Quotes • My greatest thought is my accountability to God. – Daniel Webster • Those are fools who depend on man’s estimation, so as to reckon it enough to be approved by men, for then only will the work have praise and recompense—when it has stood the test of that day. – John Calvin Source … Continue reading “Judgment Seat of Christ”
Judgment of God
Earthquake California’s $3-billion-a-year pornographic movie industry is viewing the earthquake as God’s personal destruction of American’s most wicked city, some porn producers say. quake was centered in the cities of Northridge, Shatsworth, and Canoga Park, which are home to nearly all of the U.S. soft-and hard-port video industry. Every one of the primary porn studies … Continue reading “Judgment of God”
Judgment, Great White Throne
Quote More than four out of every five Americans agree that “we all will be called before God at judgment day to answer for our sins,” says a poll conducted for the Times Mirror company. National and International Religion Report, quoted in Signs of the Times, August, 1993, p. 6 Resource • Tales of the … Continue reading “Judgment, Great White Throne”
Judgment
Earthquake In a book entitled Down to Earth, John Lawrence tells the story of a city that dared God to show Himself and paid a terrible price. It seems that the city of Messina, Sicily, was home to many wicked, irreligious people. On December 25, 1908, a newspaper published in Messina printed a parody against … Continue reading “Judgment”
Judging
The Cookie Thief A woman was waiting at an airport one night. With several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shop, Bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was engrossed in her book, but happened to see, That the man beside her, as … Continue reading “Judging”
Joy
Too Easily Pleased C. S. Lewis gave us the following insight: Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition, when infinite joy is offered to us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in the … Continue reading “Joy”
Joseph
Resourse • God Came Near, Max Lucado, Multnomah Press, 1987, p. 39ff
John the Baptist
Resource • The Expositor, W. R. Nicoll, ed., 3rd Series, Vol. 1, 1885, p. 267 • “The Scenes of the Baptist’s Work”, B. B. Warfield
Job
Heavyweights Buffalo Bills’ offensive lineman Glenn Parker speculated as to why NFL linemen are generally cheerful: “There are not a lot of well-paying jobs for 300-pounders. We found one, and we’re happy about it.” Chicago Tribune
Jewish Theological Literature
Resource • Sketches of Jewish Social Life, A. Edersheim, Eerdmans, pp. 281ff.