Lewis, C S

Lewis, C S

One is sometimes (not often) glad not to be a great theologian; one might so easily mistake it for being a good Christian.

- Reflections on The Psalms (NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958), 57.

(29 November 1898, Belfast, Ireland – 22 November 1963, Oxford, England)

Married Joy Gresham,1956

Law, William

Law, William

…The world by professing Christianity, is so far from being a less dangerous enemy than it was before, that it has by its favors destroyed more Christians than ever it did by the most violent persecution.

- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (unknown printer, 1728; reprint, Grand Rapids, MI: Sovereign Grace Publishers, 1971), 107.

(1686, Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, England – 9 April 1761, Kings Cliffe)

Bryan, William Jennings

Bryan, William Jennings

There is more science in the twenty-fourth verse of the first chapter of Genesis…than in all Darwin wrote.

- In His Image (NY: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1922), 94.

(19 March 1860, Salem, Illinois – 26 July 1925, Dayton, Tennessee)

Married Mary Baird, 1884

James, bishop of Jerusalem

James, bishop of Jerusalem

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

- “Definition of Pure Religion,” BIBLE, recorded by James (Jam 1.27).

James, ½ brother to Jesus, born Nazareth (?) – died Jerusalem (?)

Converted to Christ sometime between Joh 7.5 and Pentecost

Sanctified, in Upper Room, Pentecost, Jerusalem (Act 1.14, if literal)

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich

It is impossible to separate doctrine and morality in the Christian Church.   

– The Cost of Discipleship (Chr. Kaiser Verlag Munchen, 1937; reprint, NY: Macmillan, 1963), 331.

(4 February 1906, Breslau, Poland – 9 April 1945, Germany)

Luther, Martin

Luther, Martin

…We desire nothing more than that the glory of God may be advanced, the benefit of Christ truly known, and the truth of the gospel purely taught.

– Commentary on Galatians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1930), 370.

(10 November 1483, Eisleben, Saxony, Germany – 18 February 1546 Eisleben, Germany)          

Married Katharine von Bora, 13 June 1525  

Lewis, C S

Lewis, C S

…An ancient Jew…had never heard of music or festivity or agriculture as things separate from religion nor of religion as something separate from them.  Life was one.

- Reflections on The Psalms (NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958), 47.

(29 November 1898, Belfast, Ireland – 22 November 1963, Oxford, England)

Married Joy Gresham,1956

Law, William

Law, William

…Till the last trumpet calls him to judgment; where the inquiry will be how humbly, how devoutly, how purely, how meekly, how piously,  how charitably, how heavenly, we have spoken, thought, and acted.

- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (unknown printer, 1728; reprint, Grand Rapids, MI: Sovereign Grace Publishers, 1971), 75.

(1686, Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, England – 9 April 1761, Kings Cliffe)

Bryan, William Jennings

Bryan, William Jennings

…We have no assurance that any physical perfection can be made use of in the world above…neither have we any assurance that the perfections of the mind survive the day of death.

- In His Image (NY: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1922), 160.

(19 March 1860, Salem, Illinois – 26 July 1925, Dayton, Tennessee)

Married Mary Baird, 1884

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich

The actor who had to play the part of pagan gods and heroes, the teacher who was forced to teach pagan mythologies in pagan schools, the gladiator who had to take human life for sport, the soldier who wielded the sword, the policeman, and the judge all had to renounce their heathen professions if they wanted to be baptized.

– The Cost of Discipleship (Chr. Kaiser Verlag Munchen, 1937; reprint, NY: Macmillan, 1963), 299.

(4 February 1906, Breslau, Poland – 9 April 1945, Germany)