“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.” – Aiden Wilson Tozer
William Wilberforce with some words to the wise: I am disturbed when I see the majority of so-called Christians having such little understanding of the real nature of the faith they profess. Faith is a subject of such importance that we should not ignore it because of the distractions or the hectic pace of our …
In the 1600s, Jan Amos Comenius was a hero of the efforts to preserve the true Christian church, the ekklesia as Christ and the Apostles delivered it. Comenius was hounded from place to place by the soldiers of the Catholic and Reformation denominations. At one point he took refuge in the castle of Charles of …
The "Golden Thread" is a name I have given to my list of writers who have written from a true New Covenant perspective. These men and women wrote (or are still writing) about a life lived by the indwelling Spirit of Christ, a life of union with the Triune God and continual, conscious, conversational communion with …
The writer of this verse was Mary Elizabeth Dobell Maxwell. She wrote four known hymns, but beyond that little is known about her. Born in 1846 at Islington, London, England, Maxwell lived about 90 years, dying March 24, 1936, at Eastbourne, Sussex, England. She was married and attended Congregational Churches, so it is reported. What …
More words of wisdom from those who knew their God intimately. He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” ~ Jim Elliot “God’s program is directed toward, and is experienced in, community.” ~ Stanley Grenz “It has often been that the greatest thing of God has been …
Words of wisdom from those who knew their God intimately. “Without the Way, there is no going; without the Truth there is no knowing; without the Life there is no living.” ~ Thomas à Kempis “If you don’t have to be afraid of God, you don’t have to be afraid of anything.” ~ Brennan Manning “The …
Clive Staples Lewis, 1898-1963, on the Christ who indwells the true believer. "And now we begin to see what the New Testament is always talking about. It talks about Christians "being born again"; it talks about them "putting on Christ"; about Christ "being formed in us"; about our coming to "have the mind of Christ." Put right out of …
From the book, "Walking in the Spirit," on the topic of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in response to our absolute surrender. "But the Spirit not only reveals Christ, but He actually brings Him to occupy and abide in the heart. It is not enough to see, we must receive Him and become personally united …
"My point is this; heirs, as long as they are minors, are no better than slaves, though they are the owners of all the property; but they remain under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So it is with us; while we were minors, we were enslaved to the elemental spirits …
One Pursuit 