I don’t necessarily agree with all of Thomas Merton’s ideas (he was more buddhist than Christian near the end of his life, I think), but here are a couple good quotes from “Contemplative Prayer” ‘Unless a man leave father and mother… ‘ These words of Christ give some indication of the deep conflict which underlies…
“Abnormal days demand abnormal men with abnormal methods and abnomal messages.” L. Ravenhill
The lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, and from his mouth men should seek instruction–because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty. Malachi 2:7
If we’re going to worship over the Word, I will not be able to be neutral about great realities. There is simply too much at stake every week to entertain you with trivialities and platitudes. John Piper, from a sermon on Romans 9:19-23
John the Baptist was not corrupted by the theology of his day. Now that’s big to know.
don’t cry have a cookie Christianity is creating a generation of momma’s boy sissy pants Christians that stay home and bask in their experience of God while the outside world puts Christians into a powerless subculture and lines up for hell in their pimped up rides and their psychic guides
The thought of the day is: don’t lower the Bible to your level of experience – cry out to God to raise your level of experience to the level of what you see in the Bible.
