QUOTE for the day

[Nathaniel]

"It's not that Christianity has been tried and found difficult, but that it has been found difficult and left untried."
Unknown

 

[Matthias]

"It's not that Christianity has been tried and found difficult, but that it has been found difficult and left untried."
Unknown

G.K. Chesterton

 

[Nathaniel]

G.K. Chesterton

thank you, that's a very Chesterton thing to say.

 

[Mancunian]

"I told you that I was ill'.

Spike Milligan (on his gravestone)

 

[Matthias]

“Two decades of seminary teaching has taught me that one of the great obstacles to sound doctrine is sentimentalism.” - Michael J. Svigel

 

[Jay Ross]

From another thread: -

“God’s will can never be intelligently done where it is not known; therefore, in the first place, it becomes us as followers of Jesus to see to it that the will of the Lord is made known by heralds of peace sent forth from among us.” - C.H. Spurgeon

 

[Jay Ross]

From Facebook: -

“Most Christians do not have fellowship with God; rather they have fellowship with each other about God.” – Paris Reidhead

 

[Matthias]

“David’s recovery began with four words: I sought the Lord.’ Friends, the road back is not complicated.” - Rich Bitterman

 

[Jay Ross]

From another thread: -

“Short prayers are long enough.” - C.H. Spurgeon

 

[Matthias]

“A Christian who has never lost a friendship over holding the line on truth has probably never actually held it.” - Jon Benzinger

 

[Matthias]

“We’re to love people and use things, not love things and use people.” - Adrian Rogers

 

[Jay Ross]

From another thread: -

"My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, HE is my righteousness. My faith rests not upon what I am or shall be or feel or know, but in what Christ is, in what He has done, and in what He is now doing for me. Hallelujah!” – C.H. Spurgeon

 

[Nathaniel]

“We’re to love people and use things, not love things and use people.” - Adrian Rogers

I remember watching Pastor Rogers on the TV with my grandparents as a child. Such a wise gospel preacher.

 

[Nathaniel]

"Son, the first drop of rain is God's fault, every drop after that one is your own darn fault."
Grandpa

It took me a decade or so after his passing to finally realize that he wasn't speaking about the weather.

 

[Matthias]

“Believers, pursue these godly habits daily:

• Read and meditate on the Scriptures
• Confess your sins quickly
• Pray for others
• Walk humbly with your God” - Trevor Sheatz

 

[Jay Ross]

From another thread: -

“This, even this, is the gospel that is preached unto you. We are called to believe in Jesus; and then, in him, to become priests and kings unto our God, and in his holy service to spend our happy days. God grant that we may receive this gospel indeed and of a truth!” - C.H. Spurgeon

 

[Matthias]

“God only wants for us what we would want for ourselves if we were smart enough to want it.” - Adrian Rogers

 

[Matthias]

“It [violence], and not Christianity, is the real religion of America.” - Walter Wink

 

[Matthias]

“The best argument for Christianity and the best argument against Christianity is the life of a Christian. Not only are we to be His witnesses; we ought to be part of the evidence.” - Adrian Rogers

 

[Matthias]

“Jesus does more than close my mouth. He changes what comes out of it.” - Rich Bitterman