The Worship Quote of the Week for (10/23/2007):

God's Mercy: Deliver Us from Evil There is a serious problem if our view of sin is such that we want God somehow to comfort us in our moral error, our rebellion against His ways. The biblical view of sin requires confession that leads one first to repentance and then to forgiveness. Today's multi-lingual WORSHIP QUOTE deals with this concept and comes from the quill of the seventeenth-century French physicist, mathematician, and religious philosopher. He is credited with inventing the digital calculator and for being the first person to wear a wristwatch. Can you guess who it is? GOD'S MERCY: DELIVER US FROM EVIL Nous implorons la miséricorde de Dieu; non afin qu'il nous laisse en paix dans nos vices mais afin qu'il nous en délivre. We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them. --Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), PENSÉES, Part IV, #553, "The Mystery of Jesus" (1660). www.croixsens.net/pascal/page9.php (In the original French) www.ccel.org/ccel/pascal/pensees.txt (Translation by W. F. Trotter) Have a great week! Chip Stam Director, Institute for Christian Worship School of Church Music and Worship The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky www.wqotw.org www.sbts.edu/icw =========================== WORSHIP QUOTE OF THE WEEK: To subscribe, unsubscribe, or view a complete index of worship quotes, please visit http://www.wqotw.org ===========================