Beyond Belief

The single greatest cause of atheism in the world today is Christians; who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle.  That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.

We are all like pictures that must not be looked at too near.  They that come near us find more faults and badness in us than others at a distance know.

The Puritan doctrine of vocation integrated life in the world with the spiritual life.  The spiritual life was no longer limited to some "sacred" space, nor was it reserved for monks and nuns who had retired from the world...The Puritans lived simultaneously in two worlds.  For them, both worlds were equally real, and life was not divided into sacred and secular.

By Leland Ryken, Christian History & Biography, pg 33-34, Winter 2006

Worrying is like a rocking chair;

It gives you something to do,

but it doesn't get you anywhere.

What would you attempt to do if you knew you couldn't fail?

A ship in harbour is safe,

but that is not what ships are built for.