With Jack Bailey
Scripture Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. ~Psalm 87:2-3, LSB Quote No man can be perfectly happy in this life. ~Augustine It took Augustine 14 years to write the CITY OF GOD which was his most notable work.…
Scripture Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. ~Genesis 1:3-4, LSB Quote God’s creation was made solely because of His goodness, not by reason of any necessity, nor of any need to use the thing…
Scripture Praise the LORD, you angels, you mighty ones who carry out His plans, listening for each of His commands. ~Psalm 103:20, NLT Quote They {angels} are so on fire with a holy love of God’s beauty that they hold in disdain all things–including themselves–which are less than divine. ~Augustine I am reading Augustine’s City of…
Scripture Abraham was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God. ~Hebrews 11:10, NLT Quote Our contemporaries aspire to build a universal society of men, a one world government of peace and prosperity without Christ. ~Etienne Gilson Visigoth general Alaric in the summer of 410, besieged Rome…