Posts Tagged ‘Quotable’
J. C. Ryle on The Place of Controversy and Religious Strife
A man who relishes controversy and religious strife is surely not a spiritual man. But what of a man who refuses controversy and religious strife? J. C. Ryle comments:
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A few things that catch our interest this week: How to dress in church – former Wheaton President Duane Litfin argues that we need to dress up, not down, but sets no particular standard in “Clothing Matters” What does President Obama believe? An interesting interview from 2004, re-published recently, offers insight into the President’s belief…
Read MoreThe Preacher’s Dark Secret (Spurgeon)
Spurgeon called it the “Minister’s Fainting Fits” in his classic Lectures to My Students. It is, yes I will use the word, the depression that preacher’s sometimes face. It is deep, miserable and desperate. It keeps him awake through the night in anguish of soul. He dare not talk of it to church members or…
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