BOOKS & MEMORY

'Every book holds a memory. When you hold a book in your hand, you access not only the contents of that book but the fragments of the previous selves that you were you read it.'

Cathy Rentzenbrink, Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books, p.225.

PRO-CHOICE IS NOT PRO-WOMEN

'Throughout history the vast majority of babies who have died by abortion (before birth) or infanticide (after birth) have been girls. This is still true globally today. The idea that being "pro-choice" (in favor of abortion means) being pro-women does not fit with this reality.'

Rebecca McLaughlin, 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) about Christianity, p.141.

THE PERFECT MAN

'Some people think real men don't cry. But Jesus cried. Some people think real men sleep with lots of women. But Jesus never even had a girlfriend. Some people think real men don't stand for insults. But Jesus took insults all day long. He defended the weak, but he wouldn't fight back to defend himself. Some people think real men don't cook or care for kids. But Jesus did both these things. If we want to know what it means to be a perfect man, we must look at Jesus.'

Rebecca McLaughlin, 10 Questions Every Should Ask (and Answer) about Christianity, p.138. 

LAMENT DEFINED

'Lament is the honest cry of a hurting heart wrestling with the paradox of pain and the promise of God's goodness.'

Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament, p.26.

THE IMPORTANCE OF LITURGY

'He was suddenly aware of the fact that he was defending the liturgy of the church. That had never happened before. But he sensed the danger of a new enslavement to forms developing which would force the spiritual life into an arbitrarily tailored straightjacket, which was both poorer and more rigid than the one that come down from their forebears.'

Bo Giertz, The Hammer of God, p.210.

A PASTOR'S BEST TEACHER

'The congregation is the best teacher the pastor can have.'
Bo Giertz, The Hammer of God, p.148.

THE NEED TO RUN A RISK ASSESSMENT ON OUR BELIEFS

'A crucial task... for those with any convictions is surely to identify the risks peculiar to those convictions.'

Mark Meynell, Roots of the Malaise? The "O Tempora! O Mores!" Blogposts, p.82.

ENVY

'Envy is being unhappy at other people's happiness.'
Timothy Keller with Kathy Keller, The Way of Wisdom, p.127.

THE LINK BETWEEN ANGER & LOVE

'Anger is energy released to defend something you love. God is angry toward the evil that dishonours him and ruins that which he loves. But the problem with human anger is this - we tend to overlove the wrong things.'

Timothy Keller with Kathy Keller, The Way of Wisdom, p.120.

MISSION AS SPIRITUAL CONFLICT

'The deepest motive for mission is simply to be with Jesus where he is, on the frontier between the reign of God and the usurped dominion of the devil.'

Lesslie Newbigin in Fleming Rutledge, Three Hours, p.78.