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“In the beginning God. Not “In the beginning matter,” for matter is not self-causing. It requires an antecedent cause, and God is that cause. Not “In the beginning law,” for law is but a name for the course which all creation follows. That course had to be planned, and the planner is God. Not “In the beginning mind,” for mind also is a created thing and must have a creator behind it. But In the beginning God, the uncaused cause of matter, mind, and law. There we must begin. Adam”
― The Pursuit of God
― The Pursuit of God
“Our woes began when God was forced out of His central shrine and “things” were allowed to enter. Within the human heart, “things” have taken over. Men have now, by nature, no peace within their hearts, for God is crowned there no longer, but there in the moral dusk, stubborn and aggressive usurpers fight among themselves for first place on the throne. This is not a mere metaphor, but an accurate analysis of”
― The Pursuit of God
― The Pursuit of God
“Prayer for revival will prevail when it is accompanied by radical amendment of life; not before. All-night prayer meetings that are not preceded by practical repentance may actually be displeasing to God. "To obey is better than sacrifice." We”
― Keys to the Deeper Life
― Keys to the Deeper Life
“We taste Thee, O Thou Living Bread, And long to feast upon Thee still: We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead And thirst our souls from Thee to fill. Come”
― The Pursuit of God
― The Pursuit of God
“that Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians, and all others were simply “different rooms within the same house.” Arguments between them, he said, only served to drive anyone interested in that house far away. In the Body of Christ, an ear had no business saying the eye was perceiving things wrongly. ”
― C.S. Lewis: A Life Inspired
― C.S. Lewis: A Life Inspired
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