June 25, 2008

"Love is indeed the most powerful apologetic. It is the essential component in reaching the whole person in a fragmented world. The need is vast, but it is also imperative that we be willing to follow the example of our Lord and meet the need. What does this mean for us? It means giving a cup of cold water in the name of Jesus and telling the recipient to thank God and not man for that gift. Only eternity will reveal how deep and how real such an impact is, but our calling is clear: to let our light so shine that men, women, and children will see our good works and glorify our Father in Heaven.

That is apologetics completed. That is confirming to the mind by the visible touch of the body. The mind is to the soul what the body is to the shadow. When we can touch both we have demonstrated the power of both thought and deed. It lifts the message out of the shadow and brings it into the light. Such is the power of love."
- Ravi Zacharias, (www.rzim.org) "The Apologetics Between Shadow and Reality"

January 9th, 2008

"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him."
- Lamentations 3:22-24 (NIV)

November 20th, 2007

"So heavenly love shall outdo hellish hate,
Giving to death, and dying to redeem,
So dearly to redeem what hellish hate
So easily destroyed, and still destroys,
In those who, when they may, accept not grace."
- John Milton, "Paradise Lost" (Book III, 298-303)

May 22nd, 2007

"Whether considering business, politics, family, or education, the big fish eats the little ones. Laws and regulations do limit excessive abuse; however, they only mark the space in which the war is waged. They don't eliminate the war."
- Miroslav Volf "Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace" (p 14)

"Shouldn't the giver deprive us of gifts - at least, future gifts - if we can't even recognize them as gifts and instead claim them as our own well-earned possessions? A human giver might see it that way. But God acts differently. God continues to give, refusing to make giving dependant on our receiving things rightly. Indeed, since our very existence is a result of God's grace, if God were to stop giving, we would stop existing."
- Miroslav Volf "Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace" (p 36)

"The love of God does not find, but creates, that which is pleasing to it. The love of man comes into being through that which is pleasing to it."
- Martin Luther "Luther's Works" (31:57)

February 18th, 2007

"Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without a fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.."
- Phillipians 2: 14-15

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, nether the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
- Romans 8: 38-39

February 16th, 2007

"Virtue - even attempted virtue - brings light; indulgence brings fog."
- C.S. Lewis "Mere Christianity" (p 102)

"Love in this second sense - love as distinct from 'being in love' - is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in Christian marriages) the grace which both partners ask, and receive, from God."
- C. S. Lewis "Mere Christianity" (p 109)

January 5th, 2007

"And right it is that he forever mourn
who out of love for what does not endure
loses that other love eternally."
- Dante "Paradise", Canto XV 10-12

"Behold, the dwelling of God is with man, and he will love with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
- Revelation 21: 3-4

"Whatever position any one of us holds to, three lessons are indisputable, and worthy of reiteration....

- First, the ascension to power of anyone within the sovereign will of God may have everything to do with the spiritual temperature of the people themselves....

- Second, there is a circle of influence in bastions of power within which voices completely unknown to the electorate emerge that have the ear of the leader....

-Finally, one of the greatest lessons Christians can ever learn from any election is that the ultimate government is not established by human effort but by the will and wisdom of God."
- Ravi Zacharias (www.rzim.org) Just Thinking, "Reflections on Elections"

January 2nd, 2007

"The primary purpose of a home is to reflect and to distribute the love of Christ."
- Ravi Zacharias (www.rzim.org), Slice of Infinity - An Open House

"It would be strange to have feelings of homesickness, unless it was intended for us to know another home."
- Jill Cattarini (www.rzim.org), Slice of Infinity - What Child is This?

"In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps."
- Proverbs 16:9