“Apart from the positive woes of perdition, an eternity of wretchedness grows from the want of love to Christ as naturally as the oak grows from the acorn, or the harvest from the scattered grain. It is not that love to Christ merits heaven; it does far better, it makes heaven. It is, as it were, the organ of sensation that takes note of heaven's blessedness.” WantDoeHeavenGrowsChristEternityNotesMeritSensationsOrgansGrainHarvestWoeOaksWretchednessBlessednessAcornsPerdition Author:Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd
“Worship demands the far distances of God; it protests against the little, the near, the material. It must love but it must look up. It cannot live without the note of spirituality and universality, if not mystery. The ascension, the passing of Christ within the veil, answers this need. So does a full-robed Christianity add to definiteness of knowledge the outreach of imagination and home.” IfsNeedsLooksLittlesDoeHomeSpiritualityChristImaginationAnswersChristianityMysteryMaterialsDemandWorshipDistanceAddNotesPassingPassingsLook UpProtestVeilsAscensionUniversalityOutreachFar Distance Book:Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock Source: Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock
“It's important to note that Jesus and Christ are two different faith affirmations. Hardly any Christians have been taught that - they think "Christ" is Jesus's last name.” ThinkingHas BeensTwoImportantDifferentChristianLastsJesusNamesChristTaughtNotesAffirmationDifferent Faiths Author:Richard Rohr
“Every character has an inward spring; let Christ be that spring. Every action has a keynote; let Christ be that note, to which your whole life is attuned.” WholeCharacterActionLife IsChristSpringNotesWhole LifeInwardEasterChristian Easter Author:William Henry Drummond
“To every toiling, heavy-laden sinner, Jesus says, Come to me and rest. But there are many toiling, heavy-laden believers, too. For them this same invitation is meant. Note well the words of Jesus, if you are heavy-laden with your service, and do not mistake it. It is not, Go, labor on, as perhaps you imagine. On the contrary, it is stop, turn back, Come to me and rest. Never, never did Christ send a heavy laden one to work; never, never did He send a hungry one, a weary one, a sick or sorrowing one, away on any service. For such the Bible only says, Come, come, come.” IfsWellsTurnsJesusChristMistakeImagineLaborSickSalvationNotesHeavyContraryBelieverHungrySinnerWearyInvitationsToiling Author:Hudson Taylor
“Do we want to know whether Christ was resurrected on Easter? God provides the grace to believe in that, but note: Such belief requires less faith in things unseen than believing that the world as we know it evolved out of nothing.” KnowsWorldWantBelieveBeliefChristGraceNotesUnseenEasterGod Provides Author:Marvin Olasky