“The greatest artists, saints, philosophers, and, until quite recent times, scientists... have all assumed that the New Testament promise of eternal life is valid.... I'd rather be wrong with Dante and Shakespeare and Milton, with Augustine of Hippo and Francis of Assisi, with Dr. Johnson, Blake, and Dostoevsky than right with Voltaire, Rousseau, the Huxleys, Herbert Spencer, H. G. Wells, and Bernard Shaw.” WellsLife IsArtistPromiseEternalScientistSaintPhilosopherDrsTestamentJohnsonEternal LifeNew TestamentBlakeMiltonAugustineHippoHuxleyBernard ShawDr Johnson Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance is ever duller for his act; and, but in the plainer and simpler kind of people, the deed of saying is quite out of use. To promise is most courtly and fashionable; performance is a kind of will or testament which argues a great sickness in his judgment that makes it.” PeopleKindUseEyeAirPromiseJudgmentExpectationsPerformancesDeedsArguingSicknessTestamentFashionable Book:Tragedies. Poems Source: Tragedies. Poems
“Once we truly grasp the message of the New Testament, it is impossible to read the Old Testament again without seeing Christ on every page, in every story, foreshadowed or anticipated in every event and narrative. The Bible must be read as a whole, beginning with Genesis and ending with Revelation, letting promise and fulfillment guide or expectations for what we will find there.” WholeStoriesChristianChristImpossibleSeeingEventsPromiseMessagesPagesExpectationsBibleGuidesNarrativeFulfillmentRevelationsTestamentNew TestamentGenesisOld Testament Author:Michael Horton
“Most Christians are still living with an Old Testament view of their heart. Jeremiah 17:9 says, 'My heart is deceitfully wicked.' No, it's not. Not after the work of Christ, because the promise of the new covenant is a new heart.” HeartStillsChristianChristViewsMy HeartPromiseWickedTestamentCovenantOld TestamentJeremiah Author:John Eldredge
“The New Testament writers I think conceive of their inspired Scripture writings as flushing out, bringing to articulation, expounding and so on the climactic revelation in the son, but this in self-conscious fulfillment of the promises and covenants that were already made to God's chosen people in Old Testament times.” PeopleThinkingWritingMadeSelfSonPromiseConsciousInspiredScriptureChosenFulfillmentRevelationsTestamentNew TestamentSelf ConsciousCovenantOld TestamentArticulationFlushing Author:D. A. Carson
“There is no greater power on this earth than story.” Will paced the length of the room. “People think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsense—words do. Beliefs, declarations, constitutions—words. Stories. Myths. Lies. Promises. History.” Will grabbed the sheaf of newspaper clippings he kept in a stack on his desk. “This, and these”—he gestured to the library’s teeming shelves—“they’re a testament to the country’s rich supernatural history.” PeopleThinkingCountryStoriesEarthLyingBeliefNationsRoomsRichGreaterPromiseConstitutionLibraryMythNewspapersBoundariesBordersNonsenseLengthDesksShelvesTestamentDeclarationGreater Power Author:Libba Bray