Saturday, August 11, 2018

6 Thought-Provoking Quotes for Saturday, August 11, 2018

1. "A popular and successful young minister in America became entangled in the meshes of infidelity., left the pulpit, joined an infidel club, and derided the name he had preached to others as Savior of the world. But he sickened and came to his death-bed. His friends gathered round him, and tried to comfort him with their cold and icy theories, but in vain. He said, 'Wife, bring me my Greek Testament.' Upon his bed, he turned to the fifteenth chapter of the First Epistle to the  Corinthians. When he had finished the chapter, great tears of joy rolled down his cheeks. He closed the book and said, 'Wife, back again at last upon that old Rock to die.'" - Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) [Taken from Spurgeon's Sermon Notes]
2."A wicked generation is a generation of vipers - and ought to be told so.” Matthew Henry (1662-1714)
3. "Brethren, the cross of Christ is your crown, the reproach of Christ is your riches, the shame of Christ is your glory." - Joesph Alleine (1634-1668) [Taken from Spurgeon's Sermon Notes]

4. "Whenever you run a clandestine operation, you run two things at the same time: you prepare the team for the hit, and you keep it so small there's nobody to spread it all around. And across the hall is a big staff working on what we call special plans. They're preparing the cover story. The cover story is what they want people to believe and to talk about, and to argue about." - From a 1992 speech by Col. Fletcher Prouty, former chief of special operations, Joint Chief of Staff (as quoted in Deep Truth: The Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein)

Note: Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were the journalists who helped bring about the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Chuck Colson served as Special Counsel to President Nixon from 1969 to 1973 and served 7 months in a federal prison for his part in the Watergate scandal.

5."If you knew that you could live in luxury for the rest of your life but that by doing so it would absolutely destroy the future of your children, your grandchildren, and your great-grandchildren, would you do it? Well, that is exactly what we are doing as a nation. Over the past several decades we have stolen $15 trillion dollars from future generations so that we could enjoy a dramatically inflated level of prosperity. Our 15 trillion dollar party has been a lot of fun, but what we have done to our children and our grandchildren has been beyond criminal. We ran up the greatest mountain of debt in the history of the planet and we are sticking them with the bill. Sadly, both political parties have been responsible for the big spending that has been going on (Source)

Recommended website:

U.S. National Debt Clock - usdebtclock.org

Recommended podcast and sermon:

Repugnant National Debt, by Rev. Harold Miller [Note: This sermon was preached in 2011 when the U.S. National Debt was $14.5 Trillion. As of March 2018, the U.S. National Debt has exceeded $21 Trillion]

6. (From the Bible):

"For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless, I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I've committed unto him against that day." - 2 Timothy 1:12 (Audio)

Recommended hymn based on 2 Timothy 1:12:

I Know Not Why God's Wondrous Grace

Recommended sermons on 2 Timothy 1:12:

Faith Illustrated, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
How Can I Be Sure I'm Saved? by Rev. Colin Mercer
Rays of Spiritual Optimism for a New Year, by Rev. Ian Brown
Entrusting the Soul to Christ, by Rev. John Greer
I Know Whom I Have Believed, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton

Recommended reading:

   
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How I Found Christ?

 How I Found Christ? by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)