To believe is to think with assent.Augustine, Title of Chapter 5, On the Predestination of the Saints
Quote #19 – Augustine
unrighteousness is never found to be with God.Augustine, Chapter 16, On Perseverance
Quote #18 – Scripture
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life."Revelation 2:10 (ESV)
Quote #17 – Augustine
But love is greater gift than knowledge; for whenever a man has the gift of knowledge, love is necessary by the side of it, so that he is not puffed up. For "love does not envy, does not vaunt itself, is not puffed up." (1 Cor. 13.4)From: On Grace and Free Will by Augustine, chapter … Continue reading Quote #17 – Augustine
Greek Word: σταυροω
Today - stauroo In the Greek: σταυροω Pronunciation (Erasmian): stow-ro'-oh Definition/approximate English equivalent: Ι crucify; to crucify, to stake down. Example of its use: Matthew 20:19 (Tischendorf): καὶ παραδώσουσιν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εἰς τὸ ἐμπαῖξαι καὶ μαστιγῶσαι καὶ σταυρῶσαι, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐγερθήσεται. Notes: This word is a verb. In Greek, verb endings change … Continue reading Greek Word: σταυροω
Quote #16 – Scripture
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.Psalm 27:4
Quote #15 – Waldron & Calvin
This comes from my studies involving John Calvin. Among those studies are two guiding principles used by Calvin and I came across the following summation from my professor (Dr. Waldron) about the honor of Christ that particularly hit me that I will share with you here. Maintaining the glory of the Lord involves entirely renouncing … Continue reading Quote #15 – Waldron & Calvin
Quote #14 – Spurgeon
The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.Charles Spurgeon
Greek Word: ημερα
Today - haymera In the Greek: ημερα Pronunciation (Erasmian): hay - mehr - ah Definition/approximate English equivalent: the day, daytime. Example of its use: Matt. 24:36 (Tischendorf): Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης καὶ ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι τῶν οὐρανῶν οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατὴρ μόνος. Notes: This word normally has what … Continue reading Greek Word: ημερα
Quote #13
“The Christian communities had come increasingly to accept a dangerous degree of ‘moral specialization’: one life was left for the ‘perfect’, another for the average Christian. And it was just this widening gulf between an ascetic elite and a passive rank and file which brought the Christianization of the Roman world to a halt.”Augustine, from … Continue reading Quote #13
Monergist Gratia 