Will Martin
Will Martin
Will Martinis a New Zealand-born classical crossover singer...
fighting soldier teeth
A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.
reason-why reason certain
This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.
fighting battle causes
Though we be active in the battle, if we are not fighting where the battle is the hottest, we are traitors to the cause.
milk cows glory
A dairymaid can milk cows to the glory of God
drinking wine thinking
Accordingly if the devil should say, 'Do not drink,' you should reply to him, 'On this very account, because you forbid it, I shall drink, and what is more, I shall drink a generous amount. Thus one must always do the opposite of that which Satan prohibits. What do you think is my reason for drinking wine undiluted, talking freely, and eating more often, if it is not to torment and vex the devil who made up his mind to torment and vex me.
prayer believe men
We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the Lord to grant you, of His great mercy, the true understanding of His Word. There is no other interpreter of the Word of God than the Author of this Word, as He Himself has said, "They shall be all taught of God" (John 6:45). Hope for nothing from your own labors, from your own understanding: trust solely in God, and in the influence of His Spirit. Believe this on the word of a man who has experience.
music order discipline
Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.
faithful treasure tasks
The gospel cannot be preached and heard enough, for it cannot be grasped well enough ... Moreover, our greatest task is to keep you faithful to this article and to bequeath this treasure to you when we die.
majority
Of whom shall I be afraid? One with God is a majority.
reading thinking dying
A theologian is born by living, nay dying and being damned, not by thinking, reading, or speculating.
church matter individual
Faith cannot be inherited or gained by being baptized into a Church. Faith is a matter between the individual and God.
ideas littles height
There is no wisdom save in truth. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas about truth are changeable. Only a little of the first fruits of wisdom, only a few fragments of the boundless heights, breadths and depths of truth, have I been able to gather.
father wrath world
Christ took our sins and the sins of the whole world as well as the Father's wrath on his shoulders, and he has drowned them both in himself so that we are thereby reconciled to God and become completely righteous.
prayer each-day three
I am so busy now that if I did not spend three hours each day in prayer, I could not get through the day.