Wendell Berry’s Jayber Crow: But of course the story of my life is not finished yet. I will not live to tell the end of it. My life, though, has been something (as only now at last I am able…
Would you rather be ruined than changed?
W.H. Auden: We would rather be ruined than changed; We would rather die in our dread Than climb the cross of the moment And let our illusions die.
“Mystery isn’t something that is gradually evaporating . . .”
In attempting to understand the complexities of life, I find my experience similar to Flannery O’Connor’s: Mystery isn’t something that is gradually evaporating. It grows along with knowledge. (See the Gooch biography, page 348).
Wendell Berry and living long; It won’t kill you, not for a long time
If you’re looking for good fiction, I commend to you Wendell Berry. Jayber Crow is a wonderful place to begin. Burley Coulter is the man in Berry fiction. My favorite quote may be the one found in this post .…
Where should you start when sharing the Gospel?
David L. Turner: In evangelism and apologetics the Christian should not attempt to prove the existence of God to the unbeliever. The unbeliever, if he is honest with himself, knows this already. The Christian should proclaim the gospel, God’s appointed…
In 2010, Let’s respond to the least manipulative invitation ever given
Matthew 16:24: Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me." Philip Yancey: Take up your cross and follow me,’ Jesus said, in the least manipulative…
Where You Will Find the Baby Jesus
Martin Luther: In the words of Scripture you will find the swaddling clothes in which Christ lies. Merry Christmas. Quoted in Timothy George, The Theology of the Reformers, page 83.
Who has you?
Frederick Dale Bruner explains why the rich young ruler missed the “adventure of a lifetime”: Matthew 19:20-22: The young man said to him, “All these I have kept. What do I still lack?” Jesus said to him, “If you would…
Tell John the Baptist, “The down and out have turned into the up and coming . . .”
Matthew 11:2-6: Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” And Jesus…
Bruner: “Better to go limping into heaven than leaping into hell”
Matthew 5:27-30: “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your…