Dana Gould > Quotes

“Glorious beyond compare is the heavenly city. There, victory is truth, dignity is holiness, peace is happiness, life is eternity” (ll:29).”
― Dana Gould, Augustine's City of God

“To know the name of a person was to know that person's total character and nature.”
― Dana Gould, Shepherd's Notes: Luke: The Most Concise and Accurate Way to Grasp the Essentials

“God granted the pagan heroes temporal glory because of their virtue (V:15). But the reward of the saints is much different. Their reward and their city are eternal—a place of “true and perfect happiness.” If Roman citizens had such love of their city, how much more should citizens of the heavenly city love their eternal dwelling (V:16)? Given the shortness of the life of a man, the political system a man lives under is not really important as long as he is not forced to do evil or disobey God (V:17).”
― Dana Gould, Augustine's City of God

“Luke's Gospel is the longest single book of the New Testament. Luke wrote as a Christian historian. He intended that his Gospel and Acts serve as a single volume dealing with the beginning and growth of the early church.”
― Dana Gould, Shepherd's Notes: Luke: The Most Concise and Accurate Way to Grasp the Essentials