QUOTE for the day

[Matthias]

“The pleasure of sin is soon gone, but the sting remains.” - Thomas Watson

 

[Matthias]

“No subject will tend more to humble the mind than thoughts of God.” - Charles Spurgeon

 

[Matthias]

“Faith believes in spite of the circumstances and acts in spite of the consequences.” - Adrian Rogers

 

[Matthias]

“It’s not poverty but discontent that makes a man unhappy.” - Matthew Henry

 

[ReChoired]

"Pants ~ they are for wearing up around your waist - not around your shins or ankles." - The guy who knows how to wear pants correctly.

 

[Matthias]

“It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.” - Cardinal John Henry Newman

 

[ReChoired]

“It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.” - Cardinal John Henry Newman

"Contrasting heretics and heresiarchs, I [John Henry Newman] had said, "The latter should meet with no mercy: he assumes the office of the Tempter; and, so far forth as his error goes, must be dealt with by the com-petent authority, as if he were embodied evil. To spare him is a false and dangerous pity. It is to endanger the souls of thousands, and it is uncharitable towards himself." - Apologia Pro Vita sua Being A History of his Religious Opinions by John Henry Cardinal Newman, Longmans, Green And Co. LTD. 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.C.4 New York, Toronto, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, 1927; page 47 - Works of John Henry Cardinal Newman: Apologia pro vita sua; being a history of his religious opinions

 

[Matthias]

“One of the most dangerous trends of our times is making the truth socially unacceptable, or even illegal, with ‘hate speech’ laws.” - Thomas Sowell

 

[Matthias]

“Blessed is the man who has a skin of the right thickness. He can work happily in spite of enemies and friends.” - Henry T. Bailey

 

[Matthias]

“The first duty of love is to listen.” - Paul Tillich

 

[Matthias]

“God has not forgotten us. The very breath in our nostrils is proof of his goodness to us.” - Charles Spurgeon

 

[Matthias]

“To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.” - John Tillotson

 

[Matthias]

“Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.” - Matthew Henry

 

[Matthias]

“We must not read Greek mythology into the words of Scripture!” - Sidney Hatch

 

[Matthias]

“God’s thoughts of you are many, let not yours be few in return.” - Charles Spurgeon

 

[Matthias]

“If the Bible comforts you but never confronts you, you aren’t reading it right.” - Brandon Scalf

 

[Matthias]

“True strength is found in submission to God’s will, not in asserting dominance. Men must lead with love, humility, and a servant’s heart.” - Scott Aniol

 

[Matthias]

“May he come who will end all war, the Prince of Peace himself.” - Charles Spurgeon

 

[Matthias]

“I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.” - Denis Diderot

 

[Matthias]

“We learn from history that we do not learn from history.” - Georg Hegel