Tag: Chrestomathy

“One danger is the obvious one of calling it cultural engagement when we are just drifting along with whatever it is the world is dishing up.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. x

“The principle is that you should take up the hard task of counting your shekels before undertaking the relatively easy task of spending them.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 2

“Our evangelism is not an attempt to helicopter victims out of a disaster area, but rather is the work of rebuilding a disaster area.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. x

“Worshiping God is not a means to another end. Worshiping God is the highest calling that any human being has, or that the entire human race has. It requires no other justification. Whatever we do, it should drive us to this great end. Whatever you do, it should culminate here, in the glorification of God. There is great wisdom in the first question of the Westminster Shorter Catechism here. This is our chief end”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. ix

“What is this structure for? When the structure is a church, the answer should obviously be that it was built to glorify God. But even this has to be connected to subordinate functions. A church building glorifies God in the architecture itself, but also in how it houses the singing acoustically, and whether it is obvious that the preaching occupies a central place, and so forth”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. v.

“Culture is the spiritual state of the people externalized.”

Devoured by Cannabis, p. 97

“Notice that Paul says that Cretans are a particular way, but notice also that he tells Titus to rebuke them sharply so that they can learn how to be different. In other words, he is not fatalistic about it. Cultures can grow in virtue, and cultures can also be corrupted in vice.”

Devoured by Cannabis, p. 83

“A society is an organic body, and like other bodies, it can have a disease that is well contained by the immune system, and it can also have a disease that has overwhelmed the immune system. In other words, societies can have AIDS.”

Devoured by Cannabis, p. 82

“We have to remember that we are a fallen race and that we sin downhill. We compromise downhill. We grow less disciplined downhill. It is not hard to go downhill.”

Devoured by Cannabis, p. 81

“There is no reason why, in the Bible as in Shakespeare, the minute study of parts should not be dangerous to the conception of the whole.”

Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 105