Their Hearts Do Not Melt In Prayer - Thomas Watson

Others pray, but not "in the Holy Ghost" (Jude 20). They are more like parrots than weeping doves. Their hearts do not melt in prayer: they exercise their inventiveness more than their affection.

Taken from the book The Godly Man's Picture by Thomas Watson 1666

How I learned my Theology - Martin Luther

I did not learn my theology all at once, but I had to search deeper for it, where my trials and temptations took me… Living, nay rather dying and being damned make a theologian, not understanding, reading or speculation.

Martin Luther, Autobiographical Preface, 1545

Quoted in the book Genius, Greif & Grace: A Doctor Looks at Suffering and Success By Dr Gaius Davies

 

 

 

 

 

Acting Against One’s Conscience - Martin Luther

I consider myself convicted by the testimony of Holy Scripture, which is my basis; my conscience is captive to the Word of God. Thus I cannot and will not recant, because acting against one's conscience is neither safe nor sound. God help me. Amen.

Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms, 1521

Taken from the book Genius, Greif & Grace: A Doctor Looks at Suffering and Success By Dr Gaius Davies

The Poorest Ploughman - Hugh Latimer

The poorest ploughman is in Christ equal with the greatest prince that is.

Hugh Latimer 1485-1555

Taken from the book Genius, Grief & Grace: A Doctor Looks at Suffering and Success By Dr Gaius Davies

Throw your soul into the work as if your one employer were the Lord!

R.C.H. Lenski 1864-1936

Christ's Church is a Hospital - John Bunyan

Christ's church is a hospital of sick, wounded and afflicted people.

John Bunyan 1628 - 1688

I Want a Faith That - Charles Kingsley

I do not want merely to possess faith; I want a faith that possesses me. 

Charles Kingsley 1819-1875