Abouts: Because next week is finals week here at UCI I will either not post, or have a extremely short post or if I feel like procrastinating I will have the longest post of my life…
Ooh, just came up with an idea, for next week I will reveal (make) my summer reading plans and I will include reviews, summaries, and whatever else I can find on the books I will be reading this summer
Articles: Six Ways to Hinder Your Prayers (Challies) Selfish Motives, Turning Away From Scripture, Unforgiving Hearts, Family Discord, Unconfessed Sin, Doubt
If sin be but a common scar or wrinkle, to be erased from the soul’s surface by a few simple touches; if pardon be a mere figure of speech, meaning God’s wide benevolence or good-natured indifference to evil, why tell of wrath and fire and judgement, the never-dying worm and the ever-rising smoke?
Horatius Bonar is also known for his book, Words to Winners of Souls, and one section I found very rebuking/refreshing was a extensive quote of a public confession from the Church of Scotland in 1965, I could not find the origin document, if there is one, so I found a pdf version of the whole book and the excerpt is in the 4th chapter extending from page 16-21, if you have time read the book, better yet if you have money go buy the book; if anyone knows of the origin document can you please inform me about it or where I can find it
Audios: Something that has been in browser sitting next to future blog articles recently is the addition of Pandora, it’s a pretty sweet music player that is essentially a really good radio. All you do is type in the artist/song name that you really like and it gives you a station that has that artist/song and also plays similar artists/songs, it does a real good job and matching styles. Also it is a clean format that feels lightweight, so all it is is the station player so there is no fluff. If you make a profile, then you can save the stations you have loaded before.
Articles: Five Rules for Choosing a Commentary (The Road To Emmaus), how many times have you looked for a commentary and been daunted with the task to pick one out of hundreds of different titles, or you don’t want to only have the commentary a friend suggested but don’t know which other commentary to get, well Chad has the answer (sounds like an infomercial), well more like guidelines In addition here are Ligonier and Desiring God’s recommendations of commentaries, I would suggest going to Ligonier’s first because it is also helpful in explaining the different commentary series that are out (e.g. EBC, NICOT, etc…). Also here are Calvin Theological Seminary’s recommendations
The reason Paul and Silas could worship in the blockhouse was because they didn’t derive their joy from their circumstances, but took joy in the God of their salvation.
Randoms: Mark Altrogge shares a very touching story (Blazing Center) about him and a friend he lost touch with, if I were a girl, right now I’d be crying…
Verses: Psalm 27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!
I was pointed to this passage during the Sunday message while going through Psalm 27. It was a little surprising that this statement was made after the whole chapter. In the beginning, David is presenting his present position as confidence in the Lord while going through pain and opposition of all sorts. The psalm is filled with the praise of God, “The LORD is the stronghold of my life,” “my head shall be lifted up above my enemies,” and petitions for God’s protection, “Give me not up to the will of my adversaries,” “Teach me your way, O LORD.” So all in all it goes along with our logic to how someone with David’s heart would trust in the Lord and ask for guidance in times of trouble, but what is unusual is that in verse 14 he says “Wait for the LORD.” What does trust entail, according to David it requires us to wait, though we be in anguish, in pain, we are to “wait for the LORD,” but the waiting the world thinks is one of sitting on the couch watching TV until someone tells them that God is ready. What Psalm 27 shows us is that the waiting is focused on the stronghold of the Lord, on prayer towards the sovereignty of God, and trust in the Lord’s promises which strengthens us.
News: Bottom Line for (Red) (NY Times), what do you think, spending $100 million on advertising and raising $18 million for the Red AIDs campaign, if you don’t know the Red campaign it is the effort to raise money for the Research center for AIDS, where company’s participate by selling red products, like Apple with their red iPod, or Dell with Red laptops
Audios:
All the audio and transcripts of the 2008 Conference for Pastors (Desiring God) has been uploaded on the website, the theme for this year was “The Pastor as Father & Son,” and had D.A. Carson as one of their speakers
Beulah, great fun indie band, there are some youtube videos of them below. Eclectic, relaxed-summer feel, fun feel that is a little reminiscent of the early 90’s alternative pop like the upbeat side of Oasis with a little Ska like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and a little Rooney and the Shins mixed in, everything that makes a sweet indie find, plus they are from San Francisco, another bonus. Of course my description doesn’t really do them justice so just listen to them.
Keep your heart as you would keep a WATCH. The heart will unwind to the world; therefore wind it up every morning and evening by prayer. The motion of a watch is not constant: sometimes it goes fast, sometimes slower. And so it is with the heart: sometimes it goes faster in vanity and sometimes it goes slower in duty. Therefore set this spiritual watch by the sundial of the Word.
It is not a message paralleling the heart with a watch, this is just a paragraph I liked; what it is, is a exposition of Proverbs 4:23, “Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”
I don’t like how the indent for the block quotation makes it seem that that quote has something to do with the topic above it so I wrote this so it wouldn’t look that bad
The true Christian is the only man, because he has sources of happiness entirely independent of this world. He has something which cannot be affected by sickness and by deaths, by private losses and by public calamities, the “peace of God, which passeth all understanding.” He has a hope laid up for him in heaven; he has a treasure which moth and rust cannot corrupt; he has a house which can never be taken down. His loving wife may die, and his heart feel rent in twain; his darling children may be taken from him, and he may be left alone in this cold world; his earthly plans may be crossed; his health may fail: but all this time he has a portion which nothing can hurt. He has one Friend who never dies; he has possessions beyond the grave, of which nothing can deprive him: his nether springs may fail, but his upper springs are never dry. This is real happiness.
-J.C. Ryle, Practical Religion
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Verses: Galatians 6:1-3
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Recently reading Respectable Sins (Jerry Bridges) while in the envy, jealously, and competitiveness chapter I was directed to this passage. The feelings of envy, jealously, and the related all have something in common, if nurtured enough will divide brothers and sisters. These are the sins that look at others and start comparisons. Now what does it have to do with the passage, this passage leads us to humility when dealing with others, it is easy to find someone who isn’t as good as you in something, there is always that person who just isn’t that smart as you, or as mature as you are; so what does it say “if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him,” of course being human we stop reading there and finish that sentence in our own minds. “you who are spiritual should restore him,” because you are so great, now pat yourself on the back because you did something good, and they better appreciate it because they should be begging for someone like me to help them. Of course the Bible won’t have it that way, so continuing we read, “in a spirit of gentleness.” Of course rarely do we admit or say such things out loud to the person we are helping, but if you read the message up there by Thomas Watson he points out that even if you don’t verbally announce your feelings it begins with the heart, it comes from the condition of the heart and spirit, you could look perfectly clean on the outside but your heart could be a black abyss . Paul didn’t write “in the voice of gentleness,” but the “spirit.” After figuring that out we stop once again and feel that we have done right which you would not be wrong about, you have done right, but he continues “keep watch on yourself,” what?! Why do you need to address me, the other person is caught in transgression, not me?! Well, “lest you too be tempted.”
Abouts: I finally started my flickr site, although I don’t really have any of my SLR pictures on there yet, I have some pictures I took with my camera phone
The God of either/or (97secondswithGod), this is Prodigal Jon’s second site, I really don’t know why he has a second site, but I don’t care as long as the content is there and it is
Considering Marriage? Can You Respect Him? (Making Home), an interesting article for ladies and finding the “right” guy, to the men, can you be respected? She lists a few questions at the end that a guy can take as a check list sort of and I encourage not just the ladies to read this article.
Audios: Explosions in the Sky (Myspace), I don’t really know how to describe this style of music but it is instrumental/rock/ambient/chill kind of style, no singing, just a background soundtrack to life
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Verses/Messages: Amos 6:4-6 Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves out on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall, who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David invent for themselves instruments of music, who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
Listen to Amos’ slam at the lovers of comfort in [Amos] 6:1, “Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria.” Verse 4: “Woe to those who lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches.” Verse 6: ” . . . who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.” Does that refer to anyone today: people who live for comfort, and do not grieve over the lost; people who are experts in loving themselves, but have not thought the first thought about what it means to love your neighbor as yourself? What governs your getting and spending? Is it the desire to fill your little three score and ten with as much comfort as you can? Or is it the God-given desire to do as much good for others as you can to the glory of Christ? There is a warning in [Amos] 3:15 which hits so close to home in middle-class Minnesota that I hesitate to read it. But it’s here, so I will: the Lord says, “I will smite the winter house and the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end.” Take heed and guard your hearts diligently, lest you find yourselves enslaved to comfort and addicted to luxury. (Desiring God)
Abouts:
It’s sad but you can kind of tell how much I didn’t want to study from this post
Articles/Thoughts: Talking to People Rather than About Them (Desiring God), reading Respectful Sins has truly opened my eyes more to the world of sin I live in and has helped me recognize those sins in my life that I “tolerate.” It really goes back to the old repeated saying where how big your view of God is, is reflected through your life dealing with sin, and it’s so true. How holy of a God you have in mind, is reflected on how you think about sin. Is your God holy enough to say gossiping is not acceptable? Is your God holy enough to say that that pride you feel is evil? Is your God holy enough to say that calling someone fat is totally and utterly unacceptable? Do we repent when we talk behind someone’s back, do we repent when we think angry thoughts? How holy is your God?
Audios:
I think I should say a little bit more to entice you to listen to the music, to continue with the indie trend: Ingrid Michaelson, she has somewhat of an playful tone, a rockish edge sometimes shows up, but she has a nice smooth voice (keep in mind I am not a music reviewerer)
Crazy thing is all of them (Meiko, Priscilla Ahn, and Ingrid Michaelson) play regularly at The Hotel Cafe in LA, which is not where I discovered them, but when I turn 21 I will definitely head over there
Randoms: Alarm clocks to lust after but to get angry over, if you actually owned them, my favorite would probably be the Rug Alarm, worst would be the decorating one
Verses/Thoughts: Philippians 3:18-21
For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. Butour citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Looking through photos and notes and what-not on facebook, distracting myself from my studies, I found myself looking at friends who have once, maybe still do, consider themselves Christian seeing what they are doing now and how far they have gone in life. I found myself not so surprised but saddened, seeing them loving the world and everything that comes with it, playing Beer Pong, relaxing with a nice cigarette while proudly making out with their friend. (Even as it is only through facebook I see this, sometimes the subtle areas of life show the most change in someone’s life, as it is usually not a 180 turn at one specific moment, but a gradual change by change) I kept digging deeper and still more friends down that same hole, but then I looked at myself didn’t see anything too different. I am a wretched sinner that needs Christ as much as my friends do. You know the only difference I see that this passage clearly states is that we (Christians), “await a Savior.” We are looking forwards to the end, where God will be glorified through us. We need to live a life that isn’t of this world, we need to act knowing this is not our home, we need to speak as if Christ is coming in the next second, we need to “await” for our Savior, because He is the only one able to “transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body.” Sola Deo Gloria, because we sure shouldn’t have any.
Abouts: Officially typing with one hand now, anesthesia is not fun
There is probably other stuff I wanted to write, but with everything happening around me right now there isn’t much time
Ready to go home, hope driving with one hand is not illegal
If you didn’t notice Prodigal Jon left a comment…
Articles: Mark Dever on the Five Points of Criticism, we know how to be critics, we know how to tell people what they are doing wrong, but do we know how to do it in a God glorifying manner
“What the world dismisses as sheer foolishness, the foolishness of God, proves ‘wiser than man’s wisdom’ (1 Cor. 1:25). What the world writes off as hopeless weakness, the weakness of God, proves ’stronger than man’s strength’ (1:25). This is much more radical than saying that God has more wisdom than human beings, or that he is stronger than human beings–as if we are dealing with mere degrees of wisdom and power. Now, we are dealing with polar opposites. Human ‘wisdom’ and ’strength’ are, from God’s perspective, rebellious folly and moral weakness. And the moment when God most dramatically discloses his own wisdom and strength, the moment when his own dear Son is crucified–although it is laughed out of court by the tawdry ‘wisdom’ of this rebellious world, by the pathetic ’strength’ of the self-deceived–is nevertheless the moment of divine wisdom and divine power. ‘For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength’ (1:25). “For those of us in any form of Christian ministry, this lesson must constantly be reappropriated. Western evangelicalism tends to run through cycles of fads. At the moment, books are pouring off the presses telling us how to plan for success, how ‘vision’ consists in clearly articulating ‘ministry goals,’ how the knowledge of detailed profiles of our communities constitutes the keys to successful outreach. I am not for a moment suggesting that there is nothing to be learned from such studies. But after a while one may perhaps be excused for marveling how many churches were planted by Paul and Whitefield and Wesley and Stanway and Judson without enjoying these advantages. Of course all of us need to understand the people to whom we minister, and all of us can benefit from small doses of such literature. But massive doses sooner or later dilute the gospel. Ever so subtly, we start to think that success more critically depends on thoughtful sociological analysis than on the gospel; Barna becomes more important than the Bible. We depend on plans, programs, vision statements–but somewhere along the way we have succumbed to the temptation to displace the foolishness of the cross with the wisdom of strategic planning. Again, I insist, my position is not a thinly veiled plea for obscurantism, for seat-of-the-pants ministry that plans nothing. Rather, I fear that the cross, without ever being disowned, is constantly in danger of being dismissed from the central place it must enjoy, by relatively peripheral insights that take on far too much weight. Whenever the periphery is in danger of displacing the center, we are not far removed from idolatry.”
Verses: Ecclesiastes 4:7-12 Again, I saw vanity under the sun: one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business. Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
This week is “meditate and come up with your own thought for the passage” week
Abouts: Alright trying to put this blog back up and running as smoothly as a man with 1 hand and 1 finger can, I will probably describe less though
Not late 11:48pm, still Monday…
Articles/Audios: Book vs e-Document, personally I find that the book is the winner, but having the internet with it’s endless sources has pulled me away from books a little, but still there is something about physical ownership that gets me
A very interesting article with a title that I don’t even need to describe, “What Would Jesus Bomb,” I put a link to link of the article because I think that Justin Taylor has highlighted the section I was going to anyways
Messages: Good thing this doesn’t need much of a description, “‘Month of Man’ address” by Dr. Ray Van Neste, for boys who need to be men and need a little guidance, it is a transcript of a message, so if you rather hear it you have that option
Verses: Philippians 1:29 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake
What comes to mind when someone says “grant?” Being in college and poor I think of California grant, it’s that state funding for those who had some score on some test and then they give them $2 to give the state an excuse to say they help their students, but I’m going off on a tangent. The important thing is that that $2 is considered a grant is because it is something wanted that is offered and something needed that is given. The Greek root for the word used for “grant” here comes from the word for “grace.” Which we usually associate with forgiveness, the ultimate gift, the ultimate grant. But in this verse what is granted to us is not only the gift of knowledge but to also suffer. It’s not you have to suffer for His sake, it’s you can suffer for His sake. You, as a believer, are given the opportunity to suffer for Christ. But what kind of reward is that? What kind of privilege is that? Sounds totally idiotic but “now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.” (Colossians 1:24)
Abouts:
Don’t you hate it when you write this beautiful life changing thought and then the program shuts down on you, and you forget what you wrote…
Although I am not highlighting any articles from Prodigal Jon, I would still encourage you to hop over to his site, what I described it as still stands, a sincere guy just going through life with Christ
Articles:
When did friends get so ugly, I mean, when did experiencing friends mean going on facebook and writing on their wall, see where they went by looking at their pictures, seeing what they did by reading their xanga posts (notice I am not hating on wordpress)? This is ugly, looking at your friends through the mirror of the internet. When did it become acceptable “interaction” to look at your friends emotions only through colons and parenthesis’? I am not condemning those things, but when it starts to replace real interaction, when an option, that is when it becomes ugly. Real People, Not Just Facebook Friends: The Importance of Being There in the New Media Age
On Grudem’s Advice on Inerpreting the Word, he targets his book towards seminarians and pastors but I think it can hugely apply to any layperson. Although he only gives the points from the chapter I think if we can extract a lot from it with a little thought
Insightful look in the a preacher’s thoughts on preaching, by far my favorite line, “If such a thing as a ’salvation gun’ existed, I would have shot them [unbelievers] between the eyes!”
John Piper comments on the recent emergence of the “adultolescence” and how the church should help those in this limbo
The “Ideal Christian Women,” by Wendy Alsup, Deacon in charge of Women’s Theology and Training at Mar’s Hill Church (Mark Driscoll): Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3, if you want to know a little more about Wendy, here is an interview Adrian Warnock conducted with her
Audios:
John Piper asking Albert Mohler about the changes that happened with the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, it is only a 15 minute excerpt of the end of Mohler’s message which he gave at the 2000 Conference for Pastor’s titled “Courage in Christian Ministry“
Randoms:
Attention Davis/Sacramento people again, if you do not go to the “Precious Blood: Christ’s Atoning Work” conference by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, I will be disappointed
Videos:
In no way am I specifically supporting/opposing this candidate, just thought it was funny
Verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
So for bible study at Berean we recently went through the first half of Matthew 24 and at the end of the study we did a study on eschatology (study of the last days), which got people thinking. People were presented the three major views and then given the two sub views of premillennialism, afterwards people were excited about the information presented and were ready to converse about their own thoughts and views. During an informal discussion someone said that they would happy to just die right now and be in Heaven communing with God, because there is nothing in this world to live for. First, one might be a little shocked a Christian would say that, but then once things settle down in their mind one could convince themselves that Christians are not of this world and while on Earth they do focus on Christ and the future, so feeling that way is warranted. But, I think we should go one step further and not accept that reasoning. I must admit I have thought that before, I probably have wrote it into one of my blogs before too, also one of my favorite books of the bible is Ecclesiastes, so I do not want to point fingers, but even to try to support the case by bringing up Ecclesiastes would be contradictory even ironic. I think that to want to be with God now, could be considered selfish, God has placed us into this world, if He wanted us to be in heaven worshiping Him now, he would have that, so why put us into this world? (Ecc 8:14-17) We are meant to glorify the Lord, we are not the ones that choose how and when He should be glorified. We should not undermine His mighty plans that we do not understand, we are on this Earth for a reason, a reason that we are too human to truly fully grasp, but I urge that we should not only look towards Christ, but to look at what Christ is pointing at, God’s glory in everything. May we “fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man,” until the Day of the Lord, but until then let us worship God for all He is on this Earth.
More to come on this topic with a study on Ecclesiastes in the future (nothing planned yet)
(This was a real situation and I want to say to the person that said the above quote to please not think I was attacking you in anyway, or trying to offend, or trying to get a rise out of you, if you think so please tell me and I will take the necessary actions in that case)
Readings:
Remember the sale at Ligonier Ministries with the $15.17 Bible sale, well I go to class at 8:00am that day and I get out of class and go to the computer lab at 9:00am and check some email and then I go over to Between Two Worlds, if you look in the comments and the time he sent it was 8:15am, I wasn’t going to buy one, but man crazy, but they did extend the sale to the rest of the day, the only down-side, you will get your Bible February of 2008
More about the Literary Study Bible (ESV), seems that the ESV blog has posted almost every single blogger’s post about the Bible, from reviews to general comments
Randoms:
ESV blog has just introduced me to the wonderful world of bible pens, actually they are fine tip markers, which actually I’ve used before on my Gundam Models a hobby I had, but that is besides the point, the blog points to another article on using archival-quality pens to write in your Bible
Videos:
Verses: Psalm 94:18
When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.
“I perceived my danger, and cried out in horror, and then, at the very moment of my extremity, came the needed help, “thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.” Often enough is this the case, we feel our weakness, and see our danger, and in fear and trembling we cry out. At such times nothing can help us but mercy; we can make no appeal to any fancied merit, for we feel that it is our inbred sin which makes our feet so ready to fail us; our joy is that mercy endureth for ever, and is always at hand to pluck us out of the danger, and hold us up, where else we should fall to our destruction.
Ten thousand times has this verse been true in relation to some of us, and especially to the writer of this comment. The danger was imminent, it was upon us, we were going; the peril was apparent, we saw it, and were aghast at the sight; our own heart was failing, and we concluded that it was all over with us; but then came the almighty interposition: we did not fall, we were help up by an unseen hand, the devices of the enemy were frustrated, and we sang for joy.”
- Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers), 146.
Abouts:
IMPORTANT: Who is driving up to NorCal OR L.A. (LAX, Torrance side) thanksgiving weekend? This is kind of sad what I have been reduced down to, although I doubt no one will respond to this, hopefully I can get home for thanksgiving, without having to spend $300
Sorry but this post is heavy on videos
Articles:
For those in the youth department the Resurgence blog has an article on teenager’s doubt
Thabiti has his own blog actually, Pure Church, which I just added to the Links page as well, and just to show you his stuff here is a recent article he wrote on 1 Timothy 3:1-2a, Finding Reliable Men: Those Above Reproach
Randoms:
Found an old edition of Louis Berkhof’s Systematic Theology at our Irvine “street” fair thing for $8, very happy boy here
While in class, things I noticed (Please, Please DO NOT take this seriously):
Mac = I’m stylish, I’m cool, you’re not, I don’t know how to use computers
Dell = I’m not rich enough for a Mac, but I still fit in, right?
HP = I’m not following the crowd by getting a Mac or Dell, but I still don’t know much about computers
Sony = I’m spoiled, I’m cool, you’re not
Audios: Meiko/Myspace (just because I am not over her…music yet)
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Readings/Verses: Luke 13:24
“Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.”
I know not in what sate of soul many readers of this paper may be. But I warn you to take heed that you do not perish for ever for want of “striving.” Do not suppose that it needs some great scarlet sin to bring you to the pit of destruction. You have only to sit still and do nothing, and you will find yourself there at last. Yes! Satan does not ask you to walk in the steps of Cain, and Pharaoh, and Ahab, and Belshazzar, and Judas Iscariot. There is another road to hell quite as sure,—the road of spiritual indolence, spiritual laziness, and spiritual sloth. Satan has no objection to your being a respectable member of the Christian Church. He will let you pay your tithes, and rates, and pew rents; he will allow you to sit comfortably in church every Sunday you live. He knows full well, that so long as you do not “strive,” you must come at last to the worm that never dies, and the fire that is not quenched. Take heed that you do not come to this end. I repeat it, you have only to do nothing, and you will be lost.
- J.C. Ryle, Practical Religion
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