Tag: Chrestomathy

“If this broad and inclusive approach were true, then Christ died for nothing. With a sorrow deeper than any man has ever experienced, Christ asked His Father to have the cup pass from Him if there were any other way (Matt. 26:39). If the Father could have said something like, ‘Well, the Rig Veda has some promising developments,’ then why did Jesus have to die? Jesus had to die because there was no other way to save us.”

The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 34

“And if we inquire too closely into what would have need to have happened to her [Susan] in order to bring all this about, we can be assured that this would be a sure way to get Aslan to growl at us.”

The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 30

“For Plato, the realm of the Forms would not have been material, tangible, or dense with molecules. Rather, Plato was thinking of an upscale Euclidville.”

The Light Behind the Sun, p. 26

“What is someone to do, if they find their identity in beauty, in a world where beauty fades?”

The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 21

“Most of them [chapters] were written for the blog Blog and Mablog. Special thanks should go to the owner of that blog, a fellow who has always treated me like a true gentleman.”

The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 2

“Reformation and revival will not happen to the background noise of polite golf applause.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 150

“Too many times believers assume that if one’s good, then two’s better, and over the centuries the worship of God gets progressively encrusted with the barnacles of devotion.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 141

“Decadent cultures are sensate cultures, and they want distractions. They want to be impressed with things like the halftime at the Super Bowl—which for a thoughtful person resembles something from Dante’s third circle.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 139

“He who preaches to the inner life of others must himself have had an inner life.”

Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 196

“There have been churches where the organist thinks that God will be most honored if he, the organist, shows up with pink slippers with tassels on them. There is a toney, nose-in-the-air, tall steeple, moneyed attitude that is, as far as the Holy Spirit is concerned, just another thing that the cat drug in.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 138