CQOD: 08/13/07 -- Taylor: factions

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 13, 2007

Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667
Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910
Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912

Meditation:
    Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites--Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth--became insolent and rose up against Moses. With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council. They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, "You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the LORD'S assembly?"
    -- Numbers 16:1-3 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    The kingdom of God does not consist in words, but in power, the power of Godliness. Though now we are fallen upon another method, we have turned all religion into faith, and our faith is nothing but the production of interest or disputing; it is adhering to a party and a wrangling against all the world beside—and when it is asked of what religion he is, we understand the meaning to be what faction does he follow, what are the articles of his sect, not what is the manner of his life: and if men be zealous for their party and that interest, then they are precious men, though otherwise they be covetous as the grave, factious as Dathan, schismatical as Korah, or proud as the fallen angels.
    ... Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, lead us all to look towards Jesus constantly.

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CQOD: 08/12/07 -- Cassels: the whole message

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 12, 2007Meditation:
    All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
    -- 2 Timothy 3:16,17 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    Any single verse of the Bible, taken in isolation, may actually be dangerous to your spiritual health. Every part of it must be read in relation to the whole message.
    ... Louis Cassels (1922-1974)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, guide me by your whole word.

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CQOD: 08/11/07 -- Newman: living and written words

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 11, 2007

Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890

Meditation:
    When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
    -- Acts 4:13 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    In the first ages, [catechizing] was a work of long time; months, sometimes years, were devoted to the arduous task of disabusing the mind of the incipient Christian of its pagan errors, and of moulding it upon the Christian faith. The Scriptures indeed were at hand for the study of those who could avail themselves of them, but St. Irenæus does not hesitate to speak of whole races who had been converted to Christianity, without being able to read them. To be unable to read or write was in those times no evidence of want of learning; the hermits of the deserts were, in one sense of the word, illiterate, yet the great St. Anthony, though he knew not letters, was a match in disputation for the learned philosophers who came to try him.
    ... John Henry Newman (1801-1890), “What is a University?”

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, may I never honor learning over faith.

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CQOD: 08/10/07 -- Palau: on belief

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 10, 2007

Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258

Meditation:
    He rules forever by his power, his eyes watch the nations--let not the rebellious rise up against him.
    -- Psalm 66:7 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    Have you stopped seeing great things happen in your life? Perhaps you have stopped believing that God can work in a mighty way even in our generation.
    ... Luis Palau (b.1934)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, open my eyes to Your mighty works.

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CQOD: 08/09/07 -- Packer: the pragmatic use of inerrancy

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 9, 2007

Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921

Meditation:
    While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, "How is it that the teachers of the law say that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: 'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet."' David himself calls him 'Lord.' How then can he be his son?" The large crowd listened to him with delight.
    -- Mark 12:35-37 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    When evangelicals call the Bible “inerrant,” part at least of their meaning is this: that, in exegesis and exposition of Scripture and in building up our biblical theology from the fruits of our Bible study, we may not (1) deny, disregard, or arbitrarily relativize, anything that the biblical writers teach, nor (2) discount any of the practical implications for worship and service that their teaching carries, nor (3) cut the knot of any problem of Bible harmony, factual or theological, by allowing ourselves to assume that the inspired writers were not necessarily consistent either with themselves or with each other. It is because the word “inerrant” makes these methodological points about handling the Bible, ruling out in advance the use of mental procedures that can only lead to reduced and distorted versions of Christianity, that it is so valuable and, I think, so much valued by those who embrace it.
    ... James I. Packer (b.1926)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I will not ignore any part of Your word.

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CQOD: 08/08/07 -- von Hügel: the only way to joy

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 8, 2007

Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221

Meditation:
    Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.
    -- Matthew 16:24,25 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    The mystery revealed, in a unique degree and form, in Christ’s life, is really a universal spiritual human law: the law of suffering and sacrifice, as the one way to joy and possession, which has existed, though veiled till now, since the foundation of the world.
    ... Friedrich von Hügel (1852-1925)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, lead me to know the way of sacrifice.

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CQOD: 08/07/07 -- Bruce: the best defense

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 7, 2007

Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866

Meditation:
    You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
    -- Galatians 5:4-6 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    For all the vigor of his polemic, St. Paul does not content himself with the denunciation of error, but finds the best defense against its insidious approaches in a closer adherence to the love of God and faith in Christ.
    ... Frederick F. Bruce (1910-1991)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, turn the world away from error to Your Truth.

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CQOD: 08/06/07 -- Babcock: the inside of the cup

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 6, 2007Meditation:
    I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
    -- Philippians 4:10-13 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    Contentment is not satisfaction. It is the grateful, faithful, fruitful use of what we have, little or much. It is to take the cup of Providence, and call upon the name of the Lord. What the cup contains is its contents. To get all that is in the cup is the act and art of contentment. Not to drink because one has but half a cup, or because one does not like its flavor, or because somebody else has silver to one’s own glass, is to lose the contents; and that is the penalty, if not the meaning, of discontent. No one is discontented who employs and enjoys to the utmost what he has. It is high philosophy to say, we can have just what we like if we like what we have; but this much at least can be done, and this is contentment: to have the most and best in life by making the most and best of what we have.
    ... Maltbie D. Babcock (1858-1901)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, grant me contentment with all You have given me.

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