“The gnat-like cloud of petty anxieties and decisions about the conduct of the next hour have interfered with my prayers more often than any passion or appetite whatever.” C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves (New York: HBJ, 1960), 138.
August 16, 2010
“In a study conducted with over 1,800 heart patients, it was found that prayer had no significant effect on their recovery. In fact, those who knew they were being prayed for had more complications.” In a blurb title, “Prayers Do Not Heal the Sick,” from “The Year In …” issue of Seed Magazine (December 2006),… [Read more…]
December 20, 2009
“The chief means for attaining wisdom, and suitable gifts for the ministry, are the holy Scriptures, and prayer. The one is the fountain of living water, the other the bucket with which we are to draw.” John Newton, “Letter II,” The Works of John Newton, vol. 1 (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth), 141.
February 25, 2009
“I told God that it all seemed too calculated, that he seemed all too real, too involved, too present in our lives, especially my parents’, as if he had cruelly dished out the very end that each most feared.” When looking at the deteriorating health of his parents; Michael Horton, Too Good to be True:… [Read more…]
July 27, 2008
“. . . as Plato says, the written word is only a poor faint shadow of real conversation, in which, among people who know each other well, the merest suggestion explains a train of thought which the most elaborate written explanation leaves obscure, lifeless and formal.” Walter Hooper, ed., The Collected Letters of C. S.… [Read more…]
February 29, 2008
“The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?” “Come, we shall have some fun now!” thought Alice. “I’m glad they’ve begun asking riddles. — I believe I can guess that,” she added aloud. “Do you mean that you think you can… [Read more…]
November 24, 2010
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