O Lord, that lends me life/Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!/For thou hast given me, in this beauteous face/A world of earthly blessings to my soul/If sympathy of love unite our thoughts.
From: King Henry VI, Part II, Act 1, Scene 1 by William Shakespeare. (King Henry is thanking God for the appearance of Queen [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Thankfulness
Posted in Thankfulness, William Shakespeare on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hollywood Makes a Movie About a Christian
Posted in Peter Marshall on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Man Called Peter, A (1955) C-119m. *** D: Henry Koster. Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Marjorie Rambeau, Doris Lloyd, Emmet Lynn. Moving account of Scotsman Peter Marshall who became clergyman and U. S. Senate chaplain; sensitively played by Todd, with fine supporting cast. CinemaScope.
From: Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide, edited by Leonard Maltin (New York: Plume, [...]
Fox’s “Chain of Prayer” – 2
Posted in "Chain of Prayer", Selina Fox on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Look down, O Lord our God, from the throne of Thy glorious Kingdom; look down upon us and destroy us not, yea, rather deliver us from evil. From all evil and misfortune, deliver us. As of old time Thou didst deliver our fathers, deliver us. In all our straits, deliver us. From the evils of [...]
On Psalm 119
Posted in Book of Psalms, John Calvin on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As this psalm treats of various matters, it is difficult to give an epitome of its contents. There are, however, two things which the prophet mainly aims at: the exhorting of the children of God to follow godliness and a holy life, and the prescribing of the rule and pointing out the form of the [...]
For the Lord’s Day (97)
Posted in Book of Ruth, For the Lord's Day on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon, Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed, Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David. (Ruth 4:18-22)
So, Ruth, who was Boaz’s husband, was David’s great-grandmother.
On Reading the New Testament
Posted in G. K. Chesterton, The Bible on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now, it is not, at all, easy to regard the New Testament as a New Testament. It is not, at all, easy to regard the good news as new. Both for good and evil, familiarity fills us with assumptions and associations, and no man of our civilization, whatever he thinks of our religion, can really [...]
Love
Posted in Book of 1 Corinthians, John Calvin, Love on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
5. Doth not behave itself unseemly. Erasmus renders it – “Is not disdainful;” but, as he quotes no author in support of this interpretation, I have preferred to retain its proper and usual signification. I explain it, however, in this way – that love does not exult in a foolish ostentation, or does not bluster, [...]
Love
Posted in Augustine, Love on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Reduced to its simplest terms, the existence of love in a human being means that the eye of the spirit has opened to the sunshine of good. A man has seen that which is good and, seeing it, has delighted in it. His delight is acceptance, and what is accepted is a gift; he must [...]
Injustice
Posted in Thomas Carlyle on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is not what a man outwardly has or wants that constitutes the happiness or misery of him. Nakedness, hunger, distress of all kinds, death itself have been cheerfully suffered, when the heart was right. It is the feeling of injustice that is insupportable to all men. – Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), from his essay, “Chartism” [...]
Fox’s “Chain of Prayer” – 1
Posted in "Chain of Prayer", Selina Fox on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With this post, I’m starting a new weekly feature, appearing each Tuesday.
I will be posting prayers from Selina Fox’s book Chain of Prayer (full bibliographic details after the quotation). These are quotations of prayers from all through the centuries, going all the way back to Old Testament times. Published collections of pastoral prayers used to [...]
