Inspirational Quotes by Edmund Clowney
“The city of man requires idolatry. All must bow before the symbol of its total claim. Religion is tolerated when it supports the claims of the state, party, the institutional hierarchy. But those who say, "We must obey God rather than men" are always condemned as traitors or exiled as aliens. Yet the calling of Christ's kingdom no only separates a man from the world, it also sends him to the world. In this time of the kingdom we are pilgrims, for the mountain of Christ's rule is the heavenly Zion; but in the task of the kingdom we are ambassadors, for we have been sent by the King to proclaim his terms of peace to his rebellious realm.”
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topics: religion-christianity
“God’s purpose was not simply to deliver Israel from Pharoah’s yoke. It was to bring them under His yoke.”
“The one who knows and fears the Lord of Hosts need fear no other.”
“From the twelve apostles to the Auca missionaries of our generation, the history of the Christian church is the history of “wasted” lives. The Christian may tabulate all the assets of his personality and take inventory of his preferences, but he casts all these at the feet of Christ. He is not seeking fulfillment but expendability. He counts not his life dear to himself, for he holds it in trust for Christ. His goal is beyond the grave; the crown of his high calling is in the hand of his risen Lord. (14-15)”
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“The “Come!” of Christ separates us from the world to his name; the “Go!” of Christ sends us to the world in his name. (18)”
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“Christ's suffering was redemptive not because suffering itself is redemptive, but because Christ himself is the Redeemer”
― Edmund Clowney ,
topics: religion-christianity
“You dare not lift your hands to place God’s name in blessing on his people until you have first clasped them in penitent petition for his grace.”
“Private soul-searching is not enough to determine your call to the ministry. The judgment of the people of God must be sought; long before the time when it must be given formally it should be sought informally.”
― Edmund Clowney ,
topics: religion-christianity
“Seminary is for men who are seriously considering the ministry; it is a place where a man may test his gifts and calling in the service of the Word...Uncertainty about a call to the ministry may indicate with certainty a call to theological training. Even when God does not call a man to pastoral work, he often leads through seminary study to other ministries of teaching and to informed leadership in the work of the church.”
― Edmund Clowney ,
topics: religion-christianity
“On the other hand, a desire to serve Christ in the ministry may become intense before there is evidence of the necessary gifts...If you yearn to serve Christ in the gospel ministry, that desire is surely a calling to prayer for the Spirit; likely it is also a foretaste and earnest of greater gifts in store.”
― Edmund Clowney ,
topics: religion-christianity
“On the other had, a desire to serve Christ in the ministry may become intense before there is evidence of the necessary gifts...If you yearn to serve Christ in the gospel ministry, that desire is surely a calling to prayer for the Spirit; likely it is also a foretaste and earnest of greater gifts in store.”
― Edmund Clowney ,
topics: religion-christianity
“Most often the presence of such gifts of the Spirit creates a desire for their exercise. By them a man is drawn to the Word, to Christ, to men. For this reason a deep and sincere desire to enter the ministry is the commonest evidence of the Lord's calling. It is no sure criterion, however, for the gifts and desire are not always joined.”
― Edmund Clowney ,
topics: religion-christianity
“Man is made, not simply in the image of God, as though the divine image were reproduced in man, but rather, man is made as the image of God. He is like God.”
“The call of the Word of God to the gospel ministry comes to ALL those who have the gifts for such a ministry.”
― Edmund Clowney ,
topics: religion-christianity
“Es el celo del amor de Dios en Cristo lo que reivindica a la iglesia como la novia del Señor.”
“El misterio radica también en la entrega del Padre. Dios no es hombre, movido por emociones pasajeras, sujeto al tiempo y al cambio. Él es el Creador eterno e inmutable.”
“Sometimes Christians speak of each decision of their lives as though they were launching a moon-shot where a single miscalculation would send the capsule into a trackless void. Even space scientist do better than that, correcting the flight of their space-probes by radioed signals. God does much better. He knows that we are often incapable of distinguishing trivial decisions from momentous ones, and that we are foolish and imperceptive. He knows---- and keeps us in his hand.”
― Edmund Clowney ,
topics: religion-christianity
“He does not only declare that God saves by grace, not works; he brings Christ forward, and placards him. Preaching points to Christ crucified for our sins, and risen for our life.”
“La hermosa historia de la creación no solo enseña que el matrimonio es una unión de dos que se vuelven uno, sino que los dos fueron hechos de uno.”
“La fe de Abraham fue probada cuando Dios le pidió dar todo. La fe no puede ser menos que total. Confiar en Dios significa verlo solo a Él, encontrar en Él todas nuestras esperanzas, no retener nada, no tener ninguna reserva. La fe es compromiso. Pero solo porque la fe mira a Dios y no a nosotros, el dar de la fe es realmente recibir. En compromiso, el precio que la fe paga es todo. Pero en confianza total, el precio es nada. La fe mira a Dios, no al hombre, como el dador.”
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Edmund Prosper Clowney Clowney was ordained in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and served as pastor for churches from 1942 to 1946. Westminster Theological Seminary invited him to become an assistant professor of practical theology in 1952. In 1966 he became the first president of that seminary, and remained so until 1984, when he became the theologian-in-residence of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In 1990, he moved to Escondido, California where he was adjunct professor at Westminster Seminary California. In 2001 he began a full-time position as associate pastor at Christ the King Presbyterian Church in Houston, Texas. After two years in Texas, Clowney returned to Trinity Presbyterian Church as part-time theologian-in-residence, a position he held until his death in 2005.
He is author of ten books including Called to the Ministry, Christian Meditation, The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament, and The Church.