Saturday, February 18, 2006

CQOD: 02/19/06 -- Barclay: the penalty for inaction

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 19, 2006
Meditation:
    "There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
    -- Luke 16:19-23 (ESV)

Quotation:
    To the rich man, Lazarus was part of the landscape. If ever he did notice him, it never struck him that Lazarus had anything to do with him. He was simply unaware of his presence, or, if he was aware of it, he had no sense of responsibility for it... A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.
    ... William Barclay (1907-1978)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, let me not forget charity towards _____ and _____.


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CQOD: 02/18/06 -- Chapman: no road to God

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 18, 2006
Meditation:
    Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
    -- Isaiah 40:1-5 (KJV)

Quotation:
    The radical failure in so-called religion is that its way is from man to God. Starting with man, it seeks to rise to God; and there is no road that way.
    ... J. Arundel Chapman (1885-1934), The Theology of Karl Barth [1931]

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You loved me first.


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Friday, February 17, 2006

CQOD: 02/17/06 -- Law: a heavenly course of life

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 17, 2006
Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977
Meditation:
    But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
    -- Philippians 3:20-21 (ESV)

Quotation:
    Men must not content themselves with the lawfulness of their employments, but must consider whether they use them, as they are to use everything, as strangers and pilgrims that are baptised into the resurrection of Jesus Christ, that we are to follow Him in a wise and heavenly course of life, in the mortification of the worldly desires, and in purifying and preparing their souls for the blessed enjoyment of God. For to be vain, or proud, or covetous, or ambitious, in the common course of our business, is as contrary to these holy tempers of Christianity as cheating and dishonesty. If a glutton were to say, in excuse of his gluttony, that he only eats such things as it is lawful to eat, he would make as good an excuse for himself as the greedy, covetous, ambitious tradesman that would say that he only deals in lawful business. For, as a Christian is not only required to be honest, but to be of a Christian spirit, and make his life an exercise of humility, repentance, and heavenly affection, so all tempers that are contrary to these are as contrary to Christianity as cheating is contrary to honesty.
    ... William Law (1686-1761), A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life [1728]

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, keep reminding me of my heavenly citizenship, and steer me away from the values of this world.


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CQOD: 02/16/06 -- Calvin: no reliance on good works

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 16, 2006
Meditation:
    For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
    -- Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV)

Quotation:
    Justification is withdrawn from works, not that no good works may be done, or that what is done may be denied to be good, but that we may not rely upon them, glory in them, or ascribe salvation to them.
    ... John Calvin (1509-1564)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I cannot save myself.


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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

CQOD: 02/15/06 -- Tillotson: eternal employment

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 15, 2006
Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730
Meditation:
    Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
    -- Revelation 22:1-5 (ESV)

Quotation:
    It is sufficient to know in the general that our employment [in Paradise] shall be our unspeakable pleasure and every way suitable to the glory and happiness of that state, and as much above the noblest and most delightful employments of this world as the perfection of our bodies and the power of our souls shall then be above what they now are in this world. For there is no doubt that he who made us and endued our souls with a desire of immortality and so large a capacity of happiness, does understand very well by what ways and means to make us happy, and hath in readiness proper exercises and employments for that state, and every way more fitted to make us happy than any condition or employment in this world is suitable to a temporal happiness.
    ... John Tillotson (1630-1694)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I rest in You.


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CQOD: 02/14/06 -- Whittier: one fixed trust

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 14, 2006
Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269
Meditation:
    O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
    -- Psalms 34:8 (KJV)

Quotation:
    I see the wrong that round me lies, I feel the guilt within; I hear, with groan and travail-cries, The world confess its sin. Yet, in the maddening maze of things, And tossed by storm and flood, To one fixed trust my spirit clings I know that God is good!
    ... John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I have tasted Your goodness, and I rise up refreshed.


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CQOD: 02/13/06 -- Troeltsch: The Kingdom within us

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 13, 2006
Meditation:
    Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed, nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you."
    -- Luke 17:20-21 (ESV)

Quotation:
    Faith is the source of energy in the struggle of life, but life still remains a battle which is continually renewed upon ever-new fronts. For every threatening abyss that is closed, another yawning gulf appears. The truth is—and this is the conclusion of the whole matter—the Kingdom of God is within us. But we must let our light shine before men in confident and untiring labor that they may see our good works and praise our Father in Heaven. The final ends of all humanity are hidden within His hands.
    ... Ernst Troeltsch (1865-1923), The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches [1981]

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord Jesus, I follow You as King.


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Sunday, February 12, 2006

CQOD: 02/12/06 -- Erasmus: where to write the Gospel

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 12, 2006
Meditation:
    But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
    -- Jeremiah 31:33 (ESV)

Quotation:
    You have... the Gospel written upon vellum; it deserveth to be set with diamonds, except that the heart of man were a fitter repository for it.
    ... The Colloquies of Erasmus (1466?-1536)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, there is nothing good in me save what You have placed there.


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CQOD: 02/11/06 -- Chambers: drastic obedience

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 11, 2006
Meditation:
    [Jesus:] We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
    -- John 9:4 (ESV)

Quotation:
    All God’s revelations are sealed to us until they are opened to us by obedience. You will never get them open by philosophy or thinking. Immediately you obey, a flash of light comes. Let God’s truth work in you by soaking in it, not by worrying into it. Obey God in the thing He is at present showing you, and instantly the next thing is opened up. We read tomes on the work of the Holy Spirit when... five minutes of drastic obedience would make things clear as a sunbeam. We say, “I suppose I shall understand these things some day.” You can understand them now: it is not study that does it, but obedience. The tiniest fragment of obedience, and heaven opens up and the profoundest truths of God are yours straight away. God will never reveal more truth about Himself till you obey what you know already. Beware of being wise and prudent.
    ... Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I confess to wasting time on meaningless activities and hesitation. Grant me Your grace to focus my energies on following Your word and to let the rest go.


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CQOD: 02/10/06 -- Tournier: listening to God

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 10, 2006
Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543
Meditation:
    [Jesus:] He who has ears, let him hear.
    -- Matthew 13:9 (ESV)

Quotation:
    There are many people who... speak to God in prayer, but hardly ever listen to Him, or else listen to Him only vaguely.
    ... Paul Tournier (1898-1986)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, speak! I am listening.


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