The Christian Quotation of the Day: 2008-01-27

CQOD: 02/04/08 -- St. Bernard: an endless road

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 4, 2008

Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189

Meditation:
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
-- Luke 18:22 (NIV)

Quotation:
Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
... St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153), On the Love of God

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, keep my eyes on Jesus.

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CQOD: 02/03/08 -- Lewis: why did he bother?

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 3, 2008

Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865

Meditation:
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
-- Matthew 7:12 (NIV)

Quotation:
Is not the popular idea of Christianity simply this, that Jesus Christ was a great moral teacher and that, if only we took his advice, we might be able to establish a better social order and avoid another war? Now, mind you, that is quite true; but it tells you much less than the whole truth about Christianity, and it has no practical importance at all. It is quite true that, if we took Christ’s advice, we should soon be living in a happier world. You need not even go as far as Christ. If we did all that... Confucius told us, we should get on a great deal better than we do. And so what?... If Christianity only means one more bit of good advice, then Christianity is of no importance. There has been no lack of good advice for the last four thousand years. A bit more makes no difference.
... C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), Mere Christianity [1952]

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, fill my speech with the good news.

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CQOD: 02/02/08 -- Bronnert: successful evangelism?

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 2, 2008

THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE

Meditation:
[Jesus:] I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work that the Father has given me to finish, and which I am doing, testifies that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent. You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
-- John 5:36-40 (NIV)

Quotation:
It belongs to the very nature of the gospel that the Church is built across cultural, social, and racial barriers. There are siren voices (as well as gut reactions) telling Christians that the way to success in evangelism is to follow the natural divisions, and to try to build churches along cultural, social and racial divisions. In doing so, they ignore the “success” in the New Testament in crossing these lines; more importantly, they are in fact stressing success more highly than the truth of the gospel. To buy success at the price of treating the fundamental nature of the gospel as dispensable is to follow a false gospel.
... David Bronnert, “The Gospel and Culture” in The Changing World

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, keep me from favoritism.

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CQOD: 02/01/08 -- Pike: camouflage

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 1, 2008

Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525

Meditation:
    ... "And who is my neighbor?"
    In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'
    "Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."
    -- Luke 10:29-37 (NIV)

Quotation:
    “Help!”
    “Sorry! ’monmywaytochurch.”
    The deepest sins are camouflaged as holiness.
    ... Kenneth L. Pike (1912-2001)

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, keep me alert, so that I may be of service to one in need whom you have set before me.

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