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Timothy Dwight, one of Jonathan Edwards’ grandsons, pronounced a brutal verdict on what men want most: No passion of the human mind is stronger than this. After it has been sufficiently indulged, it becomes so habitual that it occupies all the energy of the soul  —  or perhaps more accurately, it becomes all the energy of the […]

John Calvin pronounced the following indictment against those who trust in their own abilities: Strange and monstrous indeed is the license of our pride! The Lord demands nothing stricter than for us to observe His Sabbath most scrupulously [Ex. 20:8ff,; Deut. 5:12ff.], that is, by resting from our labors. Yet there is nothing that we […]

My dad shared the following poem with me when I was a kid and I’ve never forgotten it. It was written by Pat Williams, a former NBA General Manager. I shared it during a sermon I recently preached on Men at Work while illustrating the seriousness of taking responsibility. Since numerous people asked me for […]

There is no inherent connection between the following quotes except that I’ve been chewing on all of them for a little more than a week, so enjoy the spread of citations. This first quote by an unknown Celtic crusader was shared with me by one28 student, Ian Frye since he knew I was preparing to preach […]

I count seven days since I last posted. And though multiple things are bouncing around in my mind, none of them have bounded out just yet. So while the internal marination continues, I decided for the sake of the void to share again some fitly spoken words from Spurgeon’s Lectures. This week’s apples are from […]