Who Said That? – Part #2

Please submit guesses into the comments for this post, but do it without utilizing electronic searches of any kind (whether google, or any other source). Whoever attributes the most quotes gets a free “high five”.

Here is the the list of authors, a quite random and assorted bunch. In brackets besides each, there is an indication of how many of their quotes appear in the following list.

  • Herman Bavinck (1)
  • John Knox (2)
  • Menno Simmons (1)
  • James Boice (1)
  • Matthew Henry (1)
  • John Howard Yoder (1)
  • Billy Graham (2)
  • Stephen Charnock (1)
  • John Calvin (1)
  • Michael Horton (1)
  • B.B. Warfield (1)
  • Sam Waldron (1)
  • N.T. Wright (2)
  • Jacobus Arminus (2)
  • Martin Luther (1)

Try to identify who said the following quote out of the aforementioned list.

Quote #1: “If we find some difficulty in perceiving…in the Old Testament…the revelation of the Trinity, we cannot help perceiving…in the New Testament…evidence that its writers felt no incongruity…between their doctrine of the Trinity and the Old Testament conception of God.”

Quote #2: “If God should judge us according to our worthiness…and not according to his…mercy, then I confess…that no man could stand before his judgment…Therefore it should be far from us that we should console ourselves with any thing but the grace of God through Christ Jesus; for it is he, alone…who has perfectly fulfilled the righteousness required by God.”

Quote #3: “You need imagination to live in God’s world. The Christian church has often been bad at encouraging imagination. People have been worried…about letting people imagine things, in case their imagination runs riot and they start imagining the wrong things, and so we’ve squelched it and squashed it”

Quote #4: “This doctrine of the sacred and undivided Trinity contains a mystery which far surpasses every human and angelical understanding, if it be considered according to the internal union which subsists between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and according to the relation among them of origin and procession. ”

Quote #5: “Whether or not the sixth commandment forbids all killing is still debated; in any case the first forbids nationalism”

Quote #6: “In other words, God does not only forgive us; God places us back in the position that Adam was, but even higher than Adam…We are justified as though we had never committed a sin, so that even God forgets our sin”

Quote #7:  “The confession of the holy trinity is the precious pearl which was entrusted for safekeeping and defense to the Christian church.”

Quote #8: “The Law shall never be my judge, by Christ’s grace. If I get no more good out of it (I shall find a severe enough judgement in the Gospel to humble, and to cast me down), it is, I grant, a good harsh friend to follow a traitor to the bar, and to chafe him till he come to Christ”

Quote #9: “Heaven is going to be one long eternal Sabbath day…There are a lot of you who, if you got to heaven, heaven would be hell for you, because you don’t like the Sabbath. And you don’t like to keep the Lord’s day in the Lord’s way. I believe that we need to get old-fashioned in keeping the Lord’s day. ”

Quote #10: “The God of the Bible is not weak; he is strong. He is all-mighty. Nothing happens without his permission or apart from his purposes — even evil. Nothing disturbs or puzzles him. His purposes are always accomplished. Therefore, those who know him rightly act with boldness, assured that God is with them to accomplish his own desirable purposes in their lives.”

Quote #11: “For how many do you see who habitually pray, sing, read, work and seem to be great saints, and yet never get so far as to know where they stand in respect of the chief work, faith; and so in their blindness they lead astray themselves and others; think they are very well off, and so unknowingly build on the sand of their works without any faith”

Quote #12: “Let us not stop short of all that God means us to do and to have as Christian parents. If you are a Christian, your child is a child of the Covenant, and God means him to have the engagement sign of the Covenant.”

Quote #13: “Concerning God, the primary object of theology, two things must be known, (1.) His nature, or what God is, or rather what qualities does he possess? (2.) Who God is, or to whom this nature must be attributed. These must be known, lest any thing foolish or unbecoming be ascribed to God, or lest another, or a strange one, be considered as the true God. ”

Quote #14: “There is, however, an implied contrast between the present condition in which believers labor and groan, and that final restoration. For they are now exposed to the reproaches of the world, and are looked upon as vile and worthless; but then they will be precious, and full of dignity, when Christ will pour forth his glory upon them.”

Quote #15: “Your profession must not be barren and void of good works…Ye must in all things aim at God’s honor; ye must eat, drink, sleep, buy, sell, sit, stand, speak, pray, read, and hear the word, with a heart-purpose that God may be honored…..Ye must show yourself an enemy to sin”

Quote #16:  “Were a man to live as long as Methuselah, and to spend all his days in the highest delights sin can offer, one hour of the anguish and tribulation that must follow, would far outweigh them.”

Quote #17:  “The glory of God, communion with him, enjoyment of him, is the great end of a believer…There must first be a delight in God, before there can be a spiritual delight”

Quote #18: “In particular, the trinitarian object and shape of Christian worship means that, if we follow its logic, the true humanity of Jesus Christ is the source, model, and goal of our own becoming truly human.”

Quote #19: “Christians are under the moral law as revealed in the Ten Commandments as a rule of life. In other words, they keep the law as the authoritative instructions of their Savior for living.”

Quote #20: “To confess that God is holy is to say that he is not only quantitatively but qualitatively different from us. In other words, he isn’t simply better than we are, nicer, friendlier, more knowledgeable, more powerful, more loving. He is incomprehensible, unfathomable, unsearchable.”

Booklog (Feb.14, 2011 – Feb.21, 2011)

This places the running total for books completed in 2011 at 16.

I’m now finished 42% of the books which make up my Q1 (Jan-Mar) goal–and Q1 is 57% done. Here is how my Q1 list is going (strikethrough means complete, bolded means in progress):

  • “Vices Are Not Crimes: A Vindication” by Spooner (100%)
  • “The Hobbit” by Tolkien (100%)
  • “Anabaptism: Neither Catholic Nor Protestant” by Klaassan (100%)
  • “The Origins of Totalitarianism” by Arendt (100%)
  • “Two Tactics of Social-Democracy in the Democratic Revolution” by Lenin (100%)
  • “Carpe Diem: Put A Little Latin in Your Life” by Harry Mount (1o0%)
  • “By Whose Authority? Elders in Baptist Life” by Dever (100%)
  • “The Gospel and Personal Evangelism” by Dever (100%)
  • “Calvin” by Gordon (49%)
  • “Complete Stories” by Flannery O’Connor (55%)
  • “The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion” by Berger (13%)
  • “Codename Tricycle” by Miller (21%)
  • “For Whom The Bell Tolls” by Hemmingway (30%)
  • “Notes of a Native Son” by Baldwin (6%)
  • “Blue Ice” by Ewert
  • “The Left, The Right, and The State” by Rockwell
  • “Dark Star” by Greenfield
  • “The Libertarian Idea” by Narveson
  • “Mankind in the Making” by Wells

Progress on Q1 Reading Goals

I’m now finished 31.5% of the books which make up my Q1 (Jan-Mar) goal–and Q1 is 57% done. Here is how my Q1 list is going (strikethrough means complete, bolded means in progress):

  • “Vices Are Not Crimes: A Vindication” by Spooner (100%)
  • “The Hobbit” by Tolkien (100%)
  • “Calvin” by Gordon (44%)
  • “The Origins of Totalitarianism” by Arendt (100%)
  • “Two Tactics of Social-Democracy in the Democratic Revolution” by Lenin (100%)
  • “Complete Stories” by Flannery O’Connor (47%)
  • “Carpe Diem: Put A Little Latin in Your Life” by Harry Mount (60%)
  • “Blue Ice” by Ewert
  • “By Whose Authority? Elders in Baptist Life” by Dever (100%)
  • “The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion” by Berger (13%)
  • “The Left, The Right, and The State” by Rockwell
  • “Dark Star” by Greenfield
  • “Codename Tricycle” by Miller (21%)
  • “Anabaptism: Neither Catholic Nor Protestant” by Klaassan (100%)
  • “Notes of a Native Son” by Baldwin
  • “The Libertarian Idea” by Narveson
  • “Mankind in the Making” by Wells
  • “The Gospel and Personal Evangelism” by Dever (20%)
  • “For Whom The Bell Tolls” by Hemmingway (30%)

Calvin on Repentance

From The Geneva Catechism by John Calvin:

Scholar. – So indeed it is; and hence the whole doctrine of the gospel is comprehended under the two branches, faith and repentance.

Master. – What is repentance?

Scholar. – Dissatisfaction with and a hatred of sin and a love of righteousness, proceeding from the fear of God, which things lead to self-denial and mortification of the flesh, so that we give ourselves up to the guidance of the Spirit of God, and frame all the actions of our life to the obedience of the Divine will.

Calvin on Faith and Works

From The Geneva Catechism by John Calvin:

Master. – But can this righteousness [of Justification by Faith] be separated from good works, so that he who has it may be void of them?

Scholar. – That cannot be. For when by faith we receive Christ as he is offered to us, he not only promises us deliverance from death and reconciliation with God, but also the gift of the Holy Spirit, by which we are regenerated to newness of life; these things must necessarily be conjoined so as not to divide Christ from himself.

Booklog (Feb. 4, 2011 – Feb. 14, 2011)

Books I’ve Completed During This Period:

  • Anabaptism: Neither Catholic Nor Protestant by Walter Klassen (94 pages): So-so.
  • What’s Wrong With The World by G.K. Chesteron (148 pages): Enjoyed it–but by the authors own admission it is rambling

This places the running total for books completed in 2011 at 14.

Progress On My Q1 Goals:

I’m now finished 31.5% of the books which make up my Q1 (Jan-Mar) goal–and Q1 is 50% done. Here is how my Q1 list is going (strikethrough means complete, bolded means in progress):

  • “Vices Are Not Crimes: A Vindication” by Spooner (100%)
  • “The Hobbit” by Tolkien (100%)
  • “Calvin” by Gordon (37%)
  • “The Origins of Totalitarianism” by Arendt (100%)
  • “Two Tactics of Social-Democracy in the Democratic Revolution” by Lenin (100%)
  • “Complete Stories” by Flannery O’Connor (47%)
  • “Carpe Diem: Put A Little Latin in Your Life” by Harry Mount
  • “Blue Ice” by Ewert
  • “By Whose Authority? Elders in Baptist Life” by Dever (100%)
  • “The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion” by Berger (12%)
  • “The Left, The Right, and The State” by Rockwell
  • “Dark Star” by Greenfield
  • “Codename Tricycle” by Miller (?%)
  • “Anabaptism: Neither Catholic Nor Protestant” by Klaassan (100%)
  • “Notes of a Native Son” by Baldwin
  • “The Libertarian Idea” by Narveson
  • “Mankind in the Making” by Wells
  • “The Gospel and Personal Evangelism” by Dever (?%)
  • “For Whom The Bell Tolls” by Hemmingway (?%)

Calvin Was No Ascetic

“Typically, Calvin uses the complexio oppositorum when explaining the Christian’s relation to the world, presenting opposites to find a middle way between them. Thus, on the one hand, cross-bearing crucifies us to the world and the world to us. On the other hand, the devout Christian enjoys this present life, albeit with due restraint and moderation, for he is taught to use things in this world for the purpose that God intended for them. Calvin was no ascetic; he enjoyed good literature, good food, and the beauties of nature.”

– Living for God’s Glory: An Introduction to Calvinism by Joel Beeke et al.

Tyndale on True Faith

“But right faith is a thing wrought by the holy ghost in us, which changeth us, turneth us into a new nature, and begetteth us anew in God, and maketh us the sons of God, as thou readest in the first of John; and killeth the old Adam, and maketh us altogether new in the heart, mind, will, lust, and in all our affections and powers of the soul; the holy ghost ever accompanying her, and ruling the heart. Faith is a lively thing, mighty in working, valiant, and strong, ever doing, ever fruitful so that it is impossible that he who is endued therewith should not work always good works without ceasing. He asketh not whether good works are to be done or not, but hath done them already, ere mention be made of them; and is always doing, for such is his nature; for quick faith in his heart, and lively moving of the spirit, drive him and stir him thereunto.”

– William Tyndale in A Prologue upon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans

Puritan Ordination Feasts

This ordination feast consisted of all kinds of New England fare, all the mysterious compounds and concoctions of Indian corn and “pompions,” all sorts of roast meats, “turces” cooked in various ways, gingerbread and “cacks,” and–an inevitable feature at the time of every gathering of people, from a corn-husking or apple-bee to a funeral–a liberal amount of cider, punch, and grog was also supplied, which latter compound beverages were often mixed on the meeting-house green or even in punch-bowls on the very door-steps of the church. Beer, too, was specially brewed to honor the feast. Rev. Mr. Thatcher, of Boston, wrote in his diary on the twentieth of May, 1681, “This daye the Ordination Beare was brewed.” Portable bars were sometimes established at the church-door, and strong drinks were distributed free of charge to the entire assemblage.

– from The Sabbath in Puritan New England by Alice Morse Earle

Who Said What? – Part #1

Please submit guesses into the comments for this post, but do it without utilizing electronic searches of any kind (whether google, or any other source). I will update this post filling in the correct answers once they are guessed, indicating who got them first. Only one guess is allowed per person per quote.

The list of authors of the aforementioned quotes (with indication of how many) are: Ronald Reagan(2), G.K. Chesterton (2), Joseph Stalin (1), Jerry Garcia (1),  Bill Clinton (1) Napoleon Bonaparte (1),  Noam Chomsky (1), and Karl Marx (1). Who said what?

Quote #1: “All government is an ugly necessity.”

Quote #2: “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. ”

Quote #3: (when asked whether he believed in mandatory military service)  “Only in time of war.”

Quote #4:  “There is nothing more precious to a parent than a child, and nothing more important to our future than the safety of all our children.”

Quote #5:  “Unfortunately, you can’t vote the rascals out, because you never voted them in, in the first place. ”

Quote #6: “Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”

Quote #7: “”The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”

Quote #8: “The writer is the engineer of the human soul. ”

Quote #9: “Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.”

Quote #10: “I cannot go along with the libertarian philosophy”

Tension in Anabaptist Polity Between Individualism and Communitarianism

“Thus within Anabaptism we have a high tension between communitarianism and individualism, with unlovely results. On the one hand, there could be coercion within the group in its censoriousness and harsh use of the ban–a kind fo nonphysical or psychological violence. On the other hand, an uncontrolled, often arrogant individualism grew up which saw itself being in possession of the full truth, with everyone else by implication, in complete error. “

– Walter Klaassan in Anabaptism: Neither Catholic nor Protestant, p.74-75

Reformed Schisms

“I have enumerated 21 areas of conflict occurring in American conservative Reformed circles from 1936 to the present. Under some of those headings I have mentioned subdivisions, subcontroversies. Most of these controversies have led to divisions in churches and denominations, harsh words exchanged between Christians. People have been told that they are not Reformed, even that they have denied the Gospel. Since Jesus presents love as what distinguishes his disciples from the world (John 13:34-35), this bitter fighting is anomalous in a Christian fellowship. Reformed believers need to ask what has driven these battles. To what extent has this controversy been the fruit of the Spirit, and to what extent has it been a work of the flesh?”

– John Frame in Machen’s Warrior Children

The Reformational Good Life

“The enduring image of Calvin as an unyielding, moralistic and stone-faced tyrant who rejected all the pleasures of life has been his opponents greatest victory…which casts him to look like some forgotten figure of Middle Earth. His sermons reveal a man whose attitudes towards material things were far more interesting and textured than his reputation suggests. The fruits of the world, according to Calvin, are not simply for substinence, but rather to be enjoyed: good wine, good food, conversation, friendship, the pleasures of children and of marital relations. He was fond of wine and, indeed, when the nobleman Jaques de Bourgogne was preparing to come to Geneva Calvin purchased a barrel of fine wine for him in anticipation of his arrival. The drinking of a glass of wine was, for him, associated with the most pleasurable things of life – laughing with friends, sharing a meal with intimates, music, and art. Naturally, he preached against gross consumption of worldly goods and immodesty; his own sense of style, however, allowed him ot admire clean lines and simplicity. He liked what was tasteful. In his correspondence he could let drop a line that indicated an eye for beautiful buildings and a well-dressed woman. His painted portraits reveal his modest yet evident elegance – a good-quality cloak or gown with fur collar, nothing ostentatious or extravagant. The fine things of life point to a gracious God. Through the eyes of faith the elect enjoy these things not as momentary pleasures but as the revelation of God’s love. The Christian life is not just about suffering, though there was enough of that…The wonders of creation and the joys of life, when viewed through the lens of faith, sustain and nourish the pilgrim through the journey.”

– Bruce Gordon in Calvin, p.147