Chris R. Quinlan

“What is the evidence that you’ve become a Christian? The church roll? No… A profession of faith? No… You will be concerned about discovering the will of the Father, and you will be concerned about doing that will." A quote from a recent sermon by Paul Washer

Casting all your care upon Him--for He cares for you!   1 Peter 5:7 O child of suffering--be patient! God has not overlooked you in His providence. He who is the feeder of sparrows --will also furnish you with what you need. Do not sit down in despair. There is One who cares for you! His all-seeing eye is fixed on you! His all-loving heart beats with pity for your woe! His omnipotent hand shall yet bring you the needed help! The darkest cloud --shall scatter itself in showers of mercy . The blackest gloom--shall give place to the morning light. If you are one of His family--He will bind up your wounds, and heal your broken heart. Do not doubt His grace, because of your troubles--but believe that He loves you as much in seasons of distress --as in times of happiness . What a serene and quiet life might you lead--if you would leave providing --to the God of providence! If God cares for you--why need you care also? Can you trust Him for your soul --and not for your...

(Excerpt from a letter of Legh Richmond to one of his children) “Take care of too frequent interaction with the world . I write with a heart full of love--but I must caution you. There is nothing more dangerous to young Christians, than indiscriminate interaction with the ungodly. In such society--it is far more likely that we would receive evil, than impart good. Prudence and prayer are then especially needful; for we may more easily conform to the world--than bring the world to conform to us. Happy are those who have the least to do with it, except in the way of absolute duty and necessity.” --Even though this is written to a child, I think we all Christians need to hear this sort of thing once in a while.   CQ

(Excerpt from a letter of Legh Richmond to his dying teenage son, 1824) “Be much in prayer and self-examination. The more we see of ourselves --the more we see our sin . And the more we see our sin --the more we flee to the death and righteousness of Christ--for pardon, deliverance, and hope! Let nothing interrupt you in this continual work of self-examination; and let self-examination lead you to earnest and ardent prayer. Let no pursuits of literature, no delights of sense, no passing occurrences, no debility of body, no inferior subjects of recreation, prevent you from keeping your thoughts close to God and to eternity!” Click here to read this entire letter.

(Excerpt from a letter of Legh Richmond to his dying teenage son, 1824) “The great question between our souls and God is not whether we admit the truths of the Scripture into our understandings --but whether they are so applied to our hearts --so as to have wrought a change, and become vital principles of faith and practice. Nothing short of this can afford evidence of a saved and safe condition.”

(This is an excerpt from a letter from Legh Richmond to one of his children. Legh was a contemporary of William Wilberforce and lived in the late 18th and early 19th century.) My dear child, May my you be preserved from the defilements of a vain , dangerous , and destroying world. You know not, and I wish you never may know--its snares and corruptions! I send you the following applications of my sermon on Ephesians 5:15-16, Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. On circumspection of walk, redemption of time, and general sincerity of character: 1. Adhere most scrupulously to Scriptural truth; and strive to preserve the strictest integrity, simplicity, and sincerity. 2. Engage in no pursuit in which you cannot look up unto God, and say, 'Bless me in this, my Father!' 3. Strive to be as kind, forbearing , and forgiving as you can--both to friends and foes. Never speak evil of anyone. ...

I’m pleased to inform my loyal readers that my chronic back/neck/shoulder pain that I was experiencing several months ago is now completely healed up. I give thanks to God for bringing me through that. It was very uncomfortable, as many of you know that have experienced that sort of thing. Also thanks to those that prayed for me. In a previous post I made some comments about my experience with two different Chiropractors. While I want to emphasize that as people, they were very kind, I remain a skeptic when it comes to Chiropractic treatment. In a nutshell, it is my opinion at this point in time, that Chiropractors use emotional and psychological manipulation to deceive people into empting their wallets. I know that sounds harsh, but to give the Chiropractor the benefit of the doubt, I believe that most of them have justified their deceptive techniques by taking comfort in the fact that people genuinely feel like they are being helped by their “treatments.” So, in other words, people ...