“Did not some of you, at one time, the moment you awoke in the morning, begin communing with God? Were there not red-letter days, when, from morning light to evening shade, you were in fellowship with the Most High? You had your burdens, but you always carried them to Jesus; and you had your joys, but you always shared them with him. You lived for him; your heart was warm towards him; you walked with him in constant communion; but, now, can you really live without even thinking of him? Can you be happy without thinking of your God?” Charles Spurgeon

“Amateur and nonprofessional are not synonyms. The world may or may not need another cookbook, but it needs all the lovers— amateurs—it can get. It is a gorgeous old place, full of clownish graces and beautiful drolleries, and it has enough textures, tastes, and smells to keep us intrigued for more time than we have. Unfortunately, however, our response to its loveliness is not always delight: It is, far more often than it should be, boredom. And that is not only odd, it is tragic; for boredom is not neutral—it is the fertilizing principle of unloveliness.” Robert Capon

“There is no situation in human life so deplorable, that a sense of the pardoning love of God cannot support and comfort the sufferer under it, compose his spirit, yea make him exceedingly joyful in all his tribulations….” John Newton

“I set a great value upon the blessings of civil and religious liberty. I reverence the constitutional rights of nations, particularly of our own. But they are all dependent upon the will of our Lord; and I know not by what means they can be preserved to a people, when their sins have made them ripe for judgment. But let the dead bury their dead (Matthew 8:22).” John Newton

Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that the Lord Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.

Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed”

Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do. Then the word of the LORD came to me: “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the LORD. Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. (Jeremiah 18:1–6)

"God’s thoughts cause the truths that they contemplate; ours do not. This is the lordship attribute of control in the realm of knowledge. . . God’s thoughts, therefore, are self-validating; they serve as their own criteria of truth. God’s thoughts are true simply because they are His." John Frame

"That was the October when Kamala Harris had a teleprompter that glitched, and she kept saying “32 days, 32 days” like they were a koan and she was an inept Buddhist initiate seeking enlightenment. And you switched your television off, and muttered to yourself that millions of people were going to vote for that, and she was a commie to boot. I used the phrase how much mercy a moment ago. But we have to realize that our sinful apostasy has been great, and we still need a lot more mercy than that. And so now I want you to prayerfully imagine next October. Reformation and revival should really be at the top of your prayer list now."

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If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:36)

it's Christ or Chaos. those are the only two options.