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Lord, thou madest us for thyself, and we can find no rest till we find rest in thee.
—St. Augustine

Welcome to the main course of this website!  Much of the pages that follow this page have already been described on the home page.  Again, as I am a philosophy major and a Christian, the interest herein was organizing what the Bible has to say in relation to metaphysics (the way the world is), ethics (what makes right acts right; what we should do), death and "after-life," judgment, salvation, especially predestination, as well as other subjects of strong interest... here I will honor brevity...

To the left are the organized categories containing passages of corresponding philosophical significance.  The preceding passages will contain the New International Version (NIV) translation of the indicated passage.  Presently, the Biblical scope is restricted to the New Testament.

 

 

 

THE ANVIL

Last eve I passed beside a blacksmith's door,
And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime;
Then looking in, I saw upon the floor
Old hammers, worn with beating years of time.

"How many anvils have you had," I said,
"To wear and batter all these hammers so?"
"Just one," said he, and then with twinkling eye,
"The anvil wears the hammers out, you know."

And so, thought I, the anvil of God's word,
For ages skeptic blows have beat upon;
Yet though the noise of falling blows was heard,
The anvil is unharmed... the hammers gone.

 

MORE THAN A DEAD LETTER

The Bible is like a telescope.  If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.  The Bible is a thing to be looked through, to see that which is beyond; but most people only look at it; and so they see only the dead letter.

—Phillips Brooks

 

HOW TO READ THE BIBLE

It shall greatly helpe ye to understande Scripture,
If thou mark
Not only what is spoken or wrytten,
but of whom,
And to whom,
With what words,
At what time,
Where,
To what intent,
With what circumstances,
Considering what goeth before
And what followeth.

—John Wycliffe

 

Without the Way there is no going; without the Truth there is no knowing, without the Life there is no living.
—Alfred De Musset

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
—2 Timothy 4:16

Religion should be our steering wheel, not our spare tire.
—Charles L. Wheeler

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