CQOD: 11/04/07 -- Allison: our vulnerability to heresy

Christian Quotation of the Day

November 4, 2007Meditation:
    And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
    -- 2 Corinthians 4:3,4 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    We are susceptible to heretical teachings because, in one form or another, they nurture and reflect the way that we would have it be, rather than the way God has provided, which is infinitely better for us. As they lead us into the blind alleys of self-indulgence and escape from life, heresies pander to the most unworthy tendencies of the human heart.
    ... C. FitzSimons Allison (b.1927), The Cruelty of Heresy [1994]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, prevent my desires from leading me away from Your truth.

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CQOD: 11/03/07 -- Carnell: evidence for belief

Christian Quotation of the Day

November 3, 2007

Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600
Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639

Meditation:
    [Jesus:] At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect--if that were possible.
    -- Matthew 24:23,24 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    People make mistakes when they believe. They may even want something so badly that passion creates its own evidences. Reprehensible though these habits are, they nonetheless fall within the pale of man’s general effort to conform the self to things as they are. But when a person acknowledges the deficiency of evidences and yet goes right on believing, he defends a position that is large with the elements of its own destruction. Any brand of inanity can be defended on such a principle.
    ... Edward John Carnell (1919-1967), The Case for Orthodox Theology, p. 24 [1959]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You are the only reliable source of knowledge. Inform me, I pray, so that I might have knowledge of You.

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CQOD: 11/02/07 -- St. Hilary: precursor to eternity

Christian Quotation of the Day

November 2, 2007

Feast of All Souls

Meditation:
    The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
    -- 1 Corinthians 15:26 (KJV)

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Quotation:
    In this calm assurance of safety did my soul gladly and hopefully take its rest, and feared so little the interruption of death, that death seemed only a name for eternal life. And the life of this present body was so far from seeming a burden or affliction that it was regarded as children regard their alphabets, sick men their draughts, shipwrecked sailors their swim, young men the training for their profession, future commanders their first campaign—that is, as an endurable submission to present necessities, bearing the promise of a blissful immortality.
    ... St. Hilary (ca. 300-367?), On the Trinity

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, this time in my body is the beginning of eternity.

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CQOD: 11/01/07 -- St. Hilary: the death of death

Christian Quotation of the Day

November 1, 2007

Feast of All Saints

Meditation:
    For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
    -- 1 Corinthians 15:21 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    He took upon Him the flesh in which we have sinned, that by wearing our flesh He might forgive sins; a flesh which He shares with us by wearing it, not by sinning in it. He blotted out through death the sentence of death, that by a new creation of our race in Himself He might sweep away the penalty appointed by the former Law... For Scripture had foretold that He who is God should die; that the victory and triumph of them that trust in Him lay in the fact that He, who is immortal and cannot be overcome by death, was to die that mortals might gain eternity. [Continued tomorrow]
    ... St. Hilary (ca. 300-367?), On the Trinity

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You have conquered death forever.

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CQOD: 10/31/07 -- Faber: Why dost Thou love me so?

Christian Quotation of the Day

October 31, 2007Meditation:
    As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
    -- John 15:9 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    Jesus! why dost Thou love me so? What hast Thou seen in me To make my happiness so great, So dear a joy to Thee?
    ... Fredrick William Faber (1814-1863)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You have loved me even though I have not loved You.

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CQOD: 10/30/07 -- Luther: the authority of the Scriptures

Christian Quotation of the Day

October 30, 2007

Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546

Meditation:
    Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
    -- Luke 21:33 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man’s reason.
    ... Martin Luther (1483-1546)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, never allow man to stand between us and Your word.

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CQOD: 10/29/07 -- Willard: knowing God's will

Christian Quotation of the Day

October 29, 2007

Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885

Meditation:
    For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.
    -- Mark 8:35 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    I fear that many people seek to hear God solely as a device for securing their own safety, comfort and righteousness. For those who busy themselves to know the will of God, however, it is still true that “those who want to save their life will lose it.” My extreme preoccupation with knowing God’s will for me may only indicate, contrary to what is often thought, that I am overconcerned with myself, not a Christlike interest in the well-being of others or in the glory of God.
    ... Dallas Willard (b.1935), Hearing God [1999], p. 28

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You speak to me for Your glory.

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CQOD: 10/28/07 -- Ryle: from the Reformation

Christian Quotation of the Day

October 28, 2007

Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles

Meditation:
    As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
    -- 2 Samuel 22:31 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    Let men say what they will, or pick holes where they may, they will never succeed in disproving these facts. To the Reformation, Englishmen owe an English Bible, and liberty for every man to read it. To the Reformation, they owe the knowledge of the way of peace with God, and of the right of every sinner to go straight to Christ by faith, without bishop, priest, or minister standing in his way. To the Reformation, they owe a Scriptural standard of morality and holiness such as our ancestors never dreamed of. For ever let us be thankful for these inestimable mercies.
    ... Bishop J. C. Ryle (1816-1900), Five English Reformers [1960]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I thank You for Your Word written and the Living Word who gives it all its meaning.

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