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What Great Men Have Said About the Book of Romans

“It is the chief part of the New Testament and the perfect gospel . . . the absolute epitome of the gospel.”

 Martin Luther praised the Book of Romans


“The compendium of Christian doctrine.”
Philip Melancthon on Romans

“When any one understands this Epistle, he has a passage opened to him to the understanding of the whole Scripture.”
John Calvin on Romans

 “The most profound work in existence.”
Samuel Coleridge, English poet and literary critic said of Paul’s letter to the Romans.

Frederick Godet, 19th Century Swiss theologian called the Book of Romans...“The cathedral of the Christian faith.”


G. Campbell Morgan said Romans was
 “The most pessimistic page of literature upon which your eyes ever rested”
and at the same time,
“the most optimistic poem to which your ears ever listened.”


Richard Lenski wrote Romans is
“Beyond question the most dynamic of all New Testament letters even as it was written at the climax of Paul’s apostolic career.”

thots on joy

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
       - Eleanor Roosevelt 

 
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
       - Anonymous


One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
       - Chinese Proverb

 
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
       - Japanese Proverb 

 
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.        - Philippians 4: 4-7

A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
       - Anonymous


This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
      
 - Chuck Sigars

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!
        - Jerry Van Amerongen

Photo of toddler smiling 
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
        - Melba Colgrove


Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
        - Mother Teresa


There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
        - John Buchan


Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
       - Thich Nhat Hanh


Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
       - Carl Sandburg


Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
       - Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy


There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
       - Kahlil Gibran 

 

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