You have entered upon two roads
Commodianus 250 AD Jesus is never the wrong way! Continue reading You have entered upon two roads
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Take heed and beware
“And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich … Continue reading Take heed and beware
Let him that glorieth
“Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.” – Jeremiah 9:23-24 According to these amazing enduring and widespread multicultural and border crossing Scripture we can know and understand God and we are to glory in this. To know God the … Continue reading Let him that glorieth
Moses belongs to legend?
Great read! Recommend it to anyone…God bless you…I love His snow this morning… God is good and Holy and just! He is as merciful as He is just! Mercy can not be understood except against the back drop of His justice! When we sings songs of God’s mercy we are also singing something about His justice. The greater the mercy the greater the justice the lesser the justice the lesser the mercy. Something to chew on. God bless… “A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he cancelled … Continue reading Moses belongs to legend?
Strengthened by frugality
And about fate enough is said; or if, in consideration of the time, we have spoken too little, we shall argue the matter at another time more abundantly and more fully. But that many of us are called poor, this … Continue reading Strengthened by frugality
Even to think
You forbid, and yet commit, adulteries; we are born men only for our own wives: you punish crimes when committed; with us, even to think of crimes is to sin: you are afraid of those who are aware of what you do; are even afraid of our own conscience alone, without which we cannot exist: finally, from your numbers the prison boils over; but there is no Christian there, unless he is accused on account of his religion, or a deserter. Minucius Felix. 1885. “The Octavius of Minucius Felix.” In Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; … Continue reading Even to think
To whom vengeance belongeth
“[1] O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. [2] Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render a reward to the proud. [3] LORD, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph? [4] How long shall they utter and speak hard things? And all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? [5] They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, And afflict thine heritage. [6] They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless. [7] Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, Neither shall the God … Continue reading To whom vengeance belongeth
Oh Sacred King
Colossians 3:16 music…there is ample of it! Continue reading Oh Sacred King
Man ought to know himself
….man ought to know himself, and to look around and see what he is, whence he is, why he is; whether collected together from the elements, or harmoniously formed of atoms, or rather made, formed, and animated by God. And it is this very thing which we cannot seek out and investigate without inquiry into the universe; since things are so coherent, so linked and associated together, that unless you diligently examine into the nature of divinity, you must be ignorant of that of humanity. Nor can you well perform your social duty unless you know that community of the … Continue reading Man ought to know himself
He who thinks he knows
But our heart is too limited to understand Him, and therefore we are then worthily estimating Him when we say that He is beyond estimation. I will speak out in what manner I feel. He who thinks that he knows the magnitude of God, is diminishing it Minucius Felix, “The Octavius of Minucius Felix,” in Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second, ed. Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe, trans. Robert Ernest Wallis, vol. 4, The Ante-Nicene Fathers (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Company, 1885), 183. “The secret things belong … Continue reading He who thinks he knows
