“To meditate without reading is hurtful.” –from William Bridge, a Puritan writer, as quoted by Donald Whitney in his book Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life
“Television displays a rapid succession of pictures that we passively observe (in contrast to forming mental pictures ourselves, as when reading), which causes the imagination to atrophy with inactivity. And this makes the concentration and meditation on Scripture more difficult.” –found on the page titled “AVOID SPIRITUAL ANESTHESIA” from Donald Whitney’s Simplify Your Spiritual Life
“What does God need with a starship?”
Did God answer the question?
- OG MANDINO vs HAROLD ROBBINS & JACQUELINE SUSANN
- OG MANDINO & DONALD WHITNEY (his 1991 book)
- OG MANDINO vs MAX CADY (from 1991’s Cape Fear)
“Already read ’em.” –Max Cady (1991)
From Donald Whitney’s Books
July 30, 2024 by Blogging For 20 Years • Uncategorized • 0 Comments
“To meditate without reading is hurtful.” –from William Bridge, a Puritan writer, as quoted by Donald Whitney in his book Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life
“Television displays a rapid succession of pictures that we passively observe (in contrast to forming mental pictures ourselves, as when reading), which causes the imagination to atrophy with inactivity. And this makes the concentration and meditation on Scripture more difficult.” –found on the page titled “AVOID SPIRITUAL ANESTHESIA” from Donald Whitney’s Simplify Your Spiritual Life
“What does God need with a starship?”
Did God answer the question?
“Already read ’em.” –Max Cady (1991)