I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. The Bible, Galatians 2:20 Jesus did not become identical to us; he did become identified … Continue reading “IDENTIFICATION”
IDEALS
An ideal is never yours until it comes out of your finger tips. Florence Allshorn Ideals are like tuning forks: sound them often to bring your life up to standard pitch. S.D. Gordon It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for … Continue reading “IDEALS”
IDEAS
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. Walter Bagehot Neither man nor nation can exist without a sublime idea. Fyodor Dostoevsky Only those who build on ideas build for eternity. Ralph Waldo Emerson Whoso shrinks from ideas ends by having nothing but sensations. Goethe Daring ideas are … Continue reading “IDEAS”
ICONS
See: Pictures
HYPOCRITES
See also: Hypocrisy I saw about a peck of counterfeit dollars once. Did I go to the window and throw away all my good dollars? No! Yet you reject Christianity because there are hypocrites, or counterfeit Christians. William E. Biederwolf Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don’t hunt … Continue reading “HYPOCRITES”
HYMNS
God is known in his works, not in our experience. That is why the Psalms recite God’s works. Very often, in the contemporary praise music that uses the Psalms, the part of the Psalm that is a response is included, while the recitation of the works is excluded. Author unknown A good hymn book is … Continue reading “HYMNS”
HYMN SINGING
Hymns were still a new thing in the worship of the Church of England, and the greatest change the Evangelicals made in the church services in the eighteenth century was the introduction of congregational singing. Kenneth Hylson-Smith
HUSBANDS
See also: Wives Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for her. The Bible, Ephesians 5:25 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. The Bible, Ephesians 5:33 Husbands, in the same way be … Continue reading “HUSBANDS”
HUNGER, SPIRITUAL
Give me persons in love: they know what I mean. Give me those who yearn; give me those who are hungry; give me those far away in this desert, who are thirsty and sigh for the spring of the eternal country. Give me those kinds of people: they know what I mean. But if I … Continue reading “HUNGER,
SPIRITUAL”
HUMILITY AND TEMPTATION
The devil has least power to fasten a temptation on him that is most humble. Thomas Brooks It is reported of Satan that he should say thus of a humble man: You do always overcome me; when I would exalt and promote you, you keep yourself in humility; and when I would throw you down, … Continue reading “HUMILITY
AND TEMPTATION”