Red Village Church

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Hurts Then, Hurts Now

“The death of relations often leaves a sting in the hearts of those they leave behind them, because they did not do for their souls as they had opportunity; and because the opportunity is for ever taken out of their hands.” Thomas Boston, Human Nature in its Fourfold State, p. 352.

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Bizarro Christian Hedonism

“But the ungodly man sins against God, whether he eats, or drinks, or whatever he does, because he abuses God’s creation by his ungodliness and persistent ingratitude, and does not from his heart give glory to God for a single moment.” Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will, p. 290.

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It’s Something

“A so-called called Christianity proving cold or hostile towards the interests of the life to come has ceased to be Christianity in the historic sense of the word.” Geerhardus Vos, The Pauline Eschatology, p. 63.

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We Need Something Better To Do

“The mournful and medical aspect of 20th century pornography and promiscuity strongly suggests that we have reached one of these periods of spiritual depression, where people go to bed because they have nothing better to do. In other words, the ‘regrettable moral laxity’ of which respectable people complain may have its root cause not in

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On Quoting Others

“For my own part, I think it more wisdom to borrow a sword from proved metal at another’s hands, than to go with a weak leaden on of my own into the field, and so come home well beaten for my folly and pride.” William Gurnall, The Christian In Complete Armour, Banner of Truth Trust,

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