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“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not de...”
“My interpretation can only be as inerrant as I am, and that's good to keep in mind.”
“When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111)”
“It is rare to find an established community of Christians that encourages radical expressions of following Jesus. The natural conservatism of institutions is deeply rooted in the desire to survive,...”
“When we refer to 'the biblical approach to economics' or the biblical response to politics' or 'biblical womanhood,' we're using the Bible as a weapon disguised as an adjective.”
“If we read the Word of God, we shall know the will of God.”
“Try to imagine this formless, liquid abyss of many waters and surfaces. With and within this awesome, abysmal substance, God Mother creates universes. We are made from this stuff, literally! And we...”
“In the beginnings, God Mother separates the earth from the heavens.”
“And our Divine Parents have been molding God Childs soul from stardust. And They have been breathing life-breath into its nose, and God Childs soul has been existing as a Soul of Life.”
“God Child is a free and inspirational translation of Adam. Adam means 'human', not 'man'. The Hebrew for 'man' is 'aish'. In English man can mean both man and human, which may have caused the confu...”
“Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)”
“I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. (Psalms 116:1-2 NIV)”
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we...”
“The Bible is God's vision bank where you can withdraw raw materials to design your destiny.”
“You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world.(Matthew 5:14, The Message)”
“I much prefer not to fall, unless of course I am falling into the hands of God.”
“Above all else, guard your heart for it affects everything else you do.”
“There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on H...”
“Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but of power and of love and of calm and well balanced mind and discipline and self-control.”
