Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Optimism

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 5:14 AM

"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope, where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer


Charles Hodge on the Gospel

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 5:14 AM

“The gospel is so simple that small children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust its riches.”

Charles Hodge


J. C. Ryle on the Gospel

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 5:27 AM

"The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives."

J. C. Ryle


Christopher Love on Joy and Peace

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 5:19 AM

"Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing."

Christopher Love


J. R. Miller on Our Words

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, January 25, 2019 at 5:23 AM

"It is well to form the habit of saying kindly things. Sincere words of commendation help all true men and women to live more worthily and to achieve better things."

J. R. Miller


Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Grace and Christian Community

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 5:21 AM

"It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in community with Christian brethren.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer


Charles Hodge on Obedience to God

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 5:30 AM

“The proximate result of obedience to God is inward conformity to the Divine image”

Charles Hodge


J. C. Ryle on The Church

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 5:30 AM

"Happy indeed is that church whose members not only desire to reach heaven themselves, but desire also to take others with them."

J. C. Ryle


Christopher Love on Comfort and Suffering

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Monday, January 21, 2019 at 5:30 AM

"Labor to clear up your evidence for heaven when God takes from your comfort of earth, so that as your sufferings do abound, your consolation in Christ may abound much more, (2Cor. 1:5)."

Christopher Love


J. R. Miller on Living Life

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, January 18, 2019 at 5:30 AM

"The best way to live for to-morrow is to do well the work of to-day; yet the future should always exert an inspiring influence upon us. In the time of discouragement it is the hope of overcoming that brings cheer."

J. R. Miller


Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Prayer

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 5:30 AM

“We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts. How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things?”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer


Charles Hodge on God

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 5:30 AM

“He is not to us a God afar off, with whom we have no immediate concern; but a God who is not far from any one of us, in whom we live, move, and have our being, who numbers the hairs of your head, and without whose notice a sparrow does not fall to the ground.”

Charles Hodge


J. C. Ryle on Unbelief

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 5:30 AM

"Men question the truth of Christianity because they hate the practice of it.”

J. C. Ryle


Christopher Love on Ones Will

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, January 14, 2019 at 5:30 AM

"Swallow up your will in the will of God."

Christopher Love


J. R. Miller on Living Life

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 5:30 AM

“We ought not to live in the past. No matter how full of blessing and good it is, we may not stay in it. Life is before us, never behind us. “

J. R. Miller


Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Meaning in Life

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 5:30 AM

“There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer


Charles Hodge on Conviction and the Spirit

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at 5:30 AM

“There is no form of conviction more intimate and irresistible than that which arises from the inward teaching of the Spirit.”

Charles Hodge


J. C. Ryle on Faith and God's Omnipotence

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 5:05 AM

“Faith never rests so calmly and peacefully as when it lays its head on the pillow of God's omnipotence.”

J. C. Ryle


Christopher Love on Ones Spirit

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 5:07 AM

"Labor for a meek and quiet spirit, which, in the sight of God, is of great price."

Christopher Love


G. K. Chesterton on Censorship and the Press

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Friday, January 4, 2019 at 5:30 AM

"We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press.”

G. K. Chesterton


Martyn Lloyd-Jones on The Gospel

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 5:30 AM

“How wonderful it is that the gospel of Christ comes to us exactly as we are however weary and sad we may be.”

Martyn Lloyd-Jones


J. C. Ryle on Pride

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 5:30 AM

"Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once let the pedestal be removed, and pride will soon come down."

J.C. Ryle


Octavius Winslow on Happines

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 5:30 AM

'The believer in Christ should of necessity be a happy man. Though like the Master whom he loves—and loving he serves—his path in some places may be paved with flint, or fenced with briar, yet amid it all, fed from the fullness of Christ, and living upon the supply of the covenant, yes, upon the God of the covenant, he is, and he must be, a truly happy man.'

Octavius Winslow