Monday, August 31, 2009

Sunday Quotes!

Yesterday I preached from Mark 3:20-35 and we examined two false accusations about our Savior: (1) He was out of his mind (verse 21), and (2) He was possessed by the devil (verse 22). These three quotes were helpful to us as we looked more closely at this text:

"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things that Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic - on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg - or else he would be the devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to." -CS Lewis

"It is a strange paradox that in any times of religious revival or obvious working of God's Spirit, it is often the religious leaders who oppose the work of God most strenuously, and seem to misunderstand it most willfully." -Alan Cole

"It is interesting to mark the quiet, firm perseverance of our Lord, in the face of all discouragements. None of these things moved Him. The slanderous suggestions of enemies, and the well-meant remonstrances of ignorant friends, were alike powerless to turn Him from His course. He had set His face as a flint towards the cross and the crown. He knew the work He had come into the world to do." -JC Ryle

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

JC Ryle Quotes

It's no secret at our church that one of my favorite dead guys is JC Ryle. He is probably the (deceased) author that I quote the most in my sermons. His writings have had a large influence on me and I appreciate his theologically sound insights - especially in the area of the doctrine of sin. This is why I was very excited when Jason Sessoms shared a new JC Ryle website with me. It's a site that offers a new Ryle quote each day (I've added these quotes to the bottom of this blog). Check it out for yourself: www.jcrylequotes.com