“When the king brands us pirates, he doesn't mean to make us adversaries. He doesn't mean to make us criminals. He means to make us monsters.”
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“Just because the work is difficult, and just because we meet with adversity, that cannot alter our calling. We are Christ’s ambassadors to the world. Those who reject us reject Christ. Regardless of what happens, we ought to hold firm and persevere with Him. There is no higher ground on which to stand.”
― The Upper Room: Jesus' Parting Promises for Troubled Hearts
― The Upper Room: Jesus' Parting Promises for Troubled Hearts
“What right has the husband to require submission from his wife? None, unless God had appointed it.”
― The Attributes of God - with study questions
― The Attributes of God - with study questions
“The becoming attitude for us to take is that of godly fear, implicit obedience, and unreserved resignation and submission. But not only so: the recognition of the sovereignty of God, and the realization that the Sovereign Himself is my Father, ought to overwhelm the heart and cause me to bow before Him in adoring worship. At all times I must say “Even so, Father, for so it seemeth good in Thy sight.”
― The Sovereignty of God
― The Sovereignty of God
“It is precisely the presence and help of Christ in times of suffering that makes it possible for us to stand up under pressure.”
― Surprised by Suffering: The Role of Pain and Death in The Christian Life
― Surprised by Suffering: The Role of Pain and Death in The Christian Life
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