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• The oldest theory of art belongs to the Greeks, who regarded art as an imitation (mimesis) of reality. The strength of that…
• No group of people has been more unjustly maligned in the twentieth century than the Puritans. As a result, we approach the…
• Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.
• For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life.
• There is a quiet revolution going on in the study of the Bible. At its center is a growing awareness that the…
• William Perkins said, “The end of a man’s calling is not to gather riches for himself…but to serve God in the serving…
• It is untrue that fiction is nonutilitarian. The uses of fiction are synonymous with the uses of literature. They include refreshment, clarification…
• The Puritans' sense of priorities in life was one of their greatest strengths. Putting God first and valuing everything else in relation…
• Readers should aspire to what is excellent. They should refuse to read a substitute Bible. They should want a Bible that calls…
• The goal of Bible translation is be transparent to the original text - to see as clearly as possible what the biblical…
• Stressing the God-centered life can lead to an otherworldly withdrawal from everyday earthly life.
• The Bible is obviously a mixed book. Literary and nonliterary (expository, explanatory) writing exist side by side within the covers of this…

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