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W. Somerset Maugham

JF Jones wrote 9 months ago: “We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be very humble. We must see the b … more →

Tags: Faith, Sanctification

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

JF Jones wrote 9 months ago: “There was a time when fox-hunting was the greatest sport in this country, but it has long since bee … more →

Tags: Sanctification, The Church

Blaise Pascal

JF Jones wrote 10 months ago: “We are so unhappy that we can only enjoy something which we should be annoyed to see go wrong, and … more →

Tags: gluttony, Distraction

Benjamin Franklin

JF Jones wrote 10 months ago: “What curious joints and hinges on which limbs are moved to and fro! What an inconceivable var … more →

Tags: death, Providence

Hart Crane

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: “Sinuously winding through the room On smokey tongues of sweetened cigarettes, - Plaintive yet proud … more →

Tags: Lust

Hayes Carll

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: She left me for Jesus and that just ain’t fair She says that he’s perfect how could I co … more →

Tags: Authority, Hubris, Revelation (special)

Malcolm Muggeridge

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: “I lay on my bed full of stale liquor and despair; alone in the house, and, as it seemed, utte … more →

Tags: Sin (awareness of), aimlessness, death

John Calvin

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: “. . . consulting our self-interest is the pestilence that most effectively leads to our destr … more →

Tags: Sanctification, Worship

Henry Chadwick

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: “[Augustine’s] psychological analysis anticipated parts of Freud: he first discovered the existence … more →

Tags: Fear, Law

T. S. Eliot

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: “Two years ago! I tried to forget about her, Until I began to think myself a success And got a … more →

Tags: Faith, Hubris, Fear, death

T. S. Eliot

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: “Lavinia: I never complained. Edward: No; and it was perfectly infuriating, The way you didn … more →

Tags: Sin (awareness of), Distraction, The Church

T. S. Eliot

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: “Or, take a surgical operation.” In consultation with the doctor and the surgeon, In goi … more →

Tags: aimlessness, Revelation (general)

Alan Deutschman

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: “The conventional wisdom says that crisis is a powerful motivator for change. But severe heart … more →

Tags: Sanctification, aimlessness, Revelation (general)

N. T. Wright

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: “Ironically, everyone is demanding their ‘rights,’ and this demand is so shrill th … more →

Tags: Sin (awareness of), Revelation (general)

N. T. Wright

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: “The line between justice and injustice, between things being right and things not being right … more →

Tags: Sanctification, Sin (awareness of), Distraction, Law, Revelation (general)

Charles Barber

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: “. . . anger, greed, laziness, impulsivity, as well as jealousy, lust, anguish, and so on, are … more →

Tags: Sin: General, Sin (awareness of), Law

Bill Bryson

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: “… the proportions of Earth on which we are prepared or able to live are modest indeed: just 12 perc … more →

Tags: Sanctification, Moderation, Eschatology

T. S. Eliot

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: Thomas: “Human kind cannot bear very much reality.” T. S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral … more →

Tags: Sin: General, Revelation (special)

Flannery O'Connor

JF Jones wrote 1 year ago: “The apartment was too tight. There was no place to be where there wasn’t somebody else. The kitchen … more →

Tags: aimlessness, the city


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