Cardinal Richelieu 1585-1642

[rocketray]

"If you give me six lines written by the most honest man I will find something in them to hang him on"

[Gryphon Rider]

John Owen, 1616-1683:
"Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, if it has its own way it will go out to the utmost sin in that kind. Every unclean thought or glance would be adultery if it could, every thought of unbelief would be atheism if allowed to develop. Every rise of lust, if it has its way reaches the height of villainy; it is like the grave that is never satisfied. The deceitfulness of sin is seen in that it is modest in its first proposals but when it prevails it hardens men's hearts, and brings them to ruin."

[Gryphon Rider]

Here I thought this thread would explode with quotations from 17th-century clergy and theologians. Back to the joys of discussing 21st-century American national politics, I guess. 

[The emperor has no clothes]

Here I thought this thread would explode with quotations from 17th-century clergy and theologians. Back to the joys of discussing 21st-century American national politics, I guess. 

I'm afraid I don't even know any 21st century theologian quotes. 

[Gryphon Rider]

Here I thought this thread would explode with quotations from 17th-century clergy and theologians. Back to the joys of discussing 21st-century American national politics, I guess.  

I'm afraid I don't even know any 21st century theologian quotes.  

Although this quote is from a book published in 1992, D. A. Carson is a top-notch theologian still writing in the 21st century:
"If God had perceived that our greatest need was economic, he would have sent an economist. If he had perceived that our greatest need was entertainment, he would have sent us a comedian or an artist. If God had perceived that our greatest need was political stability, he would have sent us a politician. If he had perceived that our greatest need was health, he would have sent us a doctor. But he perceived that our greatest need involved our sin, our alienation from him, our profound rebellion, our death; and he sent us a Savior. " - A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers

Another 20th century quote from a top-notch theologian still alive and published as recently as 2014:
"Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfolded, as it were, with no sense of direction and no understanding of what surrounds you. This way you can waste your life and lose your soul."
―  J.I. Packer,  Knowing God (1973)

[The emperor has no clothes]

Here I thought this thread would explode with quotations from 17th-century clergy and theologians. Back to the joys of discussing 21st-century American national politics, I guess. 

I'm afraid I don't even know any 21st century theologian quotes. 

Although this quote is from a book published in 1992, D. A. Carson is a top-notch theologian still writing in the 21st century:
"If God had perceived that our greatest need was economic, he would have sent an economist. If he had perceived that our greatest need was entertainment, he would have sent us a comedian or an artist. If God had perceived that our greatest need was political stability, he would have sent us a politician. If he had perceived that our greatest need was health, he would have sent us a doctor. But he perceived that our greatest need involved our sin, our alienation from him, our profound rebellion, our death; and he sent us a Savior. " - A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers

I like it !

[¿spoom]

"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons."

―  Ralph Waldo Emerson