Category Archives: Quotes

Paul’s story is told in Acts 7:58-28:31 & throughout New Testament @TyndaleHouse #LifeApplicationStudyBible #PrHrnr

Posted on 01/14/2017 by GettingCloserToOurGod

Just read Acts 9, I am reading through Acts now for the third time using Professor Grant Horner’s Bible Reading System. This is a great story. Acts 9 start’s with Saul threatening Christians, his goal to have them put in prison … Continue reading →

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Favorite Biblical Name of God

Posted on 08/07/2016 by GettingCloserToOurGod

The church I attend has been doing a sermon series “Wonderful Name.”  The first sermon of the series was about my favorite name “I Am.”  There are many reasons I like “I Am” and these are in now particular ranking. … Continue reading →

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“Jesus ‘opens the door to a new life,'” The Archbishop of Canterbury

Posted on 04/10/2016 by GettingCloserToOurGod

Here is a poem by W.H. Auden followed by an exert from a sermon by The Archbishop of Canterbury. It’s great poem and sermon. A good reminder about how we are isolated from others and God and how autonomy does this. The … Continue reading →

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Another post about living in the present

Posted on 11/30/2015 by GettingCloserToOurGod

Here are several famous quotes about living in the present.  I just read these in a blog post with many many more similar quotes – all found on PresentLiving.com.  Fitting, isn’t it, that there is a whole website on living in … Continue reading →

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C.S. Lewis Quotes

Posted on 09/15/2015 by GettingCloserToOurGod

While I’ve never been able to read Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis cover to cover (my failing, not C.S. Lewis’s), I have great respect and appreciation for his thoughtful writing. Not sure I could pick a top 3 from this list. … Continue reading →

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