I just read the third stanza of Augustus Toplady's Rock of Ages. I offer this for my friend nakedpastor who has been beat up twice for being Christ-like.
Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to thy cross I cling;
Naked, come to thee for dress,
Helpless, look to thee for grace.
4 comments:
man, cigar and all, you're a sweetheart! love ya man. we gotta do a cohiba together (in Canada of course, where they're legal!)
That's really sweet guys. Hey, while you're reading Toplady try these words of his:
"I dare say, that, in such an auditory as this, a number of Arminians are present. I fear, that all our public assemblies have too many of them. Perhaps, however, even these people, idolaters as they are, may be apt to blame, and, indeed, with justice, the absurdity of those who worship idols of silver and gold, the work of men's hands. But let me ask: If it be so very absurd, to worship the work of other men's hands; what must it be, to worship the works of our own hands? Perhaps, you may ask, 'God forbid that I should do so.'"
Nevertheless, let me tell you, that trust, confidence, reliance, and dependence, for salvation, are all acts and very solemn ones too, of divine worship: and upon whatsoever you depend, whether in whole or in part, for your acceptance with God, and for your justification in His sight, whatsoever, you rely upon, and trust in, for the attainment of grace or glory; if it be any thing short of God in Christ, you are an idolater to all intents and purposes."
The rest of his sermon is here:
http://www.ondoctrine.com/
2top0101.htm
Ken - sorry, I don't get it. I'm a Calvinist.
Naked - Dan Phillips of teampyro smokes an occasional cigar. Perhaps as an act of good faith, we could all join hands around that common ground. He is expecting me to send him a box of Cohiba's anyway.
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