“..this lovely idea of God.” William Law


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“This is God’s unchangeable disposition towards the creation; He can be nothing else, but all goodness towards it because He can be nothing towards the creation but that which He is and was and ever shall be in Himself . . . an eternal unchangeable will to all goodness, and which can will nothing else to all eternity, but to communicate good, and blessing and happiness and perfection to every life, according to its capacity to receive it. Had I one hundred lives, I could with more ease part with them all, by suffering one hundred deaths than give up this lovely idea of God.”

William Law

James Dobson’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Dangerous | Sojourners


Christians have forgotten the dark history of Christianity’s marriage to nationalist agendas.

Source: James Dobson’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Dangerous | Sojourners

A Christian rebuttal to James Dobson’s July 2019 Newsletter


Dr. James Dobson is a leader in the Christian Conservative movement. He recently wrote a newsletter about a recent trip he took to the…

Source: A Christian rebuttal to James Dobson’s July 2019 Newsletter

from Gifts of the Spirit: Necessity in the Church–by A.W. Tozer


James Ross Kelly's avatarSt. John One: One

aw-tozerDo you dare to accept the fact that the sovereign God had designed to do all of His work through spiritually-gifted men and women? Therefore, He does all of His work on earth through humble and faithful believers who are given spiritual gifts and abilities beyond their own capacities.

Let me shock  you at this point: A naturally bright person can carry on religious activity without a special gift from God. Filling church pulpits every week are some who are using only natural abilities and special training. Some are known as Bible expositors, for it is possible to read and study commentaries and then repeat what has been learned about the Scriptures.

Yes, it may shock you, but it is true that anyone able to talk fluently can learn to use religious phrases and can become recognized as a preacher.

But if any man is determined to preach so that…

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A.W. Tozer– The Church:Any step forward must begin with the individual.


A.W. Tozer 1897-1963

“We must not think of the Church as an anonymous body, a mystical religious abstraction. We Christians are the Church and whatever we do is what the Church is doing. The matter, therefore, is a personal one. Any step forward in the Church must begin with the individual.”

from “A Better Covenant, Priesthood and Hope” A.W. Tozer