“The church has not been given authority to make commandments; it is the duty of the church to obey the commandments already made. It is not the prerogative nor the privilege of any church to modify, minimize or in any way obscure . . . any commandment, of Jesus Christ.8”
― Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
― Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
“Kissel worked in Idleness the way other artists worked in clay or marble.”
― In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash
― In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash
“The universe exists primarily to display the wealth of the glory of the mercy of God for the enjoyment of his redeemed people from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.”
― Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ
― Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ
“Psalms, then, are not just a matchless primer of teaching but a medicine chest for the heart and the best possible guide for practical living.”
― The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms
― The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms
“My love for Bardia (not Bardia himself) had become to me a sickening thing. I had been dragged up and out onto such heights and precipices of truth, that I came into an air where it could not live. It stank; a gnawing greed for one to whom I could give nothing, of whom I craved all.”
― Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
― Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
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