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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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Out of Sight, Out of Mind

“Yea, certainly, it’s a sign that we have hard hearts in that we are not more sensible of the miseries of our brethren in Other parts. They cry to us for help. We hear of their doleful complaints and cries. They are spoiled of their goods, their wives mushed before their eyes, and they are

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