(From a Facebook friend):

“Modern culture is a mighty force. It is either subservient to the Gospel or else it is the deadliest enemy of the Gospel. For making it subservient, religious emotion is not enough; intellectual labor is also necessary. And that labor is being neglected. The Church has turned to easier tasks. And now she is reaping the fruits of her indolence. Now she must battle for her life.” — J. Gresham Machen

“If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at the moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved and to be steady on all the battlefront besides is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.” — Martin Luther

“There is not a square inch [lit. a thumb’s breadth] in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign of all, does not cry: ‘Mine!’ ” — Abraham Kuyper

“Put your faith in God, men, and keep your powder dry!” — Oliver Cromwell

“Seize upon truth, wherever found, On Christian or on heathen ground, Among your friends, among your foes; The plant’s divine, where’er it grows.” — Unknown

Or, in short, “All truth is God’s truth.”

“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute’ if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.” — the Apostle Paul, Phil. 4:8

“Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists in two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves….It is certain that man never acheives a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God’s face, and then descends from contemplating Him to scrutinize himself.” — John Calvin

“If I should flatter your Grace, I were no friend but a deceitful traitor, and therefore, of consceince I am compelled to say that neither the consent of people, the process of time, nor multitude of man can establish a law which God shall approve; but whatsoever He approves by His eternal Word, that shall be approved, and whatsoever He condemns shall be condemned, though all men in the earth should hazzard a justification of the same.” — John Knox in a letter to Queen Elizabeth I of England

“It will be profitable for your Majesty to consider what is the thing your Grace’s subjects look to receive of your Majesty, and what it is ye ought to do unto them by mutual contract [covenant]. They are bound to obey you, but only in God; ye are bound to keep laws to them. Ye crave of them service; they crave of you protection and defence against wicked doers. Now, Madam, if ye shall deny your duty unto them, think ye to receive full obedience of them? I fear, Madam, ye shall not.” — John Knox speaking to Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scots

About Me: A continuation of the favorite quotations:

“Despotism may be able to do without faith, but freedom cannot.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

“…truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.” — Lord Acton

In response to President Andrew Jackson’s (“King Andrew I”)

statement during the Nullification Crisis, “Our Federal Union: It must be preserved!”, Vice-President John C. Calhoun famously retorted, “The Union, next to our liberties, most dear!” — John C. Calhoun

“it cannot be repeated too often: nothing is more fertile in marvels than the art of being free, but nothing is harder than freedom’s apprenticeship. The same is not true for despotism [read: socialism — KB]. Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order. Peoples are lulled to sleep by the temporary prosperity it engenders, and when they do wake up, they are wretched [read: enslaved — KB]. But liberty is generally born in stormy weather, growing with difficulty amid civil discords, and only when it is already old does one [then] see the blessings it has brought.” — Alexis de Tocqueville