Quote of the Day - C.S. Lewis

Books on psychology or economics or politics are as continuously metaphorical as books of poetry or devotion.

Video of the week - Con te partiro

A little Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman during lunchtime. Click Here

Quote of the Day - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Quote of the Day - C.S. Lewis

Prostitutes are in no danger of finding their present life so satisfactory that they cannot turn to God: the proud, the avaricious, the self-righteous, are in that danger.

Quote of the Day - C.S. Lewis

Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst.

Quote of the Day - G.K. Chesterton

Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.

Tim Keller - Evangelistic Worship

Today's thought comes from Tim Keller, Pastor of Church of the Redeemer in New York City. My friends have been raving about his teaching so I thought I would check it out. The following passage comes from an essay he wrote on evangelistic worship. For the complete article, click here.

Celebrate deeds of mercy and justice. We live in a time when public esteem of the church is plummeting. For many outsiders or inquirers, the deeds of the church will be far more important than words in gaining plausibility. The leaders of most towns see "word-only" churches as costs to their community, not a value. Effective churches will be so involved in deeds of mercy and justice that outsiders will say, "we cannot do without churches like this. This church is channeling so much value into our community through its services to people that if it went out of business, we'd have to raise everybody's taxes." Mercy deeds give the gospel words plausibility (Acts 4:32 followed by v.33.) Therefore, evangelistic worship services should highlight offerings for deed ministry and should celebrate through reports and testimonies and prayer what is being done. It is best that offerings for mercy ministry be separate, attached (as traditional) to the Lord's Supper. This brings before the non-Christian the impact of the gospel on people's hearts (it makes us generous) and the impact of lives poured out for the world.

Quote of the Day - C.S. Lewis

The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance.

Quote of the Day - Dwight D. Eisenhower

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Quote of the Day - Dwight D. Eisenhower

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

Quote of the Day - G.K. Chesterton

The reformer is always right about what is wrong. He is generally wrong about what is right.

Quote of the Day - C.S. Lewis

From Reflections on the Psalms:

It is in the process of being worshipped that God communicates His presence to men.

Quote of the Day - C.S. Lewis

"'Safe?' said Mr. Beaver...'Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. but he's good. He's the King, I tell you.'"

Quote of the Day - C.S. Lewis

Mercy, detached from justice, grows unmerciful.

Quote of the Day - G.K. Chesterton

The simplification of anything is always sensational.