither understood nor practiced the Apostle's method at all."
                                                    - Roland Allen

THe Need TO Study

8/19/2014

 
"The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own." - C. H. Spurgeon

Prayer

8/19/2014

 
"But is there no danger even in leading public prayer during
congregational worship? Indeed so, for the one who prays probably
will find it no simple matter not to remember the many critical
ears listening. It is too easy to desire to be regarded as a highly
“spiritual” person, who enjoys exalted communion with God. Perhaps
the worst form of pride is the desire to appear humble. One must
examine his heart to determine whether his prayer would be simpler
and shorter were he praying alone with God and whether the manner
or content of his prayer is being affected by those who listen. This
must never be construed as forbidding public praying for others as
an expression of their common prayer. The Lord's word, applied to
this situation not immediately intended by His warning, remains a
warning to the individual who is called upon to pray in congregational
worship, that he, on behalf of the congregation, place sincere
petitions before God."  - Harold Fowler

Understanding the Bible

8/19/2014

 
"There are doubtless many people who do not see the need of introducing grammatical points in a devotional study of the Bible. Grammar, they would say, is tedious and uninteresting. Cannot we simply read the Bible, and, apart from all grammatical considerations, let its message flow into our hearts to bless us? The answer to questions such as these, however, is that the message of the Bible cannot bring blessings to us, unless we first understand what the message of the Bible is. And to understand what the message of the Bible is, we must study grammar. This applies not only to the theologian, but to all who would study the Bible. If we are to understand God's Holy Word, we must be prepared to work; we must read with care, and we must carefully consider what God has so graciously revealed to us. We must, in other words, study just as we studied when we were in school."
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                                                            - C. H. Spurgeon

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