Thursday, July 15, 2010

Kierkegaard Quote

"That Jesus Christ died for my sins certainly shows how great his grace is,
but it also shows how great my sins are." (283)

Kierkegaard. Provocations

John Calvin on Suffering


"Hence also in harsh and difficult conditions, regarded as adverse and evil, a great comfort comes to us: we share Christ's sufferings in order that as he has passed from a labyrinth of all evils into heavenly glory, we may in like manner be led through various tribulations to the same glory.  So Paul himself elsewhere states: when we come to know the sharing of his sufferings, we at the same time grasp the power of his resurrection; and when we become like him in his death, we are thus made ready to share his glorious resurrection [Phil. 3:10-11].  How much can it do to soften all the bitterness of the cross, that the more we are afflicted with adversities, the more surely our fellowship with Christ is confirmed!" (702)

Calvin, John.  Institutes of the Christian Religion