Christian Life

Banner of Truth: John Walter Stevens, a member of the church at Bethel, Luton, and formerly deacon at Ebenezer, Clapham, and South Moreton, passed away on November 25th, 2016, aged 95 years. The following is taken from his own writings (written in 1993-94).

Founders.org: Do not deny that Rom. 7:14-25 is the Christian.

Carl Trueman: “[P]ersonhood in modern America is fundamentally sexual … Few parents, I suspect, would be happy about the person next door, or some random person in the street, talking to their children this way. Why should schools assume the right to do so?”

Cripplegate.com: Rod Dreher’s book The Benedict Option has gained a foothold in the minds of many … I will explain what the BenOpt is and will try to explain why the BenOpt has gained so much attention over the past few weeks.

Ideology disdains argument; people with principled positions embrace it warmly and engage in it gladly.

Founders.org: God’s Ordinary Means of Grace are All You Need

Michael Kruger: We live in a culture where the thing that is most offensive is not doing something wrong, but telling someone else that they are doing something wrong.

Michael Kruger: Sometimes [this phrase] it used to teach exactly what it says, namely that no sins are worse than any other. And that is where things get problematic.

Mark Ward: Christians should react to the world’s hatred by remembering that God is the true object of any vitriol or persecution they endure. Don’t be so arrogant as to think that you are worthy of Apollyon’s arrows, and don’t let Giant Despair get you discouraged either—you are not the real issue.

CCEF: God’s laws, at their best, are instructions about how to be in relationship with him. What they don’t do is give us good reasons to want to be in relationship with him.