Sermons and Biblical Studies

Conquest is easy. Control is not. Author unknown Knowing that I am not the one in control gives great encouragement. Knowing the One who is in control is everything. Alexander Michael

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other. Blaise Pascal

No one has the right to look with contempt on himself when God has shown such an interest in him. Author unknown

To be “contemporary” is to live in the present. To be a “contemporary Christian,” however, is to ensure that our present is enriched both by our knowledge of the past and by our expectation of the future. John Stott

The first and the greatest is to wonder at majesty. This demands a heart made pure, so that freed from vices and released from sin, it can ascend easily to heavenly things. Sometimes this contemplation holds the watcher rapt in amazement and ecstasy, if only for a moment. A second kind of contemplation is necessary … Continue reading “CONTEMPLATION,
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Contemplation strengthens. Bernard of Clairvaux Place your mind before the mirrors of  eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory. Place your heart in the figure of the divine  substance, And transform your whole being into the  magic of the Godhead itself through  contemplation. Clare of Assisi In order to attain the citadel of … Continue reading “CONTEMPLATION”

Constancy is the foundation of virtue. Francis Bacon Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues. Giuseppe Mazzini

See: Comfort

A religious conservative is a fanatic about a dead radical. Author unknown

Confucius wasn’t even sure there was a God or heaven. Luis Palau Confucius never claimed he could knock on the door of someone’s heart. Luis Palau