December 2006

Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Leviticus 20

“Warnings Against the Sins of the Former Inhabitants”
     –Description of Leviticus, chapter 20 from A Commentary on Leviticus, Expository and Practical with Critical Notes by Dr. Andrew A. Bonar

Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Leviticus 21, 22

You're Writing a Gospel, Someone Has Said...
You’re writing a gospel, a chapter a day
By deeds that you do and words that you say.
Men read what you write, whether false or true.
What is the gospel according to you?
     –Author unknown   

Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Luke 2:1-30

They were looking for a king
To slay their foes and lift them high;
Thou cam’st, a little baby thing
That made a woman cry.
     –George McDonald

November 2006

Monday, November 13, 2006
Leviticus 2

"All mankind today is a little 'off.' We're all just a little off-center."
     –Attributed to Dr. Karl Menninger

Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Leviticus 4:1-12

"Mel Trotter told about the time he had a doctor on his missions board back in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and they got down on their knees every Saturday morning. Each board member would pray, and this man would pray, 'Lord, if we committed any sin, forgive us.' Mel got tired of him saying that little formula, that little Christian cliché you hear today, and he tried to say to him, 'Why don't you tell Him what the sin is?' And this doctor said, 'I don't know what it is.' And Mel said, "Well, why don't you guess at it?' And then the fellow made the statement. He said, 'You know, he hit it the very first thing!' "
     –Dr. J. Vernon McGee

Friday, November 17, 2006
Leviticus 5

See quote above from Wednesday, November 15.

October 2006

Thursday, October 12, 2006
Exodus 39–40

They were looking for a king
To slay their foes and lift them high;
Thou cam'st, a little baby thing
That made a woman cry. 
     –George McDonald

Friday, October 13, 2006
Mark 1:1-3

"[The Roman] was to try whether human power; taking the form of law, regulated by political principles of which a regard for law and justice was most conspicuous, could perfect humanity by subordinating the individual to the state and making the state universal."
     –Key to the Gospels by Dr. D.S. Gregory

Friday, October 20, 2006
Mark 4

Jesus, Savior, pilot me
Over life's tempestuous sea:
Unknown waves before me roll,
Hiding rocks and treach'rous shoal;
Chart and compass came from Thee–
Jesus, Savior, pilot me!
     –Edward Hopper

Monday, October 23, 2006
Mark 5
 
Rabbi begone!
Thy powers bring loss to us and ours.
Our ways are not as Thine,
Thou lovest men, we–swine. 
Oh, get thee hence, Omnipotence!
And take this fool of Thine!
His soul? What care we for his soul?
What good to us that Thou has made him whole
Since we have lost our swine? 
And Christ went sadly.
He had wrought for them a sign
Of love and hope and tenderness divine– 
They wanted swine. 
Christ stands without your door and gently knocks,
But if your god or swine the entrance blocks,
He forces no man's hold–he will depart
And leave you to the treasures of your heart. 
No cumbered chamber will the Master share,
But one swept bare
By cleansing fires, then plenished fresh and fair.
With meekness and humility and prayer.
There he will come, yet coming, even there
He stands and waits and will no entrance win
Until the latch be lifted from within. 
     –Joseph H. Odell

September 2006

Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Exodus 13:1–14:10

"I remember hearing Billy Sunday tell a story years ago.  He was riding across the country with William Wrigley, the chewing gum man. Mr. Wrigley was a Christian, as they rode on the train he told Billy Sunday that he had made it a practice in his life to give the Lord one tenth of everything that he made, and he added that it was not the last tenth of he made that he gave to the Lord. William Wrigley gave the Lord the first tenth of his earnings. It is quite interesting how the Lord blessed him and prospered him. Now God doesn't guarantee material prosperity to anyone, but it is interesting how he has blessed men and women who put Him first."
     –Edited Messages on Exodus, by Dr. J. Vernon McGee

Thursday, September 14, 2006
Exodus 15

O Joy that seekest me thru pain
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be.
     –From the hymn, "Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go," lyrics by Charles Matheson, 1882

August 2006

Friday, August 4, 2006
Matthew 18

"The story is told of Dwight L. Moody concerning his coming home one night after a meeting. His family asked him how many converts he had that night, and he said, 'Two and a half.' His family said, 'Oh, you had two adults and one child who accepted the Lord as Savior.' Moody replied, 'No, no, two children and one adult accepted the Lord.' He continued, 'The adult was an old man and he had only half a life to give. He was just half of a convert.'"
     –Dr. J. Vernon McGee 

July 2006

Thursday, July 13, 2006
Matthew 5:42–6:34

"It is impossible to conduct the affairs of the British nation on the basis of the Sermon on the Mount."
     –Attributed to Archbishop McGee of Ireland

Friday, July 21, 2006
Matthew 10:8–11:6

"I've learned that if you fear God, you do not have any man to fear."
     –Oliver Cromwell

Monday, July 24, 2006
Matthew 11:7–12:2

"Always put the cookies on the bottom shelf so the kiddos can get them."
     –Dr. Harry Ironside

Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Matthew 13:3-23

When you get to Heaven
You'll likely view
Many folk there who will
be a shock to you.
Don't act surprised,
or even show a care,
For they might be a little shocked
to see you there!
     –Author unknown

Thursday, July 27, 2006
Matthew 13:24-43

He talked of grass, and wind, and rain,
And fig trees and fair weather,
And made it His delight to bring
Heaven and this earth together.
He spoke of lilies, vines, and corn,
The sparrow and the raven,
And words so natural, yet so wise,
Were on men's hearts engraven.
     –Author unknown

 "Rabbinical writers regularly used leaven as a symbol of evil."
     –Dr. Lightfoot

Monday, July 31, 2006
Matthew 14:1-36

"Expect great things of God, and attempt great things for God."
     –William Carey

May 2006

Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Genesis 10:1–11:3

"The tenth chapter of Genesis is a very remarkable chapter. Before God leaves, as it were, the nations to themselves and begins to deal with Israel, His chosen people from Abraham downward, He takes a loving farewell of all the nations of the earth, as much as to say, 'I am going to leave you for a while, but I love you. I have created you: I have ordered all your future; and their different genealogies are traced.'"
     –From The Divine Unity of Scripture, by Adolph Saphir

For Israel's Peace
Not just today, but every day
For the peace of Israel we must pray.
Driven and homeless, lonely, too,
Their only crime is to be born a Jew.
Across our world resounds the cry,
Of a stricken race which cannot die.
Through centuries the nations fall,
But Jews still weep at the Wailing Wall.
O Father above, the debt we owe
To this race should cause our prayers to flow
In a daily stream of faith that they
Shall find release from hatred's flay.
Give us the vision, Lord, to see
That love for Jews is love for Thee.
     –Clara Bernhardt in "Christian Witness"

Monday, May 15, 2006 
Genesis 18:9–19:5

"I have a little bit of–I don't suppose you'd call it a poem–but someone has refined the statement that Matthew Henry made concerning the creation of Eve. And since we're talking now about Sarah, the wife of Abraham, why I think it's proper to read this at this particular time. Will you listen? 'Not from his head, that she might rule over him, not from his feet that she might trample on him, but from his side that she might be equal to him, from under his arm that he might protect her, and from under his heart that he might love her.' And that may I say is the true marriage relationship as given in the creation of Eve and now we see it exemplified in the life of Sarah." 
     –J. Vernon McGee

Sunday, May 21, 2006
Abraham Will Lead Us in Prayer

Tell God

Tell God all that is in your heart, as one unloads one's heart, its pleasures and its pains, to a dear friend. Tell Him your troubles, that He may comfort you; tell Him your joys, that He may sober them; tell Him your longings, that He may purify them; tell Him your dislikes, that He may help you to conquer them; talk to Him of your temptations, that He may shield you from them; show Him the wounds of your heart, that He may heal them; lay bare your indifference to good, your depraved tastes for evil, your instability. Tell Him how self-love makes you unjust to others, how vanity tempts you to be insincere, how pride disguises you to yourself as to others.
 
If you thus pour out all your weaknesses, needs, troubles, there will be no lack of what to say. You will never exhaust the subject. It is continually being renewed. People who have no secrets from each other never want for subjects of conversation. They do not weigh their words, for there is nothing to be held back; neither do they seek for something to say. They talk out of the abundance of the heart, without consideration, just what they think. Blessed are they who attain to such familiar, unreserved intercourse with God.

     –Fenelon

April 2006

Monday, April 10, 2006
Guidelines #7

Sir Walter Scott, on his deathbed, asked Lockhart to read to him. Puzzled, as he scanned the shelf of books that Walter Scott had written, he asked, "What book shall I read?" And Sir Walter replied, "Why do you ask that question? There is but one book; bring the Bible."

Thursday, April 13, 2006
Guidelines #10

You're Writing a Gospel, Someone Has Said…
You're writing a gospel, a chapter a day
By deeds that you do and words that you say.
Men read what you write, whether false or true.
What is the gospel according to you?
     –Author unknown
 
Reading the Bible
It's one thing to read the Bible through;
Another thing to read to learn and do.
Some read it as their duty once a week,
But no instruction from the Bible seek.
Some read to bring themselves into repute
By showing others how they can dispute.
While others read, because their neighbors do
To see how long 'twill take to read it through.
Some read it for the wonders that are there;
How David killed a lion and a bear.
While others read it with uncommon care,
Hoping to find some contradiction there. 
But, read it prayerfully and you will see,
Although men contradict, God's words agree.
For what the early Bible prophets wrote,
We find that Christ and His apostles quote.
So trust no creed that trembles to recall
What has been penned by one and verified by all.
     –Author unknown

Monday, April 17, 2006
Genesis 1 Introduction

You can not put one little star in motion,
You can not shape one single forest leaf,
Nor fling a mountain up, nor sink an ocean,
Presumptuous pigmy, large with unbelief!

You can not bring one dawn of regal splendor,
Nor bid the day to shadowy twilight fall,
Nor send the pale moon forth with radiance tender,
And dare you doubt the One who has done all?

     –Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Genesis 3:14–4:5
 
I asked for strength that I might achieve–
He made me weak that I might obey.
I asked for health that I might do greater things–
I was given grace that I might do better things.
I asked for riches that I might be happy–
I was given poverty that I might be wise.
I asked for power that I might have the praise of men–
I was given weakness that I might feel the need of God.
I asked for all things that I might enjoy life–
I was given life that I might enjoy all things.
I received nothing that I asked for,
All that I hoped for.
My prayer was answered.
     –Author unknown

March 2006

Monday, March 6, 2006
Revelation 15:2-7

Sometime, Somewhere
Unanswered yet? Faith cannot be unanswered.
Her feet were firmly planted on the rock.
Amid the wildest storm she stands undaunted.
Nor quails before the loudest thunder shock.
She knows Omnipotence has heard her prayer
And cries, It shall be done sometime, somewhere.
Unanswered yet? Nay, do not say ungranted.
Perhaps your part is not yet wholly done.
The work began when your first payer was uttered,
And God will finish what He has begun.
If you will keep the incense burning there,
His glory you will see, sometime, somewhere.
     –Ophelia Guyon Browning

Thursday, March 9, 2006
Revelation 16:18–17:5

"The Beast, who was dominated by the harlot system (Rev. 17:3) rises against her and destroys her and her system completely. Without doubt the harlot system was in competition with the religious worship of the Beast, promoted by the False Prophet, and her destruction is brought about so that the Beast may be the sole object of false worship as he claims to be God."
     –From Things to Come by J. Dwight Pentacost

Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Revelation 18:9-24

Historian Edward Gibbons' five reasons for the decline and fall of Rome
1) The undermining of the dignity and sanctity of the home, which is the basis of human society.
2) Higher and higher taxes; the spending of public money for free bread and circuses for the populace.
3) The mad craze for pleasure; sports becoming every year more exciting, more brutal, more immoral.
4) The building of great armaments when the great enemy was within; the decay of individual responsibility.
5) The decay of religion, fading into a mere form, losing touch with life, losing power to guide the people. 
     –From The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

Wednesday, March 15
Revelation 19:1

When I quit this mortal shore
And wander 'round this earth no more,
Don't weep, don't sigh, don't sob.
Maybe I've struck a better job.
And don't go and buy a large bouquet
In which you'll find it hard to pay.
Don't mope around and feel all blue.
I may be better off than you.
If you've got roses, bless your soul,
Just pin one on my button hole
While I'm alive and here today,
Don't wait until I've gone away.
     –Author unknown

Friday, March 17, 2006
Revelation 19:11-21

They were looking for a king 
To slay their foes and lift them high; 
Thou cam'st, a little baby thing 
That made a woman cry. 
     –George McDonald

Monday, March 20, 2006
Revelation 20:1-6

"If you will tell me why God let him loose in the first place, I'll tell you why God let him loose in the second place."
     –Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer on why Satan is loosed after God had put him in the abyss in chains

Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Revelation 20:4-9
 
"Then I will just have to apologize and say that I must have misunderstood the Lord. But suppose we get over there and find that it is true? What then?"
     –Dr. Bill Anderson, when asked, "Suppose we get over there and find out that what you preach about hell is not true at all?"

Friday, March 24, 2006
Revelation 21:2-5

"The following notice appeared in a recent addition of the Sunday bulletin of St. Thomas the Apostle Church. Now here it is: To make it possible for everyone to attend church next Sunday, cots will be placed in the vestibule for those who say that Sunday is the only day they can sleep in. We will have steel helmets for those who say the roof would cave in if they ever came to church. Blankets will be furnished for those who think the church is too cold and fans for those who think it's too hot. We will have hearing aids for those who say the pastor speaks too softly and cotton for those who say he preaches too loudly. Score cards will be available for those who wish to list the hypocrites present. Some relatives will be in attendance for those who like to go visiting on Sundays. There will be TV dinners for those who can't go to church and cook dinner too. One section will be devoted to trees and grass for those who like to seek God in nature. And finally, the sanctuary will be decorated with both Christmas poinsettias and Easter lilies for those who have never seen the church without them." 
     –B.E. Fitzgerald

Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Revelation 21:22–22:1

Jerusalem the Golden
Jerusalem, the golden, with milk and honey blest!
Beneath thy contemplation sink heart and voice oppressed;
I know not, O I know not what joys await me there;
What radiancy of glory, what bliss beyond compare.
     –Bernard of Cluny

Friday, March 31, 2006
Guidelines #1
 
When You Read the Bible Through 
I supposed I knew my Bible,
Reading piecemeal, hit or miss,
Now a bit of John or Matthew,
Now a snatch of Genesis,
Certain chapters of Isaiah,
Certain psalms (the twenty-third),
Twelfth of Romans, First of Proverbs,
Yes, I thought I knew the Word!
But I found that thorough reading
Was a different thing to do,
And the way was unfamiliar
When I read the Bible through.
You who like to play at Bible,
Dip and dabble, here and there,
Just before you kneel, aweary,
And yawn through a hurried prayer;
You who treat the Crown of Writings
As you treat no other book–
Just a paragraph disjointed,
Just a crude impatient look– 
Try a worthier procedure,
Try a broad and steady view;
You will kneel in very rapture
When you read the Bible through! 
     –Amos R. Wells

February 2006

Friday, February 10, 2006
Revelation 9:7-20

I'm Not Growing Old 
They say that I am growing old.
I've heard them tell it times untold,
In language plain and bold– 
But I'm NOT growing old.
This frail old shell in which I dwell
Is growing old, I know full well–
But I am not the shell. 
What if my hair is turning grey?
Grey hairs are honorable, they say.
What if my eyesight's growing dim?
I still can see to follow Him
Who sacrificed His life for me
Upon the Cross of Calvary. 
What should I care if Time's old plow
Has left its furrows on my brow?
Another house not made by hand,
Awaits me in the Glory Land.
What though I falter in my walk?
I still can tread the Narrow Way,
I still can watch and praise and pray. 
My hearing may not be so keen
As in the past it may have been,
Still, I can hear my Saviour say
In whispers soft, "This is the way." 
The outward man–do what I can
To lengthen out his life's short span–
Shall perish, and return to dust,
As everything in nature must. 
The inward man, the Scriptures say,
Is growing stronger every day.
Then how can I be growing old
When safe within my Saviour's fold? 
Ere long my soul shall fly away,
And leave this tenement of clay.
"This robe of flesh I'll drop, and rise
To seize the everlasting prize"–
I'll meet you on the Streets of Gold,
And PROVE that I'm not growing old.
     –Clyde Brigner
 
Monday, February 13, 2006
Revelation 9:21–10:3

"We have only to think of the use of alcohol stimulants, of opium, of tobacco, of the range of cosmetics and medicaments to increase love attractions, of resorts to the pharmacopoeia in connection with sensuality–of the magical agents and treatments alleged to come from the spirit-world for the benefit of people in this–of the thousand impositions in the way of medicines and remedial agents, encouraging mankind to reckless transgression with the hope of easily repairing the damages of nature's penalties–of the growing prevalence of crime induced by these things, setting loose and stimulating to activity the vilest passions, which are eating out the moral sense of society–for the beginnings of that moral degeneracy to which the seer here alludes as characteristic of the period when the sixth trumpet is sounded."
     –From The Apocalypse (circa 1906) by Dr. J. A. Seiss

Friday, February 24, 2006
Revelation 13:2-8

"One of the paradoxes of this age is that it is the age of pacifism, but not the age of peace."
      –G. K. Chesterton

"The Antichrist will come disguised as the great humanitarian. He will talk peace, prosperity, and plenty, not as a means to lead us to God, but as ends in themselves. He will explain guilt away psychologically, make men shrink in shame if their fellowmen say they are not broad-minded and liberal. He will spread the lie that men will never be better until they make society better."
     –Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

January 2006

Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Revelation 2:4-7

Reach out to Him.
He'll be there and He'll see you through.
He will help you grin as you rest in Him.
He will help you speak when you're feeling weak.
He will strengthen you when there's work to do.
He will cast out fear as you persevere.
He will direct your day as you continue to pray.
Reflect on the battle that was won.
You're dead to sin, alive to win.
Let's claim the victory.
Christ Jesus set us free to proclaim
His wondrous story
And give Him all the glory. 
     –Author unknown

Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Revelation 2:8-12

"He who is born one will die twice; he who is born twice will die once."
     –Dwight L. Moody

"Thyatira was situated in the mouth of a long vale which extends north and south connecting the Hermus and Caicos Valleys. Down the vale a stream flows south to join the Lycus (near whose left bank Thyatira was situated), one of the chief tributaries of the Hermus, while its northern end is divided by only a ridge of small elevation from the Caicos Valley. The valleys of the two rivers, Hermus and Caicos, stretch east and west, opening down from the edge of the great central plateau of Anatolia towards the Aegean Sea. Nature has marked out this road, a very easy path, for the tide of communication which in all civilized times must have been large between the one valley and the other. The railway traverses its whole length now: in ancient times one of the chief routes of Asia Minor traversed it."
     –Sir William Ramsay
 
Monday, January 16, 2006
Revelation 3:3-7

"Some have indicated that there is no explicit statement here that anybody will have his name blotted out, but rather the promise that his name will not be blotted out because of his faith in Jesus Christ. The implication, however, is that such is a possibility. On the basis of this some have considered the book of life not as the roll of those who are saved but rather a list of those for whom Christ died, that is, all humanity who have possessed physical life. As they come to maturity and are faced with the responsibility of accepting or rejecting Christ, their names are blotted out if they fail to receive Jesus Christ as Saviour; whereas those who do accept Christ as Saviour are confirmed in their position in the book of life, and their names are confessed before the Father and the heavenly angels."
     –From The Revelation of Jesus Christ by Dr. John Walvoord

Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Revelation 3:10-16

"If the rapture had occurred in the first century preceding the tribulation which the book of Revelation describes, they were assured of deliverance. By contrast, those sealed out of the twelve tribes of Israel in 7:4 clearly go through the time of trouble. This implies the rapture of the church before the time of trouble referred to as the great tribulation. Such a promise of deliverance to them would seemingly have been impossible if the rapture of the church were delayed until the end of the tribulation prior to the second coming of Christ and the establishment of the kingdom."
     –From The Revelation of Jesus Christ by Dr. John Walvoord

Thursday, January 19, 2006
Revelation 3:16-19

"A nominal growth in membership from 20 percent of our population in 1884, with 35 percent of the population in 1959, and that was high, by the way, 61,000,000 church members indicate the possibility of a church on fire for God. There are other indications: wealth beyond the wildest dreams of our forefathers, an income of 5 billion dollars in 1959, a building program that will see $800,000,000 spent in new church structures. Mass evangelistic meetings attended by tens of thousands, use of other mass media such as radio, literature, increasing constantly."
     –J. Vernon McGee

"Open Letter to Jane Ordinary" 
Dear Jane:
     I am writing to help you shake this feeling of uselessness that has overtaken you. Several times you've said that you don't see how Christ can possibly use you. The church must bear part of the responsibility for making you feel as you do. I have in mind the success-story mentality of the church. Our church periodicals tell the story of John J. Moneybags who uses his influential position to witness for Christ. At the church youth banquet, we have a testimony from All-American football star, Ox Kickoffsky, who commands the respect of his teammates when he witnesses for Christ. We are led to think that if you don't have the leverage of stardom or a big position in the business world, you might as well keep your mouth shut. Nobody cares what Christ has done for you.
     We've forgotten an elementary fact about Christian witness, something that should encourage you: God has chosen what the world calls foolish to shame the wise. He has chosen what the world calls weak to shame the strong. He has chosen things of little strength and of small repute, yes, and even things which have no real existence to explode the pretensions of the things that are, that no man may boast in the presence of God.
     When Jesus Christ chose His disciples, He didn't choose Olympic champs or Roman senators. He chose simple people like you. Some were fishermen, one was a political extremist, another was a publican, a nobody in that society. But these men turned the Roman world upside down for Christ. How did they do it? Through their popularity? They had none. Their position? They had none. Their power was the power of Christ through the Holy Spirit.
     Jane, don't forget that we still need the ordinary in the hands of Christ to turn the world upside down.

     –Letter from a pastor in Arlington, Virginia, published in a church bulletin

Thus speaketh Christ our Lord to us:
Ye call Me Master and obey Me not.
Ye call Me Light and see Me not.
Ye call Me Way and walk Me not.
Ye call Me Life and choose Me not.
Ye call Me Wise and follow Me not.
Ye call Me Fair and love Me not.
Ye call Me Rich and ask me not.
Ye call Me Eternal and seek Me not.
Ye call Me Noble and serve Me not.
Ye call Me Gracious and trust Me not.
Ye call Me Might and honor Me not.
Ye call Me Just and fear Me not.
If I condemn you, blame Me not.
     –Inscription on the cathedral in Lübeck, Germany

Friday, January 20, 2006
Revelation 3:20–4:1

"There are going to be some churches which will meet the next Sunday after the Rapture, and they won't be missing a member-they will all be there."
     –Dr. George Gill

Sunday, January 22, 2006
"He Is Coming Again"

Our Little Lord
Our little Lord, we give thee praise,
     that Thou hast deigned to take our ways.
Born of Mary, a man to be,
     and all the angels sing to thee.
The eternal Father's Son He lay,
     cradled in a crib of hay.
The everlasting God appears
     in our frail flesh and blood and tears.
What the globe could not enwrap,
     nestled lies in Mary's lap.
Just a baby, very wee,
     yet the Lord of all the world is He.
     –Martin Luther

They were looking for a king
To slay their foes and lift them high;
Thou cam'st, a little baby thing
That made a woman cry. 
     –George McDonald

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Revelation 4:7–5:1

"Dr. Walvoord, in his very excellent book, The Revelation of Jesus Christ, calls attention to something here that I think is important. The living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne. They worship Him for His attributes, because He is who He is. However, the four and twenty elders who represent the church worship Him not only because of His attributes but also because of what He has done. Here they worship Him as Creator–"thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." In other words, the church comes out of this little earth which is God's creation, and they join in the worship because he created this earth down here. Genesis 1:1 is accurate, and the church believes it."
     –From Edited Messages on Revelation, by Dr. J. Vernon McGee

Friday, January 27, 2006
Revelation 6:1-8

"One of the paradoxes of this age is that it is the age of Pacifism, but not the age of peace."
     –G. K. Chesterton

"Thus spiritual death comes immediately through an unbroken line of posterity. Over against this, physical death is received from Adam immediately, as each person dies in body because of his own personal share in Adam's first sin."
     –J. Vernon McGee