Thomas Brooks Quote (Meditating)

"Remember, it is not hasty reading, but serious meditating upon holy and heavenly truths, that make them prove sweet and profitable to the soul" (Brooks Precious remedies against Satan's Devices Banner of Truth Pg. 21).

Psalm 119:18 Luke 24:45

"Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law" (Ps. 119:18).
"Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures..." (Lk.24:45)

Augustine Quote

"The authority of the Bible seemed the more to be venerated and more worthy of a holy faith on the ground that it was open to everyone to read, while keeping the dignity of its secret meaning for a profounder interpretation. The Bible offered itself to all in very accessible words and the most humble style of diction, while also exercising the concentration of those who are not 'light of heart' (Ecclus. 19:4). It welcomes all people to its generous embrace, and also brings a few to you through narrow openings (cf. Matt. 7:13-14)" (Augustine Confessions Bk. VI Pg. 96).

Augustine Quote

"You persuaded me that the defect lay not with those who believed your books, which you have established with such authority among almost all nations, but with those who did not believe them" (Augustine Confessions Bk. VI Pg. 95,96).

Thomas Brooks Quote

"It is not hasty reading, but serious meditating upon heavenly truths, that make them prove sweet and profitable to the soul....It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most, that will prove the choicest, sweetest, wisest and strongest Christian" (Thomas Brooks Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices Pg. 21,22).

Memory Verse (1 John 5:3)

"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous" (1Jn. 5:3).

John Calvin Quote

"Those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known" (John Calvin Institutes Bk.I Pg. 92).

John Calvin Quote

"Now this power which is peculiar to Scripture is clear from the fact that of human writings, however artfully polished, there is none capable of affecting us at all comparably. Read Demosthenes or Cicero; read Plato, Aristotle, and others of that tribe. They will, I admit, allure you, delight you, move you, enrapture you in wonderful measure. but betake yourself from them to this sacred reading. Then, in spite of yourself, so deeply will it affect you, so penetrate your heart, so fix itself in your very marrow, that, compared with its deep impression, such vigor as the orators and philosophers have will nearly vanish. Consequently, it is easy to see that the scared Scriptures, which so far surpass all gifts and graces of human endeavor, breath something divine" (John Calvin, Institutes Pg. 82).