Posts under ‘Encouragement’

A wonderful gem from Hilary of Poitiers.  Almost makes revision worthwhile!  May this be the aim/desire/prayer of Bible teachers everywhere:
For he is the best student who does not read his thoughts into the book, but lets it reveal its own; who draws from it its sense, and does not import his own into it, nor [...]

A challenge and a reminder from Jonathan Edwards.
“If there were a great treasure of gold and pearls accidentally found, and opened with such circumstances that all might have as much as they could gather; would not every one think it worth his while to make a business of gathering while it should last? [...]

In our Ethics class yesterday we were thinking about the way that your ‘filters’ affect your interpretation of events, and can influence your reaction to events.
Remembering Gospel realities can be a good way of restoring correct perspective in the face of difficulties (or blessings) and can help to re-cast your response to a situation, and [...]

Some wonderful old words by John Newton which I re-discovered today through the ministry of a wise man…
“I Asked the Lord That I Might Grow”
I asked the Lord that I might grow
In faith, and love, and every grace;
Might more of His salvation know,
And seek, more earnestly, His face.
’Twas He who taught me thus to pray,
And [...]