By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 24, 2009 in Quotes
When a man says he must develop a holy life alone with God, he is of no more use to his fellow men: he puts himself on a pedestal, away from the common run of men. Paul became a sacramental personality; wherever he went, Jesus Christ helped Himself to his life. Oswald Chambers
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 20, 2009 in Quotes
No more love to God is there in an unrenewed heart than there is life within a piece of granite. No more love to God is there witin a soul who is unsaved than there is fire within the depths of the ocean’s waves; and herein lies the wonder, that when we had no love to God, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 6, 2009 in Quotes
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet remained silent. John Calvin
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 1, 2009 in Quotes
Means of grace are ordained by God; not discovered by man. You know, it took many years before I finally decided just to use this terminology. I wanted a term to describe what God ordained that we would walk in so that He would be at work in our lives if we do it in […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 1, 2009 in Quotes
I cannot believe in the spirituality of any Christian man who keeps an eye open for the approval of others, whoever they may be. The man after God’s own heart must be dead to the opinion of his friends as well as his enemies. He must be willing to cross important persons as obscure ones. […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jan 30, 2009 in Quotes
Find Jesus where you may, He is the antagonist of those who would lessen the authority of Holy Scripture. “It is written,” is His weapon against Satan, His argument against wicked men. The learned at this hour scoff at the Book and accuse of Bibliolatry those of us who reverence the divine Word; but in […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jan 27, 2009 in Quotes
People are disturbed and troubled by the real Gospel: under the false gospel they can sleep unto destruction. Bring out the Sword: it is meant to wound; let it exercise its salutary sharpness. The Gospel has two edges so that none may play with it. When they think to run their fingers along the back […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jan 25, 2009 in Quotes
From an interview with Stephen Crittenden of The Religion Report on ABC Radio National: Stephen Crittenden: Let me just finally give another example from the opposite side of the ledger. There’s a great term called universalism. And I guess at base it’s the idea that in the end, no-one’s in hell, everyone’s going to heaven, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jan 10, 2009 in Quotes
I think that it is so important to know this. In a time like this of tolerance, listen, false teaching will always cry intolerance. It will always say you are being divisive, you are being unloving, you are being ungracious, because it can only survive when it doesn’t get scrutinized. So it cries against any […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jan 7, 2009 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Quotes
“Knowing Christ,” in the Pauline sense is not the sort of mystical relationship many people imagine. Paul wasn’t longing for some secret knowledge of Christ beyond what is revealed in Scripture. He wasn’t asking that private messages from Christ be whispered into his ear. In fact, the knowledge of Christ Paul sought was anything but […]