Scripture nowhere condemns the acquisition of knowledge.
It is the wisdom of this world, not its knowledge, that is foolishness with God… The history of philosophy is a story of contradictory, discarded hypotheses… Many of them have failed to avail themselves of that which would unravel every knot and solve every problem, namely, the revelation [...]
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Thought of the Day: Scripture nowhere condemns the acquisition of knowledge.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Thoughts of the Day on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thought of the Day: Athanasius on the wonder of Christ
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Thoughts of the Day on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The achievements of the Saviour, resulting from His becoming man, are of such kind and number, that if one should wish to enumerate them, he may be compared to men who gaze at the expanse of the sea and wish to count its waves. For as one cannot take in the whole of the waves [...]
Thought of the Day: Bonhoeffer – The Ministry of Proclaiming
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bonhoeffer, Thoughts of the Day on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry, made a mistake and posted Point 7 before 6
Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship:
6. the ministry of proclaiming
Where Christians live together the time must ultimately come when in some crisis one person will have to declare God’s Word and will to another. It is inconceivable that the things that [...]
Thought of the Day: Bonhoeffer on “The Ministry of Authority”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bonhoeffer, Thoughts of the Day on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seven Principles for Eradicating Selfish Ambition in The Fellowship:
7. the ministry of authority
Jesus made authority in the fellowship dependent upon brotherly service (Mark 10:43). Genuine spiritual authority is to be found only where the ministry of hearing, helping, bearing, and proclaiming is carried out. Every cult of personality that emphasizes the distinguished qualities, [...]
Thought of the Day: Bonhoeffer – Ministry of Bearing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Thoughts of the Day on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship:
5. The Ministry Of Bearing
Thus the law of Christ is a law of bearing. Bearing means forbearing and sustaining…
The Christian must suffer and endure the brother. It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not [...]
Thought of the Day: Ministry of Helplessness (Bonhoeffer)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bonhoeffer, Thoughts of the Day on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship:
4. the ministry of helpfulness
Active helpfulness means, initially, simple assistance in trifling, external matters. There is a multitude of these things wherever people live together. Nobody is too good for the meanest service…
We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by [...]
Thought of the Day: Bonhoeffer (3) Ministry of Listening
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bonhoeffer, Fellowship, Thoughts of the Day on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship:
3. the ministry of listening
The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as love to God begins with listening to His Word, so the beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to them… [...]
Thought of the Day: Bonhoeffer Eradicating Selfish Ambition (2)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bonhoeffer, Thoughts of the Day on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in thefellowship:
2. The ministry of meekness
He who would learn to serve must first learn to think little of himself… Only he who lives by the forgiveness of his sin in Jesus Christ will rightly think little of himself.
He will know that his own wisdom reached the [...]
Thought of the Day: Bonhoeffer – 7 Principles (1)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bonhoeffer, Thoughts of the Day on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship:
1. The ministry of holding one’s tongue
Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words…
Thus it must be a decisive rule of every Christian fellowship that each individual is prohibited from saying much [...]
Thoughts of the Day: Ryle, Luther, Hugo
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Thoughts of the Day on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The best and brightest of God’s saints is but a poor mixed being.”
— J. C. Ryle
“Is it not wonderful news to believe that salvation lies outside ourselves?”
— Martin Luther
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”
— Victor Hugo
