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We get endless sermons on psychology, but amazingly few on Christianity.  Our preachers are afraid to preach on the doctrine of the Atonement and on predestination.  The great cardinal principles of our belief are scarcely ever mentioned, indeed there is a movement on foot to amend them so as to bring them up-to-date.  How on earth can you talk of bringing these eternal truths up to date?  They are not only up-to-date, they are and will be ahead of the times to all eternity.

 

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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Thomas(Stonewall) Jackson's first wife died in childbirth(the child died as well).  In a letter to his aunt at the time he writes:  "I frequently go to the dearest of earth's spots, the grave of her who was so pure and lovely -  but she is not there.  When I stand over the grave, I do not fancy that she is thus conlined, but I think of her as having a glorified existence."  For a long time he visited her grave daily…In one of his note-books appears the following entry, showing his desire to profit by his great sorrow:  "Objects to be effected by Ellie's death:  To eradicate ambition; to eradicate resentment; to produce humility.  If you desire to be more heavenly-minded, think more of the things of heaven, and less of the things of earth.

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Otherworldliness is escapism only if there is no other world.  If there is, it is worldliness that is escapism.

Peter Kreeft

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Is life to be defined by what I pursue, or must my pursuit be defined by what life was meant to be?

Ravi Zacharias

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Oh! How I do groan in this body of clay, this clog of humanity! When I would serve God with gladness, feeble nature hinders me; my strength is exhausted, and I must be again refreshed with sleep. - Though grace had not sin to fight against, it has infirmity to struggle with; and I have no way of getting comfort under my calamities of this kind, which are so many, but by beholding with the eye of faith, through the prospect of revelation, the glories of the world above, when this mortal shall put on immorality, and death shall be swallowed up of life. -…There…with greater ease shall I go on with the highest acts of adoration, than here give over the ordinary acts of devotion; for it shall be life to my soul, and vigour to all my powers, to be so employed!...No weariness there, where the exercise renders happy….Well then, what though the hours of time steal from me unknown? I rejoice that I shall not lose one moment through weariness, while eternity rolls.

James Meikle