When I was a child, I used to look forward to the evenings when my Aunt Angie would come to have dinner with us while my Uncle Bill was at...Continue reading
Category: Classic Thoughts on God
Quotes from classic Christian authors and my musings on them.
* Index of Classic Authors and Sources
* How “Classic Thoughts on God” Came to Be
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A Prayer for Ash Wednesday
First my apologies for some technical difficulties: last week, the service that sends out my posts had some sort of “hiccup” and sent an old post from October! Then this...Continue reading
And Can It Be
The first time I heard this hymn was when I was in college, at the baptist church attended by most of the Christian students on campus. The lyrics totally blew...Continue reading
Knowing God vs. Knowing About God
One of the concepts that spoke to me in J. I Packer’s Knowing God is that knowing God – having an intimate relationship with Him – is not the ssame...Continue reading
God Beyond Our Conception
I love theology – I love reading about it, talking about it, buying books about it (even if I haven’t read them all yet!), and studying about it. But you...Continue reading
Breathe In Me, Holy Spirit
Breathe in me, Holy Spirit, that all my thoughts may be holy. Act in me, Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, Holy Spirit, that...Continue reading
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
While growing up I often heard this hymn sung during communion services. Years later, though, I heard it sung as a Christmas hymn, and I was blown away at how...Continue reading
God Incarnate
It may be stretching things a bit to call today’s excerpts classics, since the author is still alive, but I think most people would at least agree to calling J....Continue reading
Truly God and Truly Man
In the seminary class I’m taking this semester, one of the major topics is the person of Christ. How is it that Jesus can be truly God and truly man?...Continue reading
Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates
In the traditional church calendar (used mainly by liturgical denominations), December is Advent season, the time of year leading up to Christmas. Advent literally means “coming”, and in the evangelical...Continue reading