“There are some promises in the Bible which I have never yet used; but I am well assured that there will come times of trial and trouble when I shall find that poor despised promise, which I thought was never meant for me, will be the only one on which I can float. I know that the time is coming when every believer shall know the worth of every promise in the covenant.” KnowsWellsI CanChristianUsedPoorTroublePromiseBelieverTrialsAssuredFloatsCovenantDespised Book:Sermons of the Rev. C.H. Spurgeon: Second series Source: Sermons of the Rev. C.H. Spurgeon: Second series
“The civil authority, or that part of it which remained faithful to their trust and true to the ends of the covenant, did, in answer to their consciences, turn out a tyrant, in a way which the Christians in aftertimes will mention with honor, and all tyrants in the world look at with fear.” WorldWayLooksEndsChristianTurnsAnswersHonorAuthorityConscienceLoyaltyFaithfulTyrantsCovenant Author:Thomas Carlyle
“Good Christian liturgy is friendship in action, love taking thought, the covenant relationship between God and his people not simply discovered and celebrated like the sudden meeting of friends, exciting and worthwhile though that is, but thought through and relished, planned and prepared -- an ultimately better way for the relationship to grow and at the same time a way of demonstrating what the relationship is all about.” PeopleWayActionChristianGrowsExcitingMeetingsPreparedWorthwhileBetter WaysCovenantGood ChristianDemonstratingLiturgyAction Love Author:N. T. Wright
“problematic within post-Reformation dogmatics. Is faith something I `do' to earn God's favour, and, if not, what role does it play? Once we release Paul's justification-language from the burden of having to describe `how someone becomes a Christian', however, this is simply no longer a problem. There is no danger of imagining that Christian faith is after all a surrogate `work', let alone a substitute form of moral righteousness. Faith is the badge of covenant membership, not something someone `performs' as a kind of initiation test.” IfsKindDoePlayProblemChristianFormLanguageMoralRolesDangerTestsBurdenReleasePostsRighteousnessSubstitutesJustificationFavourCovenantReformationChristian FaithBadgesMembershipInitiationSurrogates Author:N. T. Wright