Category Archives: Quotes

Lactantius, on defending Christianity

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Joe Ginder

Lactantius was a Christian writer in the 3rd and 4th century who wrote the Divine Institutes to explain Christianity to Roman critics, to whom it must have seemed quite foreign. Apparently, his wise words were often ignored through the centuries. … Continue reading →

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The Temptation of Power and “Success”

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Joe Ginder

I was listening to Lectio 365 last year and was struck by a simple statement made as a part of the devotional for the morning. I jotted down the quote in my notes. It wasn’t really a new thought; but … Continue reading →

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The Second Coming

Posted on August 7, 2023 by Joe Ginder

by William Butler Yeats (1919) Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The … Continue reading →

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A Quote on Quakers and Abolition from the Empire Podcast

Posted on July 21, 2023 by Joe Ginder

The current series being published on The Empire podcast covers the history of slavery. As usual, it has been quite good. I think the series is nearing conclusion; though it has not finished yet. I’ve heard quite a lot of … Continue reading →

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Edward J. Carnell on Fundamentalism

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Joe Ginder

In his book The Case for Orthodox Theology, Edward J. Carnell commented on the difference between orthodox Christianity and fundamentalism, and identified tendencies of fundamentalism of any stripe. I am reminded of these characteristics of fundamentalism in the context of … Continue reading →

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Tuchman’s Law

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Joe Ginder

I (finally) read Barbara Tuchman’s A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century”. I received it in hard cover decades ago as a gift from my Uncle Joseph Pike and it has been on my stack of books to read “soon” … Continue reading →

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What is Thy only comfort in life and death?

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Joe Ginder

That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ… from the Heidelberg Catechism, Day 1 I found those words at the beginning of the catechetical response … Continue reading →

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Jesus doesn’t change his Father, he reveals Him!

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Joe Ginder

God the Son does not act as an agent of change upon God the Father. God the Son is the perfect revelation of who God the Father is and has always been. – Brian Zahnd

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Can you find it in Jesus?

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Joe Ginder

I saw a comment by Brian Zahnd the other day on Jesus’ disciples in the Gospel of Luke that bears repeating. So I’m repeating it! The “Sons of Thunder” wanted to call fire down from heaven on a Samaritan village … Continue reading →

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Raymond Chang on Christianity

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Joe Ginder

Christianity is intended to be a faith that is generous in a world that promotes scarcity, kind in a world that is harsh, generative where there is decay, healing where there is hurt, reconciling where there is division, and merciful … Continue reading →

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