But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that... →
Winona Ryder
My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in... →
For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life.
Leland Ryken
The Puritans' sense of priorities in life was one of their greatest strengths. Putting God first and valuing everything else in relation to God... →
In Puritan thinking, the Christian life was a heroic venture, requiring a full quota of energy.
The oldest theory of art belongs to the Greeks, who regarded art as an imitation (mimesis) of reality. The strength of that theory is that it... →
Stressing the God-centered life can lead to an otherworldly withdrawal from everyday earthly life.
Sanctification is that inward spiritual work which the Lord Jesus Christ works in a man by the Holy Spirit when He calls him to be a true believer.... →
J. C. Ryle
Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and made a new creature receives a new nature and a... →
The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live... →