“Christian piety is a sweet flame”

Here are a few quotes seen on Provocations and Pantings (all the quotes in his post are good, but these few stood out to me):

This one will make you think. It makes me wonder if we should re-think what it means to “belong to a denomination”.

If you can assume that merely showing up at church is a minimum indicator of spiritual life then it is not too much to conclude that over half of our denomination’s 16.3 million members are spiritually dead.

Tom Ascol

And, for an “amen x a million” moment:

Well Christian blogs should not be for self-promotion. It is disturbing that far too many Christian blogs are shamelessly pushing self and not seeing the potential for kingdom expansion via the blogosphere. Everything from personal agendas to personal stuff is being pushed. But here, as everywhere else, we must shape our interaction in the public square by humility.

Nor are blogs a place for covertly forgetting the Christian duty to be gentle. Far too many blogs are rude and full of vitriol. And all in the name of boldness for Christ! God forbid that Christian blogs be like such. As Jonathan Edwards—no wimp!—once said, Christian piety is a sweet flame.

Michael Haykin

Did I mention that D.A. Carson is a hoss?

“Most people go through life concerned that others will think too little of them. Paul was concerned that others would think too much of him.”

– D.A. Carson (via Naselli)

And this one, oddly enough, brightened my day 🙂

Tech researcher Gartner Inc. reported earlier this year that 200 million people have given up blogging, more than twice as many as are active.

Ted Olsen

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