"What line does my thought take? Does it turn to what God says or to what I fear? … “I will in no wise fail thee” — not for all my sin and selfishness and stubbornness and waywardness. Have I really let God say to me that He will never fail me?"
— Oswald Chambers
Source: My Utmost for His Highest, June 4, "The Never-Failing God"
Death, Together, Plan
Views: 565
"In Jesus’ day, the idea of ‘neighbor’ and ‘brother’ was the same thing. Love and support were to be only shown to one’s own tribe, race, and faith. By making the two main figures in the parable to be a Jew and a Samaritan, however, Jesus drove home the fact that a Christian must consider anyone at all, especially those of other races and classes, as my neighbor, even if he or she is of another faith."
— Timothy Keller
Source: “The Bible on Church and Culture” (timothykeller.com, 2008)
Muslims, doctrines, good neighbors
Views: 549
"Death is the supreme festival on the road to freedom."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Source: Letters and Papers from Prison, "Miscellaneous Thoughts" (tr. R. H. Fuller)
Death, life, acceptance
Views: 457
"I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it the main object of life to press on to that other country and to help others to do the same."
— C.S. Lewis
Source: Mere Christianity, Book III, ch. 10 "Hope"
Soul, body, satisfaction
Views: 593
"Everyone can be great because everyone can serve. You don't need a college degree to serve... all you need is a heart full of grace and a soul born of love."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Source: 1968 speech "The Drummer's Instinct"
Great people, service, grace, love, soul
Views: 529