The love of God and the love of the world, are two affections, not merely in a state of rivalship, but in a state of enmity—and that so irreconcilable, that they cannot dwell together in the same bosom. We have already affirmed how impossible it were for the heart, by any innate elasticity of its [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Thomas Chalmers
Posted in Desire, God, Heart, Love, Mankind, Renewal, Sanctification, Sin on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thomas Chalmers
Posted in Desire, Heart, Humanity, Love, Mankind, Renewal, Sanctification, Sin on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is seldom that any of our tastes are made to disappear by a mere process of natural extinction. At least, it is very seldom, that this is done through the instrumentality of reasoning. It may be done by excessive pampering—but it is almost never done by the mere force of mental determination. But what [...]
John Prine
Posted in Humanity, Jesus Christ, Sin on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jesus was a good guy, he didn’t need this shit. (John Prine, contemporary American country/folk singer-songwriter).
Krishna
Posted in Hinduism, Humanity, Mankind, Pantheism, Spirituality on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
He who sees in me all things, and all things in me, is never far from me, and I am never far from him. (Krishna, Bhagavad Gita)
Friedrich Nietzsche
Posted in Atheism, Autonomy, Culture, Imagination, Pantheism on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am light, now I fly, now I see myself beneath myself, now a god dances through me. (Friedrich Nietzsche [1844–1900], German philosopher, classical scholar, critic of culture).
Anonymous
Posted in Humorous, Jesus Christ, Sin on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nobody’s perfect…Well, there was this one guy, but we killed him.
Christopher Moore
Posted in Belief, Discipleship, Faith, Identity, Imagination, Jesus Christ on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You two [Jesus and his friend, Biff] are the ninnies here. You both rail on them [the 12 apostles] about their intelligence, when that doesn’t have anything to do with why they’re here [following Jesus]. Have either one of you heard them preach? I [Mary Magdalene] have. Peter can heal the sick now. I’ve seen [...]
Sir Francis Bacon
Posted in Humanity, Knowledge, Power, Rationalism, Reason on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Knowledge is Power. (Sir Francis Bacon [1561-1626] – English philosopher, statesman, and author. He is also known as a catalyst of the scientific revolution).