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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

Soren Kierkegaard

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God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.

C.S. Lewis

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“Thou, Lord, bruisest me, but I am abundantly satisfied, since it is from Thy hand.”

John Calvin

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In an era that prizes tolerance, affirms diversity, and bends over backwards not to appear judgmental, serious claims to truth sound much like an obscenity - often prompting embarrassed looks, rising blood pressures, and even open hostility. Clearly a claim to truth marks one off as culturally gauche, politically most incorrect, or on the side of the fanatics and bomb throwers. The Christian faith, however, unashamedly claims to be objectively true - not relatively, not subjectively, not pragmatically, but objectively true.”
- Os Guinness

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Dear Faithful Christian…Search for Truth, Hear Truth, Learn Truth, Love Truth, Speak the Truth, Hold the Truth, and Defend the Truth til Death

Jan Huss

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Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day; set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

John Calvin 

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“ God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel” –Constitutional Convention of 1787 | original manuscript of this speech
Benjamin Franklin

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Human life without knowledge of history is nothing other than a perpetual childhood, nay, a permanent obscurity and darkness.”

(Philip Melanchthon)

Watering down the faith

As socinianism continues to be the focal point of the modern church, it is sad that denominations want to fight over property.  When a church secedes from a denomination that adopts a liberal non-biblical standpoint on an issue. They should be allowed as a body to go their own way.  In light of this I found this AP article very interesting

FAIRFAX, VA - The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia says a state law that lets congregations vote to separate themselves from their parent denominations is unconstitutional.

Eleven conservative congregations have invoked the law and voted to leave the Episcopal Church in a dispute over homosexuality and other theological issues.

The Episcopal Church has refused to recognize the split and has sued to reclaim church property.

An attorney for the diocese argued in court Wednesday that the Virginia law infringes on the denomination’s right to settle its own religious affairs.

The departing congregations responded that the law requires no meddling in religious affairs, but merely provides a neutral way for the state to settle property disputes between opposing factions.