No careful student, and other quotes

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“No careful student of the early congregation of believers can fail to be impressed with the simplicity of its worship and functioning.” -- W. Carl Ketcherside

“To argue that God is ‘trying His best’ to save all mankind, but that the majority of men will not let Him save them, is to insist that the will of the Creator is impotent, and that the will of the creature is omnipotent.” -- Arthur W. Pink, in The Sovereignty of God

“Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.” -- C. S. Lewis

“All of life illustrates biblical truth.” -- Donald Grey Barnhouse

“God does as He pleases, only as He pleases, always as He pleases.” -- Arthur W. Pink, in The Sovereignty of God

“Nobody is cheated out of an election, just out cheated.” -- John G. Crowley

“It’s the person on your right being willing to die for you, and you feeling the same. It shouldn’t take a war to make the world that simple.” -- Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, in TV show NCIS