What They Said

"The Presence of God in our midst - bringing a sense of Godly fear and reverence - this largely missing today."

"Christians, of all people, should not be the destroyers.  We should treat nature with an overwhelming respect.  We may cut down a tree to build a house, or to make a fire to keep the family warm.  But we should not cut down the tree just to cut down the tree."

"True transformation comes by gaining a new understanding of God, ourselves, and the world.  What we are after ultimately is to be conformed to the image of Christ."

"Strive to live a holy life. Walk worthy of the Church to which you belong. Live like citizens of heaven. Let your light shine before men, so that the world may profit by your conduct."

“God formed us originally for himself, and has therefore given the human mind such a vastness of desire, such a thirst for happiness as he alone can answer;  and therefore, till we seek our rest in Him, in vain we seek it elsewhere.”

"The beautiful part of worship is that it prepares you and enables you to zero in on the important things that must be done for God."

"It is the same when we have dominion over nature: it is not ours.  It belongs to God, and we are to exercise our dominion over these things not as though entitled to exploit them, but as things borrowed or held in trust."

"The saints of Scripture were called saints not because they were already pure but because they were people who were set apart and called to purity."

"The man whose soul is "growing," finds more in Christ to rest upon every year, and rejoices more that he has such a Saviour."

“Colleges can never make up for a lack of the knowledge of Christ.”

"God has provided His salvation that we might be, individually and personally, vibrant children of God, loving God with all our hearts and worshipping Him in beauty and holiness."

"It is the Biblical view of nature that gives nature a value in itself; not to be used merely as an argument in apologetics, but of value in itself because God made it."

"The one who makes it his daily business to eat daily from the tree of life, will have no appetite for other fruit, even though the tree that bears them seems to stand in the midst of paradise"

"The hour is daily drawing nearer when the reality of our Christianity will be tested, and it will be seen whether we have built on "the rock" or on "the sand."

“Every drop of rain hits its appointed target, and every dust particle  is carried by the wind to its appointed resting place.”

"The reason we come away so cold from reading the Word, is because we do not warm ourselves at the fire of meditation."

"It often astonishes me that I did not see the importance of meditation upon Scripture earlier in my Christian life. As the outward man is not fit for work for any length of time unless he eats, so it is with the inner man. What is the food for the inner man? Not prayer, but the Word of God-not the simple reading of the Word of God, so that it only passes through our minds, just as water runs through a pipe. No, we must consider what we read, ponder over it, and apply it to our hearts."

"Meditation is the best beginning of prayer, and prayer is the best conclusion of meditation."

"Without meditation grace never thrives, prayer is languid, praise dull, and religious duties unprofitable."

“Study is like a winter sun, that shineth, but warmeth not; but meditation is like blowing up the fire, where we do not mind the blaze but the heat."

"Envy is a spirit of dissatisfaction or opposition to the prosperity or happiness of other people."

"Is there no refuge from strife? Is there no place of refreshing where a man can prepare for the battle of life? Is there no place where two or three can gather in Jesus’ name, to forget for the moment all those things that divide nation from nation and race from race, to forget human pride, to forget the passions of war, to forget the puzzling problems of industrial strife, and to unite in overflowing gratitude at the foot of the Cross? If there be such a place, then that is the house of God and that the gate of heaven. And from under the threshold of that house will go forth a river that will revive the weary world."

“Seasons vary, circumstances change, feelings fluctuate, friendships cool, friends die, but Christ is ever the same.”