Why "St. Cuthbert's Island"?

Saint Cuthbert was a Celtic monk who lived in the 7th century.
He received visitors at his monastery in Northumbria and was even appointed a bishop, but he yearned for the life of an ascetic. While living at the monastery on the island of Lindisfarne, he sought to spend time with the Lord whenever possible. Early on, he practiced solitude on a small island that was linked to Lindisfarne by a land bridge when the tide was low. This tiny island, known as Saint Cuthbert’s Island, was a training ground of sorts—a place to grow in faith and in love for God.

I chose to name my blog after this island for two reasons:
1) I hope that it will be a place where I can spend time alone with God, growing in my love for Him.
2) Perhaps, when the tide is low, others may find their way to this tiny island
and, by God’s grace, be blessed by what they find there.

Friday, July 13, 2007

1 Corinthians 10-11

More Witherington quotes:
  • Baptism alone doesn’t make you “bulletproof.”
  • You are provoking Christ, testing God’s patience, by continuing in willful sin.
  • Why would you think God would require less under grace? “To whom much is given, much is required.”
  • Jesus is the clearest revelation of the character of God.
  • No rebaptisms. You can’t enter into Christ more than once.
  • God is the owner—not only of all food, but of all things. There is no such thing as private property (or public property). It’s all the Lord’s. Secular communism and secular capitalism are wrong.
  • That little word “mine” needs deconstructing. It’s not yours. You may think it is, but it’s not. It’s a gift of God. Not just gifts, talents, etc. but “personal” property as well.
  • One of the problems of the computer age is that you become so dependent on technology that you make the mistake that you know it. There is a difference between having ready access and knowing something.
  • Store up the word of the Lord in your heart, and it will save your life, and no one can take it from you.
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