Douglas Bond Quotes

#1. Above his Lord. Perhaps because Knox himself found such abundant strength in the midst of great personal weakness, he was used of God to raise

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#2. tyrants always set about shaping history after their liking.

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#3. our lot is to fear God and find our contentment in his providence,

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#4. We can be assured of salvation and feel that assurance aright only as we keep our eyes off ourselves and our performance and fix our gaze on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of true saving and sanctifying faith.

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#5. Father, will justice ever reign in Scotland?

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#6. Ye cannae fix injustice-with more of it.

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#7. For Watts, the doxological always followed the theological.

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#8. Just as the medieval church cut off the congregation from participating in the sung worship of the service, today many well-meaning Christian leaders have reconstructed a sung worship wherein congregational participation does not matter.

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#9. The archbishop of St. Andrews threatened that if Knox preached, he would be shot on sight. Knox preached anyway, from Perth to Fife and beyond. As a result, the summer of 1559 saw an extraordinary revival spread throughout Scotland.59

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#10. For Knox, preaching was all about proclaiming the evangel of Jesus Christ, giving good news to a world that for too long had heard only bad news.

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#11. Hughes often said that men fail to make progress in learning not for lack of time or ability but for lack of hard work.

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#12. Let others choose the sons of mirth, To give a relish to their wine; I love the men of heavenly birth, Whose thoughts and language are divine.18

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#13. Doxology can help stabilize theology. It is very difficult to sing bad theology.

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#14. Prayer is a divine worship due to none but God the Father, Son, and Spirit.9

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