Quote #1:
"Churchill was exhilarated. Six months later, after the first battle of Ypres, with tens of thousands of British soldiers in their graves, he would say to Violet Asquith: 'I think a curse should rest on me - because I am so happy. I know this war is smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment and yet - I cannot help it - I enjoy every second.'" - Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War, by Patrick Buchanan
Quote #2:
"...on Thanksgiving Day, 2007, the Grand Rapids press printed an article by John M. Crisp, titled, 'Thinking Like a Pilgrim on Thanksgiving.' It said of the Pilgrims, 'Their religious roots reach back to the gloomy tenets of John Calvin, which means - at the risk of oversimplification - that they lived with the nagging fear that they dangled every moment by a thin thread over the fiery pit of hell in spite of their own faith or good works or the outward manifestations of the blessings of God.' Does any Calvinist recognize this definition of Calvinism? I wrote back to the Grand Rapids press: 'This statement is not an oversimplification. It is a misrepresentation. Calvin and most of the Pilgrims rejoiced in Christ their Savior and lived joyous Christian lives of spiritual depth with assured faith in the rich promises of God." - Living for God's Glory
Recommended sermon:
Our Nation Laid in God's Balance, by Dr. Joel Beeke [Text: Jeremiah 9:9 (Audio)]
"Churchill was exhilarated. Six months later, after the first battle of Ypres, with tens of thousands of British soldiers in their graves, he would say to Violet Asquith: 'I think a curse should rest on me - because I am so happy. I know this war is smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment and yet - I cannot help it - I enjoy every second.'" - Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War, by Patrick Buchanan
Quote #2:
"...on Thanksgiving Day, 2007, the Grand Rapids press printed an article by John M. Crisp, titled, 'Thinking Like a Pilgrim on Thanksgiving.' It said of the Pilgrims, 'Their religious roots reach back to the gloomy tenets of John Calvin, which means - at the risk of oversimplification - that they lived with the nagging fear that they dangled every moment by a thin thread over the fiery pit of hell in spite of their own faith or good works or the outward manifestations of the blessings of God.' Does any Calvinist recognize this definition of Calvinism? I wrote back to the Grand Rapids press: 'This statement is not an oversimplification. It is a misrepresentation. Calvin and most of the Pilgrims rejoiced in Christ their Savior and lived joyous Christian lives of spiritual depth with assured faith in the rich promises of God." - Living for God's Glory
Recommended sermon:
Our Nation Laid in God's Balance, by Dr. Joel Beeke [Text: Jeremiah 9:9 (Audio)]
