Brooklyn Museum - The Widow's Mite (Le denier de la veuve) - James Tissot As Jesus Christ neared the end of His earthly ministry, His words and deeds became increasingly sharp, focused, and prophetic. Worship of Yahweh was central among the first century Jews, but Jesus sensed sacrilege in the offerings. What was to be … Continue reading On the Scribes who Take All and the Widow who Gave All: Some Observations from Luke 20:45-21-4.
Augustine: Thou, the One, the Good God, hast never ceased to do good
We therefore see those things which Thou madest, because they are; but they are because Thou seest them. And we see without that they are, and within that they are good, but Thou didst see them there, when made, where Thou didst see them to be made. And we were at another time moved to … Continue reading Augustine: Thou, the One, the Good God, hast never ceased to do good
C.S. Lewis: If God comes to work miracles, He comes ‘like a thief in the night.’
If the laws of Nature are necessary truths, no miracle can break them: but then no miracle needs to break them. It is with them as with the laws of arithmetic. If I put six pennies into a drawer on Monday and six more on Tuesday, the laws decree that—other things being equal—I shall find … Continue reading C.S. Lewis: If God comes to work miracles, He comes ‘like a thief in the night.’
Miroslav Volf: God is Wrathful Because God is Love.
God isn’t wrathful in spirit of being love. God is wrathful because God is love
J.I. Packer — Communion between God and man
Communion between God and man is the end to which both creation and redemption are the means; it is the goal to which both theology and preaching must ever point; it is the essence of true religion; it is, indeed, the definition of Christianity.