Chris Whittington

Glad to go to church today and give thanks to God, the Author and Finisher of our faith, Who disciplines us as sons and daughters that we may bear the fruit of righteousness for His glory. May God arise and His enemies be scattered!

Do you know who the upright of heart are? They are those who wish what God wishes. Therefore, do not try to twist God's will to your own but correct your will to that of God. The will of God is a rule of conduct. By it you have the means of being converted and of correcting your evil ways. -Augustine of Hippo

Every day, every breath, every thought captive to truth, as promised clouds which bring rain, all glorifies You, Lord God, Father Of Lights, Redeemer and Ancient Of Days!

As Christians in a post-fallen world, the key to any semblance of balance is surely Jesus' command to go and sin no more. Without God's gift of repentance, we cannot achieve all that He has made us for.

It may be the devil and it may be the Lord, but you're gonna have to serve somebody. And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. Joshua 24:15a Neutrality is a myth

What was injected into Eve’s mind and affections during the conversation with the serpent was a deep-seated suspicion of God that was soon further twisted into rebellion against Him. The root of her antinomianism (opposition to and breach of the law) was actually the legalism that was darkening her understanding, dulling her senses, and destroying her affection for her Heavenly Father. Now, like a pouting child of the most generous father, she acted as though she wanted to say to God, “You never give me anything. You insist on me earning everything I am ever going to have.” The gospel is designed to deliver us from this lie. For it reveals that behind and manifested in the coming of Christ and His death for us is the love of a Father who gives us everything He has: first His Son to die for us and then His Spirit to live within us. -Sinclair B. Ferguson

In each race, I have joyfully voted for the candidate which can win and will likely push back against the most evil. This side of the Fall, this is the best we can do. Don’t mistake this for capitulation, but see it correctly as obedience, which is better than sacrifice.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might; Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight; Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light. Alleluia! Alleluia! Merry All Saints Day!

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess. -Martin Luther Happy Reformation Day!

Feelings come and feelings go, And feelings are deceiving; My warrant is the Word of God-- Naught else is worth believing. Though all my heart should feel condemned For want of some sweet token, There is One greater than my heart Whose Word cannot be broken. I'll trust in God's unchanging Word Till soul and body sever, For, though all things shall pass away, HIS WORD SHALL STAND FOREVER! -Martin Luther

The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me. Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ. Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God, your functional savior. The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult. Therefore we conclude that all law, divine and human, treating of outward conduct, should not bind any further than love goes. Love is to be the interpreter of law. Thank you, Martin Luther

So when the devil throws your sins in your face and declares that you deserve death and hell, tell him this: "I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also! -Martin Luther

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. -Martin Luther

For those about to quell Satan, the devouring lion, may you take courage in the truth that, in Christ, the battle is already won! Though hordes of devils fill the land All threat'ning to devour us, We tremble not, unmoved we stand; They cannot overpow'r us. Let this world's tyrant rage, In battle we'll engage. His might is doomed to fail; God's judgement must prevail! One little word subdues him. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Eph 6:12

Simul justus et peccator Attributed to Martin Luther, the phrase became a soothing battle flag of the reformation. Justified (made righteous) and at the same time, a sinner. Thanks be to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith!

Lookin' for joy in all the wrong places? The bible, it's where it's at. Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts. Jer 15:16

The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused him of being a bore - on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround him with an atmosphere of tedium. We have efficiently pared the claws of the Lion of Judah, certified him "meek and mild" and recommended him as a fitting household pet for pale curates and pious old ladies. -Dorothy L Sayers

I love this! The Bible is the Word of God: supernatural in origin, eternal in duration, inexpressible in valor, infinite in scope, regenerative in power, infallible in authority, universal in interest, personal in application, inspired in totality. Read it through, write it down, pray it in, work it out, and then pass it on. Truly it is the Word of God. It brings into man the personality of God; it changes the man until he becomes the epistle of God. It transforms his mind, changes his character, takes him on from grace to grace, and gives him an inheritance in the Spirit. God comes in, dwells in, walks in, talks through, and sups with him. -Smith Wigglesworth

Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy. These pure and spontaneous pleasures are ‘patches of Godlight’ in the woods of our experience. -CS Lewis

Churches were never meant to be mental hospitals. They were supposed to be military outposts under orders to storm the gates of hell. Every believer is on active duty and called to serve a higher purpose with the rank of their blessings and talents. -Shannon L. Alder