The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.
JOHN KNOX
JOHN KNOX
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Let no day slip over without some comfort received from the mouth of God.
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John KnoxJohn Knox Live in Christ, die in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death.
John KnoxJohn Knox Here lies one who neither flattered nor feared any flesh.
John KnoxJohn Knox When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.
John KnoxJohn Knox You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
John KnoxJohn Knox But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is everything sin before God, which ungodly persons allege to be treason.
John KnoxJohn Knox Lord, give me Scotland or I die!
John KnoxJohn Knox I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.
John KnoxJohn Knox O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.
John KnoxJohn Knox Ye be proud contemners of the free grace of God offered to man in Christ Jesus. For with the Pelagians and Papists ye are become teachers of free will, and defenders of your own righteousness.
John KnoxJohn Knox Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have commonly been actuated by a species of enthusiasm in their pursuit of it. They have kept one object in view amidst all the vicissitudes of time and torture.
John KnoxJohn Knox No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved.
John KnoxJohn Knox Study to practice in life that which the Lord commands, and then be you assured that you shall never hear nor read the same without fruit.
John KnoxJohn Knox I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again. But ignite me or not, in his grace, in his power, I will hold the ground.
John KnoxJohn Knox Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither he nor such as obey the word, spoken in the Lord’s name by him, offend God.
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Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
John DrydenJohn Dryden I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
KabirKabir Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.
Jonathan EdwardsJonathan Edwards I search for comedy scripts / I watch happy shows / In hopes that laughter will be the remedy I end my day with.
Renee StoneRenee Stone I’m not fixed in any genre. I love all kinds of films. The essential thing is; you have to have good material. If you have the filmmaker, and the material, and the script is good, you can start from there.
Jason StathamJason Statham I only sound intelligent when there’s a good script writer around.
Christian BaleChristian Bale America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.
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