When there’s no one left in the living world who remembers you, you disappear from this world. We call it the “Final Death.” — Héctor, “Coco” (2017) He’s not really dead, as long as we remember him. —Dr. McCoy, “Star Trek II: The Wrath...
For the herald’s voice is crying / in the desert far and near, calling all to true repentance / since the kingdom now is here. —Johann Olearius, “Comfort, Comfort Ye My People” (1671) Alone of all the prophets, John hailed the Lamb who takes...
And lo, to their great surprise, the star which they saw in the east then appeared . . .. —John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-8) Nothing will awaken those that are resolved to be regardless. —Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole...
“The joyful news of the birth of Christ is this restoration of man to his original calling with the assurance of victory.” —Rousas J. Rushdoony, The Institutes of Biblical Law (1973) “He comes to make His blessings flow / far...
“After all, nitpicking the timeline of Xena: Warrior Princess is the surest way to madness.” Chris Sims on the Xena Christmas Special (2015) “Chronological Bible teaching presents a foundation for understanding Jesus’ death...
Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. —Inscription on the Liberty Bell (1752/3) This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. —Jesus of Nazareth (AD 30) Jubilee Bond Servants The Mosaic Law permitted and...
Our Lord Jesus was so in love with his undertaking that he would not go out free from it, and therefore engaged to persevere for ever in it; and for this reason he is able to save us to the uttermost. . . …. —Matthew Henry on Psalm 40 (c. 1708)...
The biblical worldview is not a fairy-tale, or romantic perfectionism, but a realistic appraisal of men with their sins and shortcomings. David Chilton, Productive Christians (1981) The true Romantic always assumes his own innocence. He believes...
Godly men are not revolutionists: the Lord’s way is regeneration, not revolution. —Rousas J. Rushdoony Philosophy of the Christian Curriculum Herod and the Magi Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king...
Want. Take. Have. —Faith, “Bad Girls,” Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999) Come, thou long expected Jesus / Born to set Thy people free. — Charles Wesley, “Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord (1744) But what’s the real problem no one is willing to...
The biblical worldview is not a fairy-tale, or romantic perfectionism, but a realistic appraisal of men with their sins and shortcomings. David Chilton, Productive Christians (1981) The true Romantic always assumes his own innocence. He believes...
But at this seat of government there must be a fitting memorial to the God who made us all. . . . It should be a center of prayer, open to all men of all faiths at all times. —President Lyndon B. Johnson, Presidential Prayer Breakfast (1964)...
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