Phillip Parker

“A culture without memory will necessarily be barbarous and easily tyrannized, even if it is technologically advanced.”
― Wilfred M. McClay, Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story

“Sadly, many of us aren’t gripped by the stunningly magnificent events and truths of the birth of Jesus anymore. Sadly, many of us are no longer gripped by wonder as we consider what this story tells us about the character and plan of God. Sadly, many of us are no longer humbled by what the incarnation of Jesus tells us about ourselves. We walk by the garden of the incarnation, but we don’t see the roses of grace anymore. Our eyes have gone lazy and our hearts have grown cold.”
― Paul David Tripp, Come, Let Us Adore Him: A Daily Advent Devotional

“But if those blessings are to endure, it falls to each of us to do what we can to preserve and pass down civic understanding and the virtues of civility.”
― Neil Gorsuch, A Republic, If You Can Keep It

“Books should for one of these four ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight or use.”
― John Denham