Joel Owens:
CLASS OF 2006
Grace CollegeClass of 2006
Winona lake, IN
Joel's Story
Joel is from Manito, Illinois. Joel later attended Grace College. Joel works(ed) at Bethany Christian Services, Kent Regional 4c, Bethany Christian Services.
Books Joel likes include The Lord of the Rings, The Confessions of St Augustine, Heritage of Shannara.
One of Joel's favorite quotes is:"" A zealous man in religion is pre-eminently a man of one thing. It is not enough to say that he is earnest, hearty, uncompromising, thorough-going, whole-hearted, fervent in spirit. He only sees one thing, he cares for one thing, he lives for one thing, he is swallowed up in one thing; and that one thing is to please God. Whether he lives, or whether he dies--whether he has health, or whether he has sickness--whether he is rich, or whether he is poor--whether he pleases men, or whether he gives offence--whether he is thought wise, or whether he is thought foolish--whether he gets honor, or whether he gets shame--for all this the zealous man cares nothing at all. He burns for one thing; and that one thing is, to please God, and to advance God's glory."
-- J.C.Ryle
“Therefore, in reading profane [non-Christian] authors, the admirable light of truth displayed in them should remind us, that the human mind, however much fallen and perverted from its original integrity, is still adorned and invested with admirable gifts from its Creator. If we reflect that the Spirit of God is the only fountain of truth, we will be careful, as we would avoid offering insult to him, not to reject or condemn truth wherever it appears.... But if the Lord has been pleased to assist us b...Expand for more
y the work and ministry of the ungodly in physics, dialectics, mathematics and other similar sciences, let us avail ourselves of it lest, by neglecting the gifts of God spontaneously offered to us, we be justly punished for our sloth.”
-- John Calvin: Institutes
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"It is not living that matters, but living rightly."
--Socrates
"He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips, betrayal oozes out of him at every pore."
-- Sigmund Freud
"Many Christians have what we might call a 'cultural holiness'. They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them. As the Christian culture around them is more or less holy, so these Christians are more or less holy. But God has not called us to be like those around us."." --Jerry Bridges
"There is but one truly serious philosophical question and that is suicide. Judging whether or not life is worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy."
--A. Camus
"A world that can be explained even with bad reasons is a familiar world. But on the other hand, in a universe suddenly divested of illusions and lights, man feels an alien, a stranger. His exile is without remedy since he is deprived of the memory of a lost home or the hope of a promised land. This divorce between man and his life ... is properly the feeling of absurdity."".
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