Trip to the Vet

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Trip to the Vet

After a particularly fierce battle, General "Stonewall" Jackson was asked by a subordinate how he could remain so calm in the presence of so much danger. He replied, "Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me." He added, after a pause, looking the soldier full in the face: "That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave."

Trip to the Vet

“For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God”


“I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels”


John Calvin

(I loved this second one. Great analogy!)

Trip to the Vet

"Faith is a living and unshakable confidence, a belief in the grace of God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake."

Martin Luther

Trip to the Vet

Just getting ready for another year of teaching. So busy right now. I have been thinking a great deal about the armor of God these days. I have been laying my armor down lately instead of picking it up and putting it on. I don't seem to get it that I desperately need it. I don't generally attribute too much to "the devil" as a rule. But I do feel his attack recently. What's really interesting about Ephesians 6 is that we are just commanded to put it on and then just stand firm. We are told to stand firm several times. Stand firm in the assurance that the armor is what we need. And if you think about the armor it is exactly what we need and exactly what we already possess - faith, righteousness, the gospel, salvation, the Word, truth. I have faith given to me, I am made righteous already in Christ, the good news is what I live, the Word is right in front of me, and I know the truth. What am I lacking? Picking it all up and putting it all on! Lord forgive me for my laziness and for thinking that You have not given me what I think I need. Solo Deo Gloria!

Trip to the Vet

"...Christians must not and cannot be neutral. to operate from a position of neutrality is to have surrendered the Christian faith in advance, before any argumentation takes place. We must avoid the myth of neutrality, not adopt it."

"...Learning to count is not as important as knowing what counts. Christians must keep themselves before the Lord in Scripture reading and prayer. Unfortunately, as Charles Colson observes: 'Our educational establishment seeks to instill a passion for intellectual curiosity and openness, but allows for the existence of no truth worth pursuing.' While in college, Christians should not be passive sponges merely absorbing the material, but instead be active filters sorting out the issues through a biblical grid" (Bahnsen, Pushing the Antithesis p. 16).