“A lot of men have a wishbone where they ought to have a backbone.” — Unknown
“The cold water of persecution is often thrown on the church’s face to fetch her to herself when she is in a swoon of indolence or pride.” — C. H. Spurgeon
“One proud, surly, lordly word, one needless contention, one covetous action, may cut the throat of many a sermon. Take heed to yourselves, lest your example contradict your doctrine.” — Richard Baxter
“I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again. But ignite me or not, in his grace, in his power, I will hold the ground.” — John Knox
“People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.” — J. C. Ryle
“Some people get an education without going to college; the rest get it after they get out.” — Mark Twain
“People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backward to their ancestors.” — Edmund Burke
“We should never do what we cannot pray God to bless.” — James Smith
“My dear friend, when grief presses you to the dust, worship there.” — C. H. Spurgeon
“The very familiarity of blessings sometimes makes us insensible to their value."— J. C. Ryle
“Non-Christian investigators of nature are as successful as they are because they work with stolen capital.” — Cornelius Van Til
“Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow.” — Elias Boudinot
“If you don’t fear God, you’ll fear everything.” — Dan Horn
"When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles. When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shouts for joy." — Corrie ten Boom
“I began my education at a very early age—in fact, right after I left college.” — Winston Churchill
“Drag and Drop for Windows users: DRAG your peecee off your desk, and DROP it in the trash.” — some forum member’s tagline
“True education is not giving in the answer, it’s in showing them how to find it.” — Kelly Crawford
“Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.” — George Washington
“Thanks, modest girls. Appreciated by a male whose time studying the ground is proportional to each degree of rising temperature.” — Unknown
“The measure of a great teacher isn’t what he or she knows; it’s what the students know.” — John C. Maxwell
“What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.” — J. C. Ryle
“Heaven is eternity in the presence of God through a Mediator. Hell is eternity in the presence of God with no Mediator.” — Tony Reinke
“People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.” — Thomas Sowell
“Question everything but Scripture.” — Geoff Botkin
“TV. If kids are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun they’ll have with twenty-six. Open your child’s imagination. Open a book.” — Unknown
“I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.” — Jackie Mason
“[N]ot one particle remains to man as a ground of boasting. The whole is of God.” — John Calvin (Institutes 2.3.6)
“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” — John C. Maxwell
“A ship in the harbor is safe—but that is not what ships are built for.” — John Shedd
“Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.” — Martin Luther
“Even if you are on the right track, but just sit there, you will still get run over.” — Will Rogers
“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they simply make the best of everything they have.” — Unknown
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” — Sir Richard Steele
“Self-righteousness is being more aware of and irritated by the sins of others than you are conscious of and grieved by your own.” — Paul Tripp
“Paul’s life was a prophetic book for Jews to read and see how to be saved, so our lives should be an easy to read book for the lost on how they can easily be saved.” — Ken Ham
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page.” — St. Augustine
“Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your own living room by people you wouldn’t have in your house.” — David Frost
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." — Edmund Burke
“The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.” — La Rochefoucauld
“I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.” — Martin Luther
“Man does not need to know exhaustively in order to know truly and certainly.” — Cornelius Van Til
“When she married you, she gave you her life to spend. Are you spending your life wisely?” — Dan Horn
“Be as careful of the books you read as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.” — Paxton Hood
“You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.” — C. S. Lewis
“I’m not lost.” — Frank Churchill
“Luther once said, ‘The devil hates goose quills,’ and, doubtless, he has good reason, for ready writers, by the Holy Spirit’s blessing, have done his kingdom much damage.” — C. H. Spurgeon
“[T]he ministry of Satan is employed to instigate the reprobate, whenever the Lord, in the course of his providence, has any purpose to accomplish in them...” — John Calvin (Institutes 2.4.5)
“I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book.” — Groucho Marx
Book Reviews
Book Review: “By This Standard,” by Greg Bahnsen
God’s Law or Chaos. God’s Law or Tyranny. God’s Law or God’s Judgment. For over a century, most conservative Christian social thinkers have denied all three of these assertions. Some of them have even gone so far as to argue that God’s law is inherently tyrannical….
Book Review: “The Second Mayflower,” by Kevin Swanson
“America enjoys a heritage of faith, family and freedom unlike any other country in history. Yet, those who love our country and its heritage are deeply concerned about the gradual decay of these values in our modern life and culture….
Book Review: “An Eschatology of Victory,” by J. Marcellus Kik
“There is a great debate today over the meaning of Matthew 24 and Revelation 20, two passages central to any discussion of eschatology. Does Matthew 24 prophesy a Great Tribulation or a premillennial return of Christ? Does Revelation 20 describe a millennial age on earth…
Book Review: “A Cry From Egypt,” by Hope Auer
“‘Girls, get back!’ Ezra shouted. His face was pale, but his eyes kindled with indignation as he stood in front of the girls protectively. Ezra dropped the pitchers in the sand and his hand fl ashed to a dagger, concealed under his tunic. Jarah’s eyes grew wide. He could be killed for carrying a dagger!…
Book Review: “George Washington’s Sacred Fire,” by Peter A. Lillback
“What sets George Washington’s Sacred Fire apart from all previous works on this man for the ages, is the exhaustive fifteen years of Dr. Peter Lillback’s research, revealing a unique icon driven by the highest ideals. Only do George Washington’s own writings, journals, letters…
Book Review: “Reforming Marriage,” by Douglas Wilson
“How would you describe the spiritual aroma of your home? The source of this aroma is the relationship between husband and wife. Many can fake an attempt at keeping God’s standards in some external way. What we cannot fake is the resulting, distinctive aroma of pleasure to God….
Book Review: “A Word In Season,” by R.J. Rushdoony
Meant to be a sort of “devotionals,” these three volumes are a collection of articles Dr. R.J. Rushdoony wrote over a period of about 25 years for a California periodical. I’ve never really paid attention to many “devotionals” per se, so I’m afraid I can’t contrast how much more meaty…
Book Review: “Pride and Prejudice,” by Jane Austen
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” It is also a truth no less-universally acknowledged that this book is extremely famous, popular, admired, and acclaimed….
Book Review: “What Would Jesus Drink?,” by Joel McDurmon
Joel McDurmon is my kind of conservative believer. He is willing to go where the Bible says we may go, even if that is the wine aisle of the supermarket. He is willing to sit down with the apostles to share a meal, even if the establishment serving lunch has beer on tap….
Book Review: “Rise to Rebellion,” by Jeff Shaara
“In 1770, the fuse of revolution is lit by a fateful command—“Fire!”—as England’s peacekeeping mission ignites into the Boston Massacre. The senseless killing of civilians leads to a tumultuous trial in which lawyer John Adams must defend the very enemy who has assaulted…
Book Review: “Born-Again Dirt,” by Noah Sanders
“Do you desire to glorify God through the way you farm? Are you tired of reading books on farming and food production that ignore God as Creator? Have you ever wondered what agriculture would look like if it was based on the Bible instead of on evolution, Mother Nature…
Book Review: “Banner in the Sky,” by James Ramsey Ullman
“It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the alps. Only one man has ever dared to approach the top, and that man died in his pursuit. He was Josef Matt, Rudi Matt’s father. At sixteen, Rudi is determined to pay tribute to the man he never knew…
Book Review: “It’s (Not That) Complicated,” by Anna Sofia & Elizabeth Botkin
“Ever been confused about friendships with boys? How to handle crushes? How friendly is too friendly? How close is too close? What to do when a guy is being way too friendly? What guys think about all this?…
Book Review: “The Reagan Diaries,” ed. Douglas Brinkley
“During his two terms as the fortieth president of the United States, Ronald Reagan kept a daily diary in which he recorded, by hand, his innermost thoughts and observations on the extraordinary, the historic, and the routine day-to-day occurrences of his presidency….
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