Speculum et Lavacrum

Quotes~

It is fatal to say that there is at least as good a case for "Christianity is probably true". Christianity is true or nothing is true. Christianity is in accord with logic because logic, to be logic, must be in accord with Christianity. Christianity is in accord with the facts of experience because these facts, if they...... would be experienced, better take refuge under the roof of Christianity. ~Van Til

"They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due." ~Jonathan Edwards

The doctrines of grace humble a man without degrading him and exalt a man without inflating him. ~Charles Hodge

"I propose not only to operate on your heart so as to change your will, but also on your eyes so as to change your outlook. But wait a minute. No, I do not propose to operate at all. I myself cannot do anything of the sort. I am just mildly suggesting that you are perhaps dead, and perhaps blind, leaving you to think t...he matter over for yourself. If an operation is to be performed it must be performed by God Himself" ~Van Til

"If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell." - C.H. Spurgeon

"No Man Is Greater Than His Prayer Life" -Leonard Ravenhill

"The Gospel is ours to proclaim, not edit." ~Dr. James R. White

"When a fish tries to be free on shore or when a bird tries to be free under water then they, as it were, do what man has done by trying to be free from the requirements of the love of God. Seeking for this false freedom the sinner cannot help himself. But God, the triune God in Christ, and by the Spirit in his soverei...gn grace, reaches down to man to set him free." ~Van Til

And Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God (Acts 19:8).

"I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am." ~John Newton

"God’s revelation is always authoritarian. This is true of his revelation in nature no less than of his revelation in Scripture. The truly scientific method, the method which alone can expect to make true progress in learning, is therefore such a method as seeks simply to think God’s thoughts after him." ~Van Til

"[The 'specialist' who treats facts as though perhaps God does not exist] ... is worse than a little boy who is busy arranging a basket of apples in the neighbor’s orchard unaware of the fact that the neighbor is watching him. The boy at least knows that he is stealing while the specialist does not." ~Van Til

..."Satan loves the gullible Christian, who likes sensations and the spectacular; he provides the spectacle and sensation, with which he can keep them off the true track."

"Shorter Chatechism #4: Q: What is God? A: God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth. "~WSC