>"Then Iluvatar arose, and the Ainur perceived that he smiled; and he lifted up his left hand, and a new theme began amid the storm, like and yet unlike to the former theme, and it gather power and had new beauty. But the discord of Melkor rose in uproar and contended with it, and again … Continue reading >The Silmarillion
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>Great Quote
>I ran across this great quote from John Thompson (1690-1753). Don't know him? Either did I. He was an Old Side Presbyterian critic of New Side (pro revival) Presbyterians. History remembers the winners, and the Old Siders, though probably right in much of their critique, were the losers. He writes, "My dear friends, you may … Continue reading >Great Quote
>Simeon and Wesley: Example of Christian Charity
>Charles Simeon was a great evangelical preacher in the last half of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. Though a Calvinist, he displays a wonderful charity to his Arminian brother John Wesley. I first read this account of the conversation between Simeon and Wesley in John Piper's book The Roots of Endurance: Invincible … Continue reading >Simeon and Wesley: Example of Christian Charity
>Calvin on the Cross
>“It follows that every good thing we could think or desire is to be found in this same Jesus Christ alone. For, he was sold, to buy us back; captive, to deliver us; condemned, to absolve us; he was made a curse for our blessing, sin offering for our righteousness; marred that we may be … Continue reading >Calvin on the Cross
>Stott on the Subsitutionary Death of Jesus
>We strongly reject, therefore, every explanation of the death of Christ which does not have at it's centre 'satisfaction through substitution' indeed divine self satisfaction through divine self substitution. The cross was not a commercial bargain with the devil, let alone one which tricked and trapped him, nor an exact equivalent, a quid pro quo … Continue reading >Stott on the Subsitutionary Death of Jesus
God Entranced 