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  • … when they drag you kicking and screaming…

    “and when they drag youkicking and screaming from the scene, you knowthen it’s time to leave” — Less Than Jake, “Scott Farcas Takes it on the Chin” from Hello Rockview long ago in a land not so far away this song was on constant rotation for me. it articulated, specifically this line, the way I…

  • The difference between staring at a windshield and staring through one

    “I am concerned that many Calvinists today do little more than celebrate how wonderfully clear their theological windshield is. But like a windshield, Reformed theology is not an end in itself. It is simply a window to the awe-inspiring universe of God’s truth, filled with glory, beauty, and grace. Do we need something like a…

  • Research

    “If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called Research.” — Albert Einstein

  • When a guy does something stupid…

    “Because when a guy does something stupid once, well that’s because he’s a guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that’s usually to impress some girl.” — The Once-ler, The Lorax

  • Unless someone like you…

    “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” — Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

  • We want Pauline theology…

    “We want Pauline theology; we don’t want Pauline pain. Funny though, that Pauline theology more often that not is purchased with Pauline pain.” — Matt Chandler, “Suffering” from the Resurgence on April 7, 2011

  • … for the triumph of evil …

    “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” — Edmund Burke

  • from “Incarnations and Implications”

    “So God is ferociously committed and Jesus glorifies God by coming and saving and healing what could not save and heal itself. So God is glorified in that He says, “I have come to save sinners.” This is actually Jesus’ illustration. “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are…

  • We are beggars

    “We are beggars, this is true.” — Martin Luther These are allegedly the last words written before Luther’s death in February 1546

  • from “Affections Matter”

    “So the last piece in stirring up our affections for Jesus, the last thing that we see the church at Ephesus doing at the beginning that Christ tells them to remember is they are very serious about sin. So I’m not for book burning. That’s not where we’re going. I’m not going, ‘Hey, grab your…