Philip

“Totalitarianism demands, in fact, the continuous alteration of the past, and in the long run probably demands a disbelief in the very existence of objective truth.”
― George Orwell, Orwell on Truth

“He calleth things that are not, as though they were. What are only actually done with us in time, were truly present with him before all time, who is not included in any time.”
― Edward Drapes

“The triplex office of Mediator is necessarily prophet, priest, and king. We might ask the question, Why these three? An answer is given to us, and that response is given in terms of our need. Christ is the Prophet because of our ignorance; Christ is the Priest because of our alienation; Christ is the King because of our inability to return to God. We are ignorant, we are alienated, and we are utterly unable. God, in sending Christ as the promised covenant Mediator, fully accomplishes our salvation. He meets our ignorance and sends a Prophet to teach us. He sees us in our alienation when we are enemies and reaches out to restore us, to reconcile us. Thirdly, He knows we are dead in our trespasses and sins, and so Christ is the King- the King who has power and expresses His power by calling us out of death and into new life and keeping us in this life until the coming of His heavenly kingdom.”
― James Renihan, For The Vindication of The Truth: a Brief Exposition of the First London Baptist Confession of Faith

“London rules again. We’re all in it together might’ve been the public mantra, but everyone knew that you never took a ride in a hot air balloon without knowing who you'd throw overboard first.”
― Mick Herron, The Secret Hours