804 quotes found
“Virtually every church tradition, by theology, interpretive strategies, or pastoral practice, makes accommodations for divorced people who seek to remarry. These accommodations permit divorced peop...”
“Lucian [of Samosata; 120-190 CE] was trying to make his audience laugh, rather than start a revolution”
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.”
“One of the effects of the gospel going deeper into our souls is that it frees our fingers to loosen their grasp on our goods.”
“For the Christian, the issue is not just that we give, but how. God loves a cheerful giver (2 Cor. 9:7). And giving gladly rests on the great why of Christian generosity: that Christ himselfour Sav...”
“You're a miracle, Walker. Your fingers are. Your toes are. Your crushing sadness and guilt are.”
“Your men will not take the hill if you're simply yelling commands from the safety of the rear.”
“Relative truths can also be absolute.Relative absolute truths are like two people looking at the same coin, from two different sides, each sees a different truth and presumes they are looking at th...”
“Political truths are like colors in the rainbow, they may be true, except like the color purple which is created in the mind, however they are not THE WHOLE TRUTH, which is like LIGHT, colorless an...”
“The Beatitudes correspond to the Decalogue, with blessings in lieu of the forbidden.”
“Everyone has honour and a good name. It is the only sacred thing that every person has.”
“To pray is to learn to believe in in a transformation of self and world, which seems, empirically, impossible.”
“We all go through hard times in life. Its a part of being human and it's the reality we all have to deal with. There are times we forget how valuable we are and our purpose for the life we have bee...”
“Without critical work, political awareness is likely to remain superficial and rhetorical.”
“There, in the Levantine crossroads between Europe, Africa, and Asia, the sovereign nation of Israel would exemplify what right looks like.”
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”
“But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends r...”
“All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yo...”
“And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.”
“And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.”
