(Tim) "...nobody is fit to preach the Gospel in a hostile world, unless his mind has been prepared for suffering. Therefore if we are to prove ourselves faithful ministers of Christ, not only must we ask Him for the spirit of knowledge and of wisdom, but also for the spirit of steadfastness and of courage, so that we may never be broken by desperate suffering, for this is the lot of the godly." - John Calvin, Acts, Vol. 1 (Torrance) pp. 266--267.
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He must have been a rather precocious infant ;-)
Posted by: Amanda Ewer | Friday, 10 July 2009 at 11:22 PM
"Desperate suffering." What a striking phrase. Calvin was a man who knew whereof he spoke; no armchair theologian.
Posted by: Dan Phillips | Monday, 13 July 2009 at 10:26 AM