Sunday, July 27, 2008

Have Mercy

“Mercy is two hearts tugging at one load.” Sarah Orne Jewett

Saturday, July 26, 2008

A Life of Faith

"The motives to a life of faith are infinite." Samuel Johnson

Arthur Quiller-Couch's Vision

"Now, with visions of redemption I walk against the crowd." Q

Good Intentions

"The streets of hell are paved with good intentions." Mark Twain

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Someone Else's 11 Words

Once upon a time, George Grant was born on July 24th.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

T.S. Eliot on Gadgets

“New technologies will often only produce tumid apathy with no concentration.”

Friday, July 18, 2008

Culture War

Attacks on great cultures come first through the denigration of language.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Top Summer Reads (So Far)

1. Heroes, Paul Johnson
2. Living Church, John Stott
3. Seeking a Better Country, D.G. Hart and John Muether
4. Solomon Among the Postmoderns, Peter Leithart
5. 100 Cupboards, N.D. Wilson
6. Respectable Sins, Jerry Bridges
7. Sword Song, Bernard Cornwell
8. Twelve Challenges Churches Face, Mark Dever
9. A History of the World in Six Glasses, Tom Standage
10. Richard Baxter and Converstion Timothy Beoucher
11. Christ and Culture Revisted, D.A. Carson

Godly Associations

Tis better to be alone than in bad company.” George Washington

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Reforming Vision

“Regardless of how large, your vision is too small.” Thomas Chalmers

Friday, July 4, 2008

A Scherrerism

"I need to get in shape so I can die healthy."

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Andre Gide's Guide to Discovery

"One doesn't discover new lands without first losing sight of shore."

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Blaise Pascal's Credo

Presently, we know of His existence, in glory, of His nature.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Reality Check

Credo in unum Deum Patrem Omnipotentem, factorem omnium visibilium atque invisibilium.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Mark Twain on Fear and Courage

"Courage is resistance to fear; it's fear's mastery not its absence."

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Sinesthesia

An artificial form of social anesthesia—another name for cable TV.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Ecclesiastes 3:22

Man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

At Runnymede

Forget not,
After all these years,
The Charter signed
At Runnymede.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Priestly Warfare

"Put on the whole armor of God, that you may stand."