"It is not love that maintains marriage, but from now on, marriage maintains love; because marriage is not based on love, but on God's order and calling in Christ."
— Bonhoeffer
Source: Letters from Prison
Marriage, love
Views: 417
"If we continue to tolerate racial, social, or other divisions in the church, while at the same time preaching that Jesus, through the cross, abolished the old divisions and created one new body united by love—that is contrary to the integrity of our faith and cannot be supported by a true Christian conscience."
— John Stott
Source: The Message of Ephesians
Divide, unite
Views: 488
"Now if one of the parties were endowed with Christian fortitude and could endure the other's ill behavior, that would doubtless be a wonderfully blessed cross and a right way to heaven."
— Martin Luther
Source: The Estate of Marriage (1522), Part Two (Luther's Works, vol. 45)
Views: 370
"What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and that love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Source: "Where Do We Go from Here?", address to the 11th Annual SCLC Convention, Atlanta, August 16, 1967
Justice, Love
Views: 433
"While free will makes evil possible, it is also the only thing that makes possible any love, goodness, or joy worth having."
— C.S. Lewis
Source: Mere Christianity
freedom, evil, love
Views: 389
"If you set your sights on heaven, the earthly will also be given to you; if you set your sights only on earth, you will receive neither."