Reformation, revival and renewal. We need ... a holistic or integrated vision of renewal in every dimension of the church's life. The Roman Catholic word for this, at least since Vatican II (1963-65), has been aggiornamento, the process of bringing the church up to date in order to meet the challenges of the modern world.
Read moreAre You Wasting Your Time? How are you using your time? Life is short and very uncertain. You never know what a day may bring forth. Business and pleasure, money getting and money spending, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage-all, all will soon be over and done with forever. And you, what are you doing for your immortal soul? Are you wasting time, or turning it to good account? Are you preparing to meet God? --- Bishop J.C. Ryle
Read moreOnly Christ Can Provide Real Comfort. Take the advice of a minister of Christ. Seek a treasure that cannot be taken from you; seek a city which has lasting foundations. Do as the apostle Paul did. Give yourself to Christ, and seek an incorruptible crown that fades not away. Come to the Lord Jesus Christ as lowly sinners, and He will receive you, pardon you, give you His renewing Spirit, fill you with peace. This shall give you more real comfort than this world has ever done.
Read moreUltimately the responsibility for the decaying morality of modern society lies with religious leaders, who have not acted with sufficient vigor to counteract such trends. --- Rabbi Yehuda Levin
Read moreTrue Conversion Always Shows Fruit. I admit fully that the manner of the Spirit's working is invisible. It is like the wind. It is like the attractive power of the magnet. It is like the influence of the moon upon the tides.
Read moreThe Unity of the Church. One Father, one family. The fundamental spiritual unity of the church is as indestructible as the fundamental unity of the Godhead. You can no more divide the unity of the church than you can divide the unity of the Godhead. The one Father creates the one family; the one Lord Jesus creates the one faith, hope and baptism; and the one Holy Spirit creates the one body. --- John R.W. Stott
Read moreMinisters and Ministry. An enabling ministry. The New Testament concept of the pastor is not of a person who jealously guards all ministry in his own hands, and successfully squashes all lay initiatives, but of one who helps and encourages all God's people to discover, develop and exercise their gifts.
Read moreFreedom of Conscience is a protection of believers; it is not a protection of beliefs. And Muslims are trying to turn that 'round so that the regulation of hate-speech and their own versions of insult, blasphemy and so on ... become a protection not only of beliefs but on one belief, namely, Islam. And that is a fundamental disemboweling of human rights that would be very fateful. --- Dr. Os Guinness, social ethicist.
Read moreLooking Firmly at the Cross of Christ. Look at the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can. I believe that holiness is nowhere learned so well as on Calvary. I believe you cannot look much at the cross without feeling your will sanctified, and your tastes made more spiritual. As the sun gazed upon makes everything else look dark and dim, so does the cross darken the false splendor of this world.
Read moreLove should be seen in little things as well as in great ones. Remember, not least, the words of Peter: "Love each other deeply"; not a love which just barely is a flame, but a burning, shining fire, which everyone around us can see. (1 Peter 4:8) It may cost pains and trouble to keep these things in mind. There may be little encouragement from the example of others. But persevere. Love like this brings its own reward. --- J.C. Ryle
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