The Supremacy of Christ

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. And He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be preeminent. For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of His cross.
(Colossians 1:15-20 ESV)

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Quotes about the Bible (Part 2)

"We are mistaken when we look at the Bible as a spiritual toolbox. We can't take things out of the Bible and make them work for us. The whole process of the spiritual life is to come before God who is alive, who becomes present to us in his Word, and who by means of that Word creates and redeems us. We don't use Scripture; God uses Scripture to work his will in us."
Eugene H. Peterson
Presbyterian Church Pastor and Writer

"It gives me a deep comforting sense that 'things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal.'"
Helen Keller(1880-1968)
American Writer and Social Reformer
(Blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; on reading the Bible daily, 1955)
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