“A Christianity which had ceased to be aggressive would speedily have ceased to exist. Christ came not to send peace on earth but a sword; against the restless and resistless force of the new religion the gates of hell should not prevail. But polytheism could not be dethroned without a struggle; nor mankind regenerated without […]
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“And by the way, so God often orders it, that when he is in hand with the greatest mercies for us, and bringing about our greatest good, then we are most of all sinning against him; which he doth, to magnify his love the more.” Thomas Goodwin, The Heart of Christ, p. 28. [It’s not
“The love of gain, which is a large, incalculably large, element of every soul, when once applied to the desire for God, will bless the who man has it; for he will be violent where it is right to be violent.” Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity.
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“If you see your neighbor’s failing and not your own you will be moved not to mercy but to indignation, not to help him but to judge him, not to instruct him in a spirit of gentleness but to destroy him in a spirit of anger.” Bernard of Clairvaux, “On Humility and Pride” from Selected
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Listed below are this fall’s Villages with times and locations. Also listed below is information about our church plant’s midweek gathering as well as our on midweek service on the UW campus. If you would like more information about the different midweek gatherings please e-mail: aaron@RedVillageChurch.com Villages Monday night at Aaron and Tia’s starting at
