Reflections
Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.
~ G.K. Chesterton
If I am asked what is my creed, I reply, ‘It is Jesus Christ.’ Not a system, or any other human treatise; but Christ Jesus, who is the sum and substance of the gospel, who is in himself all theology, the incarnation of every precious truth, the all-glorious personal embodiment of the way, the truth, and the life.
~ C.H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), London Pastor
The doctrine of the cross is the sun in the system of truth. It is seen by its own light, and throws light upon every other subject.
~ John Newton (1725-1807), Anglican clergyman and abolitionist
When people in churches today discuss Paul and his letters, they often think only of the man of ideas who dealt with lofty and difficult concepts, implying a world of libraries, seminar rooms, or at least the minister’s study for quiet sermon preparation. We easily forget that the author of these letters spent most of his waking hours with his sleeves rolled up, doing hard physical work in a hot climate, and that perhaps two-thirds of the conversations he had with people about Jesus and the gospel were conducted not in a place of worship or study, not even in a private home, but in a small, cramped workshop. Saul had his feet on the ground, and his hands were hardened with labor. But his head still buzzed with scripture and the news about Jesus.
~ N.T. Wright, Paul: A Biography