Affliction Quote by Samuel Rutherford

The devil is but a whetstone to sharpen the faith and patience of the saints.-

— Samuel Rutherford

“For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him…

— Scotty Smith

“In Jerusalem, belief as a form of aggression achieved near perfection. Whether you went deep in the earth or climbed the highest hill, someone's…

— Dan Fesperman

“The whole of the Sermon [Matt 5-7] is framed within Jesus's announcement that what his fellow Jews had longed for over many generations was…

— N.T. Wright

God puts Christ's enemies as a footstool beneath His feet, for their salvation as well as their destruction.

— Origen

“The rock, when one came to think of it, was the utmost expression of human need; even mere feeling yearned for it; it was…

— Willa Cather

“And the Enemy, the Destroyer, senses the surface truth that this Jesus is a threat, so he targets Him for destruction. Lucifer shows up…

— Rick Lawrence

Jerusalem has been - and for many, still is - a metaphor for destruction and the vengeance of an offended God. She is the…

— Amos Elon

Had there been a Lunatic Asylum in the suburbs of Jerusalem, Jesus Christ would infallibly have been shut up in it at the outset…

— Havelock Ellis

But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of its boisterous…

— John Foxe

“There, said they, is the Mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, the innumerable company of angels, and the spirits of just men made perfect. [Heb.…

— John Bunyan

Second, if you disbelieve in the reality of good and evil spirit agents, you fundamentally change the narrative of Scripture. The motif of spiritual…

— Gregory A. Boyd