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“We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds; we have been drenched by many storms; we have learnt the arts of equivocation and pretence; experience has made us suspicious of others and kept us from...”
“It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of ...”
“Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.”
“If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more; and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them. That is one of the rules common to the whole house.”
“The question of why evil exists is not a theological question, for it assumes that it is possible to go behind the existence forced upon us as sinners. If we could answer it then we would not be si...”
“Jesus was a pacifist.”
“Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free”
“In my experience, self-hatred is the dominant malaise crippling Christians and stifling their growth in the Holy Spirit.”
“When we deny the spiritual dimension to our existence, we end up living like animals. And when we deny the physical, sexual dimension to our existence, we end up living like angels. And both ways a...”
“As God adds his Yes to your Yes, as he confirms your will with his will, and as he allows you, and approves of, your triumph and rejoicing and pride, he makes you at the same time instruments of hi...”
“Lord, please do this ... or do something better!”
“A man who first tried to guess 'what the public wants,' and then preached that as Christianity because the public wants it, would be a pretty mixture of fool and knave”
“Do nothing that you would not like God to see. Say nothing you would not like God to hear. Write nothing you would not like God to read. Go no place where you would not like God to find you. Read n...”
“How can we expect fate to let a righteous cause prevail when there is hardly anyone who will give himself up undividedly to a righteous cause?”
“Second, the reason to embrace and celebrate these novels as the countercultural event that they are is due largely to the subliminal messages delivered by Harry and friends in their stolen wheelbar...”
“Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll is easy. True christianitythat's rebellion.”
“Our course heavenward is like the plan of the zealous pilgrim of old, who for every three steps forward, took one backward.”
“Our greatest fear as individuals & as a church should not be of failure, but of suceeding at things in life that dont really matter.”
“We have our own language. Christianese... We don't say 'He's out of his mind,' no, we say 'That's our youth pastor.”
“And He watched over me before I knew Him and before I learned sense or even distinguished between good and evil.”
