Articles by Darla Dee Turlington
The Rev. Dr. Darla Dee Turlington is an ordained American Baptist pastor who served twenty years at the First Baptist Church of Westfield, NJ, the last nine as Senior Pastor, retiring in June 2010. She has been an adjunct professor at New York City area colleges and currently is on the Governing Board of the Ministers Council of the American Baptist Churches USA, the Board of Visitors of the Divinity School of Wake Forest University, and the Advisory Team of American Baptist Women In Ministry.
The earth is the Lord’s
God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Gen. 1:10
Then God said, “Let the earth put forth …
The Earth is…
The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God.
— St. John Damascene (749 AD)
Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated …
No, for I have chosen him [Abraham], that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what …
From AZ Quotes, goodreads.com, quotemaster.org, www.christianquotes.info
Human justice is very prolix, and yet at times quite mediocre; divine justice is more concise and needs no information from the prosecution, no legal papers, no interrogation of witnesses, but …
God-given dreams/visions
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
—Gen. 15:1 [similarly, to Jacob at 31:11 and …
The nature of dreams
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
—Khalil Gibran
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
—Edgar Allan Poe
Hope is a waking dream.
—Aristotle
Why does …
Compiled by Darla Turlington
Biblical Sources
Be strong and courageous; for you shall put this people in possession of the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them. Only be strong and very courageous, being careful …
Compiled by Darla Turlington
Biblical Sources
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth …
by Darla Turlington
Bible Quotes on Feast
Hospitality and Celebrations
But he [Lot] urged them [strangers/angels] strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and …
by Darla Turlington
Biblical Migrations
Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man… —Genesis 3:22-23
These are the families of Noah’s sons, according …
by Darla Turlington
God Speaks Through Dreams and Visions
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very …
by Darla Turlington
Quotations from the Bible and secular writings that pastors and others may find useful in sermons, essays, or other venues.
