Bonhoeffer (30)
The shop, the barn, the scullery, and the smithy become temples when men and women do all to the glory of God! —C.H. Spurgeon
Bonhoeffer (30)
The shop, the barn, the scullery, and the smithy become temples when men and women do all to the glory of God! —C.H. Spurgeon
Bonhoeffer (30)
Our pleasure and our duty, though opposite before,
Since we have seen His beauty, are joined apart no more.
To see the Law by Christ fulfilled, to hear His pardoning voice,
Transforms a Slave into a Child, and Duty into Choice.
John Newton, die outeur van Amazing Grace.
Teologie van die kruis
Ons kultuur het ‘n afkeur aan lyding. Tullian Tchividjian het onlangs in Christianity Today hieroor geskryf.
Om pyn te vermy is een ding, maar die totale onverdraagsaamheid of ontkenning van pyn is iets anders. Terugslae is vir ons onaanvaarbaar, want ons is behep met persoonlike beheer.
It is the mark of a hyprocrite to be a Christian everywhere except at home. —Robert Murray M’Cheyne
Vissers
In Lukas 5:1 – 11 lees ons van die roeping van die eerste dissipels – Jesus roep hulle terwyl hulle visvang. Hy voeg by: Van nou af sal jy mense vang. Daar is baie ooreenkomste tussen visvang en mense vang. Beide vereis werk, taktiek, strategie, geduld, volharding, ens. Maar daar is nog ‘n kenmerk wat nie genoeg aandag kry nie: optimisme.
A praying Christian is a useful Christian in the world. —Jeremiah Burroughs
Bonhoeffer (29)