Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace.
Thomas Watson.
“We should pray that God would enrich his ordinance with his presence; that he would make the sacrament effectual to all those holy ends and purposes for which he hath appointed it; that it may be t...”
“Knowledge is the eye that must direct the foot of obedience.”
“God can turn stones into bread, and a sinner can turn bread into stones; the bread of life into the stone of stumbling.”
“Such as make the sacrament only a representation of Christ do aim short of the mystery, and come short of the comfort.”
“The pardoned soul is out of the gunshot of hell (Rom. 8:33).”
“Has Christ provided such a blessed banquet for us? He does not nurse us abroadbut feeds us with His own breastnay, with His own blood! Let us, then, study to respond to this great love of Christ. I...”
“Orthodoxy, however, entails a revolution in our metaphysical conception of the relationship between God and humanity, and therefore between the uncreated Unum and the maior dissimilitudo of the cre...”
“The specific sufferings of Jesus do not amount to redemption: rather, redemption is wrought through the uniqueness of the person who suffered and the perfect charity for which, in which and by whic...”
“Why in the world a book on Christ for Unitarian Universalists (UUs)? Less than 20 percent of us identify as Christians.1 But more than 70 percent of Americans identify as Christian, and we UUs are ...”
“The dripping blood our only drink,The bloody flesh our only food:In spite of which we like to thinkThat we are sound, substantial flesh and blood--Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.”
“...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.”
“Joy is thankfulness, and when we are joyful, that is the best expression of thanks we can offer the Lord, Who delivers us from sorrow and sin.”
“There is no competition in work. Whoever loves to labour does so as grace of life.”
“...whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. And peace will be with you.”
“If perception is limited to experience and knowledge, what proof do we have of moral judgement?”