Christian Quote of the Day

1. Head: the cross-eyed church

   Monday, November 17, 2025
       Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
   Meditation:
       “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
       —Matthew 4:15 (NIV)
   Quotation:
       The Church on earth is a cross-eyed church, with one eye on God in His heavenly benediction, and one eye on the needy world of men.
       ... David Head, Shout for Joy, New York: MacMillan Co., 1962, p. 108 (see the book)
       See also Matt. 4:15; Isa. 9:2; 32:3; 42:6-7; 61:1; Acts 6:1-4; 2 Cor. 4:6; Eph. 1:3,18-19; Heb. 12:2
   Quiet time reflection:
       Lord, You have placed Jesus before us as we serve those in need. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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2. Traherne: accomplishing the end

   Sunday, November 16, 2025
       Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093
       Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240
   Meditation:
       Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
       —1 Peter 1:8-9 (NIV)
   Quotation:
       Can you be Holy without accomplishing the end for which you are created? Can you be Divine unless you be Holy? Can you accomplish the end for which you were created, unless you be Righteous? Can you then be Righteous, unless you be just in rendering to Things their due esteem? All things were made to be yours, and you were made to prize them according to their value: which is your office and duty, the end for which you were created, and the means whereby you enjoy. The end for which you were created, is that by prizing all that God hath done, you may enjoy yourself and Him in Blessedness.
       ... Thomas Traherne (1637?-1674), Centuries of Meditations, edited and published by Bertram Dobell, in London, 1908, p. 8-9 (see the book)
       See also 1 Pet. 1:8-9; Matt. 5:48; Rom. 1:16-17; 11:16; 12:1; 1 Cor. 6:19-20; Eph. 2:21-22; Tit. 3:4-7
   Quiet time reflection:
       Lord, may I enjoy You always. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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3. Zinzendorf: I thirst, Thou wounded Lamb of God

   Saturday, November 15, 2025
       Commemoration of Oswald Chambers, spiritual writer, 1917
   Meditation:
       How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
       —Hebrews 9:14 (NIV)
   Quotation:
   I thirst, Thou wounded Lamb of God,
   To wash me in Thy cleansing blood,
   To dwell within Thy wounds; then pain
   Is sweet, and life or death is gain.

   Take my poor heart, and let it be
   For ever closed to all but Thee!
   Seal Thou my breast, and let me wear
   That pledge of love for ever there.

   How blest are they who still abide
   Close shelter’d in Thy bleeding side;
   Who life and strength from thence derive,
   And by Thee move, and in Thee live!

   What are our works but sin and death,
   Till Thou Thy quick’ning Spirit breathe?
   Thou giv’st the power Thy grace to move—
   O wondrous grace! O boundless love!

   Hence our hearts melt, our eyes o’erflow,
   Our words are lost: nor will we know,
   Nor will we think of aught, beside
   “My Lord, my Love is crucified.”
       ... Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760) & John Wesley (1703-1791), The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, v. I, Charles Wesley, London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868, p. 265-266 (see the book)
       See also Heb. 9:14; Ps. 51:2,7,10; John 15:4; Rom. 15:13; 1 Cor. 1:22-23; 2:2; Eph. 1:13-14; Phil. 1:21; Heb. 10:22
   Quiet time reflection:
       For my sins, Lord, You were crucified.

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4. Guinness: the offense of the Cross

   Friday, November 14, 2025
       Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796
   Meditation:
       “Teacher,” he declared, “all these [commandments] I have kept since I was a boy.”
       Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
       —Mark 10:20-21 (NIV)
   Quotation:
       In an age when comfort and convenience are unspoken articles of our modern bill of rights, the Christian faith is not a license to entitlement, a prescription for an easy-going spirituality, or a how-to manual for self-improvement. The cross of Jesus runs crosswise to all our human ways of thinking. A rediscovery of the hard and the unpopular themes of the gospel will therefore be such a rediscovery of the whole gospel that the result may lead to reformation and revival.
       ... Os Guinness (b. 1941), Prophetic Untimeliness: A Challenge to the Idol of Relevance, Baker Books, 2003, p. 100 (see the book)
       See also Mark 10:20-21; Matt. 7:13-14; 18:2-3; 19:20-21; Luke 13:23-24; 18:21-22
   Quiet time reflection:
       Lord, may Your Cross be known to all. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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5. Simeon: to carry the cross

   Thursday, November 13, 2025
       Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836
   Meditation:
       As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.
       —Matthew 27:32 (NIV)
   Quotation:
       Many years ago, when I was an object of much contempt and derision in this University, I strolled forth one day buffeted and afflicted with my little Testament in my hand. I prayed earnestly to my God, that He would comfort me with some cordial from his word, and that on opening the book I might find some text which should sustain me... The first text which caught my eye was this, “They found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to bear his Cross.” You know Simon is the same name as Simeon. What a word of instruction was here—what a blessed hint for my encouragement! To have the Cross laid upon me, that I might bear it after Jesus—what a privilege! It was enough. Now I could leap and sing for joy as one whom Jesus was honouring with a participation in His sufferings.
       ... Charles Simeon (1759-1836), Memoirs of the Life of the Rev. Charles Simeon, Pittsburgh: R. Carter, 1847, p. 395 (see the book)
       See also Matt. 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 14:27; 23:26; 2 Cor. 1:5; 4:10; Phil. 3:10-11; Col. 1:24
   Quiet time reflection:
       Lord, enable me to carry the cross. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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