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“A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening ...”
“It is God's earth out of which man is taken. From it he has his body. His body belongs to his essential being. Man's body is not his prison, his shell his exterior, but man himself. Man does not "h...”
“Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their lifes journey”
“The church is constituted as a new people who have been gathered from the nations to remind the world that we are in fact one people. Gathering, therefore, is an eschatological act as it is the for...”
“You do not esteem good deeds?" She shifted the basket handle to both hands, just as a cool breeze blew a bonnet string across her face. "My dear Miss Keene, what would the world be without them?" H...”
“Christianity is a life, not a doctrine . . . I'm not saying never doubt or question. The Lord gave you a mind so that you would make honest use of it. I'm saying you must be sure that the doubts an...”
“Our life depends on the kind of thoughts we nurture. If our thoughts are peaceful, calm, meek, and kind, then that is what our life is like. If our attention is turned to the circumstances in which...”
“Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves.”
“Two people whose opinion I respect told me that the word "Christian" would turn people off. This certainly says something about the state of Christianity today. I wouldn't mind if to be a Christian...”
“I may be deemed superstitious, and even egotistical, in regarding this event as a special interposition of divine Providence in my favor. But I should be false to the earlierst sentiments of my sou...”
“The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact. The old myth of the Dying God, without ceasing to be a myth, comes down from the heaven of legend and imagination to the earth of history.”
“When spiritual friends share their stories, the others listen without working. They rest. Theres nothing to fix, nothing to improve. A spiritual community feels undisturbed quiet as they listen, ce...”
“The Golden Rule is intolerable; if millions did to others whatever they wished others to do to them, few would be safe from molestation. The Golden Rule shows anything but moral genius, and the cla...”
“Stand true to your calling to be a man. Real women will always be relieved and grateful when men are willing to be men”
“God hath thus ordered it, that we may learn to bear one anothers burdens; for no man is without fault, no man without his burden, no man sufficient of himself, no man wise enough of himself; but we...”
“Let us not forget: we are a pilgrim church, subject to misunderstanding, to persecution, but a church that walks serene, because it bears the force of love.”
“Money is really worth no more than as it can be used to accomplish the Lord's work. Life is worth as much as it is spent for the Lord's service.”
“Were seeking imperfectly at every turn, no doubt an incarnational theology, a theology that brings radical good news of great joy for all the people, good news that God loves the world and didnt ...”
“We ought not to be in too much of a hurry here to speak piously of Gods will and guidance. It is obvious, and it should not be ignored, that it is your own very human wills that are at work here, c...”
“Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. No Book which does not preach Christ can be apos...”
