I've been reading a biography of Karl Barth. His commentary on Romans was a rebuttal to the liberalism of his day and it sent shockwaves throughout the protestant church. His immediate fame, and the temptation to pride that it brought, was something he warned himself about. In his own personal copy of his commentary he wrote this dedication which includes a quote from Mart...

The medical school student at CUSOM (where I work) can expect to be taught, and to be tested on, the equivalent of a 15 week, 3 credit undergraduate course, in the span of just 3 weeks. How are they expected to pass an exam every three weeks on such a large volume of information? The school sets up a structure and system that they promise, if abided by, the students wil...

A campy episode of Star Trek featuring space hippies contains the following great lines whose application to the rule of government and, ultimately, the rule of God is obvious. The clip has been blocked on YouTube, but if you can find it somewhere, you'll know what I mean when I say: "I'm diggin' it Herbert!" Hippy Dude: "We recognize no authority save that within ourse...

I noticed a lady at the corner ahead. She was scantily clad. I turned to him and said in a voice the lady would not hear, "Is she a prostitute?" He paused; I remember thinking, Why the pause? It's obvious. Then he said firmly, "No! That's not a prostitute. That's a person . . . in prostitution." His profound statement affects me to this day. When I saw this woman, I saw a ...

"It is a greater compliment to be trusted than to be loved." - George MacDonald ...

"You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilization- these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit...." -C.S. Lewis ...

From grammarbook.com Would you like to know the number one grammatical error?Hint:The word involved is small and it's contained in this sentence. That's right:its vs. it'sYet the two rules are actually quite easy to remember. Rule 1:When you meanit isorit has, use an apostrophe. Examples:It's a nice day.It's your right to refuse the invitation.It's been great getting t...

"Relativism which is not willing to speak about truth but only about 'what is true for me' is an evasion of the serious business of living. It is a mark of a tragic loss of nerve in our contemporary culture. It is a preliminary symptom of death." - Lesslie Newbigin...

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln ...

"If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize that one is proud. And a biggish step, too. At least, nothing whatever can be done before it. If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed." -C.S. Lewis ...