Isaac Butterworth

“Virtually the whole of the scriptures and the understanding of the whole of theology—the entire Christian life, even—depends upon the true understanding of the law and the gospel.”
― Martin Luther

“Christianity did not begin with a group of people trying to remember and follow Jesus' teaching even though he was dead. It began with the belief that God had vindicated Jesus as the Messiah by raising him from the dead. This is why one would be completely mistaken to think that Jesus was a good teacher whose followers eventually developed a myth about his being the Son of God. There would be no Christian movement today if his original followers had not been convinced that he had really risen from the dead.”
― Mark Mittelberg, The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask:

“...The road to the next duty is the only straight one.”
― George MacDonald

“Oh how time hangs and drags till our aid comes!”
― Dante Alighieri, The Inferno of Dante Translated