>MY FATHER,Enlarge my heart, warm my affections, open my lips, supply words that proclaim ‘Love lustres at Calvary.’ There grace removes my burdens and heaps them on thy Son, made a transgressor, a curse, and sin for me; There the sword of thy justice smote the man, thy fellow; There thy infinite attributes were magnified, … Continue reading >Love Lustres at Calvary, from Valley of Vision
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>Luther on Christ’s Work
>This week, in addition to other posts, I'll add a quote/reflection on the cross and it's meaning to help (me) prepare for Good Friday. This is from Luther's Small Catechism. I love the personal nature of it:I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and also true man, born of … Continue reading >Luther on Christ’s Work
>Great Quote
>I had heard this quote before, but never knew where it came from:"Let pious Calvinists preach like Arminians, and pious Arminians pray like Calvinists"- Philip Schaff, quoted in "Eternally True, Variably Useful: How Confessions Worked in Some American Reformed Churches", by James Bratt, in Holding on to the Faith: Confessional Traditions in American Christianity, pg. … Continue reading >Great Quote
>Favorite Luther Quotes
>Luther was a colorful figure. Here are a few of my favorite Luther quotes:“We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old.”"Your thoughts of God are too human." - Luther in a Letter to Erasmus"I resist the devil, and often it is with … Continue reading >Favorite Luther Quotes
>Lewis on Miracles
>From God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics:"...modern people have an almost aesthetic dislike of miracles. Admitting that God can, they doubt if He would. To violate the laws He Himself has imposed on His creation seems to them arbitrary, clumsy, a theatrical device only fit to impress savages..."Lewis pushes against this caricature … Continue reading >Lewis on Miracles
God Entranced 