“Men today do not, perhaps, burn the Bible. But men destroy it in the form of exegesis: they destroy it in the way they deal with it. They destroy it by not reading it as written in normal literary form, by ignoring historical-grammatical exegesis, by changing the Bible’s own perspective of itself as propositional revelation in space and time, in history, by saying that only the “spiritual” portions of the Bible have authority for us.”

… Francis A. Schaeffer (1912-1984), Death in the City, London: Inter-Varsity Press, 1969, Good News Publishers, 2002, p. 77-78

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For Austin, Anna, Amy, Jon, and Trent…

“When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead us to worship Him, filling our inner being with a fullness we would never have thought possible…
Awe prepares the way in us for the power of God… to transform us and this transformation of our inner attitudes can only take place when awe leads us in turn to wonder, admiration, reverence, surrender, and obedience toward God.”
… James Houston (b. 1922), The Transforming Power of Prayer, Colorado Springs, Colo.: NavPress, 1996, p. 221-222

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With profound thanks to my dear friends from the Class of 2008. You have indeed rekindled His light within us….

“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by
another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks
to those who have rekindled this light.”

~ Albert Schweitzer

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Raphael – Marriage of the Virgin, 1504

“A Christian marriage is [not] one with no problems or even a marriage with fewer problems. (It may well mean more problems.) But it does mean a life in which two people are able to accept each other and love each other in the midst of problems and fears. It means a marriage in which selfish people can accept selfish people without constantly trying to change them—and even accept themselves, because they realize personally that they have been accepted by Christ.”
… Keith Miller, The Taste of New Wine, Waco, Texas: Word Books, 1965, p. 48

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“I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it the main object of life to press on to that other country and to help others to do the same.”

C.S. Lewis – Mere Christianity

Lord, may this be my aim this year…

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King David in Prayer

Author : PIETER DE GREBBER
Date :1635-40

“Almighty and most merciful Father, I again appear in Your presence the wretched misspender of another year which Your mercy has allowed me. O Lord, let me not sink into total depravity, look down upon me, and rescue me at last from the captivity of sin. Impart to me good resolutions, and give me strength and perseverance to perform them. …grant that I may redeem the time lost, and that by temperance and diligence, by sincere repentance and faithful obedience, I may finally attain everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.”
… Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Prayers and Meditations, London: Verner, Hood, and Sharpe, 1806, Jan. 1, 1766, p. 53-54

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