By Johann Gerhard (1582-1637), a German Lutheran pastor and professor of theology. He wrote dozens of books, including Sacred Meditations, a collection of 51 meditations published in 1606. This piece was taken from the chapter 41 of that book, The Principles of Christian Patience. Rest in the Lord, and bear […]
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Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a colonial preacher and theologian– perhaps the greatest of all American theologians. As a young man (in 1722-23), he wrote 70 resolutions by which he hoped to live his life, resolving to read them every week. Here are a few. ———————————— Being sensible that I am unable to do anything without
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From Holy Living by Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) (paraphrased) 1. Prayer is the great remedy against anger. When we get angry we ought to say a prayer before we say anything else, and as we approach God in prayer we will lay aside our anger, and the curing of the anger will then be
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From chapters six and ten, Ploughman’s Talks: Plain Advice for Plain People, 1869, by Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and author (1834-1892) GOSSIPS What a pity that there is not a tax upon words: what an income the Queen would get from it. But, alas, talking pays no toll. And if lies paid double,
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By Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1939), Letters and Papers from Prison, pages 346-7, edited by Eberhard Bethge, copyright 1953, SCM Press, Ltd. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a young theologian of great promise. He became active in the Confessing Church movement in Germany which took a stand against the Nazi government in the 1930’s. His activities made him
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By Nicole Symmonds, August 22, 2013, at www.urbanfaith.com (See Meditation #149) Antoinette Tuff’s courage and faith saved many lives and can teach us a great deal. (We have been inspired by this) school bookkeeper who courageously talked Michael Brandon Hill out of going through with a shooting rampage at Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy
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By Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and author, John Ploughman’s Pictures: More Plain of His Plain Talk for Plain People, 1880. Anger is a short madness. The less we do when we go mad, the better for everybody; and the less we go mad, the better for ourselves. He is far gone who hurts
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Chapter Five, John Ploughman’s Talks: Plain Advice for Plain People, 1869, Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and author, (1834-1892) Patience is better than wisdom: an ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains. All men praise patience, but few enough can practice it. It is a medicine which is good for all diseases…
The following article entitled The Jackie Robinson Story was written by author Eric Metaxas for the April 15, 2013 Breakpoint reading ( http://www.breakpoint.org / a ministry of Prison Fellowship). The words are famous even among those who know little about baseball: “I’m looking for a ballplayer with guts enough not to fight back.”
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