Yet James Jordan points out, “Ancient man bowed before his god, whether it was Nature (Baalism) or the creator (YHWH). Modern man does not bow before his god, whether Nature (humanism) or the Creator (Christ). Similarly, for ancient man, the heart of religious exercise was adoration, worship, prostration, sacrament (a fellowship meal with the god). This was true of Israel before the Lord, and of the Canaanites before Baal. And this is the biblical view of worship: Preaching/proclamation is the word from God, which leads to a response of adoration, prostration, sacrament. The modern Christian, however, sees the heart of worship as entertainment (from a choir and an entertaining preacher) or as philosophical meditation (from a scholarly preacher). The sermon, instead of leading into worship, has become itself the climax of worship. And, just as the modern Christian view of worship is not much more than studying doctrine…we don’t see Christians bowing down to the Lord either, but we do see them studying Him, preaching about Him, and writing books about Him. Thus, there is indeed a big difference between ancient religions and modern ones. Ancient man primarily worshiped his gods, while modern man primarily studies his. This is true both of pagans and of conservative, orthodox Christians.”

https://youtu.be/svFVgu5ykv8 get ready for the final countdown to Pentecost and remember stepping on Legos is the wurst .

Lord Acton (Catholic historian): “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” — Gary Wills (Catholic): “Most people are familiar with Acton’s famous axiom…. Fewer people remember that he was speaking of papal absolutism.”

Quoted in Wills, Papal Sin, 2.

God forbid that I should limit the time of acquiring faith to the present life. In the depth of the Divine mercy there may be opportunity to win it in the future. —Martin Luther

“The Memra has a place above the angels as that agent of the Deity who sustains the course of nature and personifies the Law.”37 37Edwards, “Justin’s Logos,” 263.

It is written, they [the Arians] say: "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only." But it is not to be wondered at if they who have corrupted the sacred Scriptures, have also falsified this passage. The reason for which it seems to have been inserted is perfectly plain, so long as it is applied to unfold such blasphemy.

Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian faith, 5.16.192 in NPNF2 10:308.

“When St. Peter, full of an human good love towards Christ, advised him to avoid his sufferings, Christ rejected him with a ‘Get thee behind me, Satan,’ and only gave this reason for it, ‘for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.’ A plain proof, that whatever is not of and from the Holy Spirit of God in us, however plausible it may outwardly seem to men, to their wisdom, and human goodness, is yet in itself nothing else but the power of Satan within us.”
William Law

It would probably not be an exaggeration to say that disobedience is one of the main characteristics of modern Christianity. We know what Jesus teaches but we do not do it. Disobedience in sexual morals, in relationships, in attitudes to those who make life hard for us. Disobedience in lack of hospitality, in begrudging our money, in unwillingness for change. Our disobedience is not marginal to our lives: it is central. We do not make time to spend with God, but give it all to our work and our pleasure. We do not set our affections on things above and find treasure in heaven, but are more materialistic than any previous generation has ever been. We do not obey the Lord's last command to go and make disciples. Instead we are hesitant about the content of the good news, and reluctant to talk about it.
Micheal Green
Thirty years that changed the world .
Chapter 6 ,1