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“All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass - "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners."”

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Archibald Alexander, born on April 17, 1772, and died on October 22, 1851, was a figure whose profession remains unknown. Detailed information about his life and achievements is limited. more

“A theologian is a person who makes bold to speak about God because he speaks out of God and through God. To profess theology is to do holy work. It is a priestly ministration in the house of the Lord. It is itself a service of worship, a consecration of mind and heart to the honour of His name.”

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Author:Herman Bavinck

“It is completely incomprehensible to us how God can reveal himself and to some extent make himself known in created beings: eternity in time, immensity in space, infinity in finite, immutability in change, being in becoming, the all, as it were, in that which is nothing. This mystery cannot be comprehended; it can only be gratefully acknowledged.”

Space Known Mystery Becoming Eternity Infinity Finite Immensity

Book:Reformed Dogmatics: God and Creation

Source: Reformed Dogmatics: God and Creation

“The word hammockable (describing two trees that are the perfect distance apart between which a hammock can be hung) is not in the dictionary, but it should be. [Of lying in hammocks]”

Should Two Lying Perfect Tree Distance Hung Dictionary Describing Hammocks Two Trees Distance Apart

Book:The Book of Idle Pleasures

Source: The Book of Idle Pleasures

“What is it about maps and globes that seems to require our undivided attention? I've spent hours looking at maps of places I will never see and maps so old that they are a record of nothing but the faintest glow of the past. Perhaps they turn us into gods, letting us look down at the insignificant drones that occupy the earth. Or maybe they simply feed off our hunger to go off into the unknown. Venturing off to places where people don't chain themselves to tedious jobs and financial debts but places of imagination, mystery and freedom Perhaps they're just trying to tell us something.”

Source: The Book of Idle Pleasures

“The Constitution of the United States. It's still the best document of its kind, and written into it are exactly the kind of protections that ensure that no person or group of persons, no matter how diabolical or insane, can hijack the country for much longer than a decade.”

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Author:John Roderick

“A sleeping bear had been awoken.”

Sleep Bears

Author:John Boozman

“Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.”

Safety Chains Food Chain Food Safety

Author:Mike Johanns

“Fortunately, when it comes to meat and poultry, I have the really wonderful situation of having producers and processors that produce and process a very high-quality product.”

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Author:Mike Johanns

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