"In what is necessary there must be unity, in what is free there must be tolerance, and in all things there must be love."
— Rupertus Meldenius
Source: To the Theologians of the Augustusburg Confession: An Exhortation for Peace in the Church
Unity, Tolerance, Love
Views: 407
"Brother, if any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him; for you are worse than he thinks you to be."
— Charles H. Spurgeon
Source: "David Dancing before the Ark Because of His Election" (1888), Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, vol. 34
Criticism, slander
Views: 382
"I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable."
— G.K. Chesterton
Source: What's Wrong with the World (1910)
Marriage, Compatibility
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"Let the seeking man reach a place where life and lips join to say continually "Be thou exalted," and a thousand minor problems will be solved at once. His Christian life ceases to be the complicated thing it had been before and becomes the very essence of simplicity."
— A.W. Tozer
Source: The Pursuit of God, ch. 8 "Restoring the Creator-creature Relation"
Order of Life
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"As the old cock crows the young cock learns. Children imitate their parents' examples. Nature goes for much, and example for more. To fix a good or evil course, / Example is of potent force: / And they who wish the young to teach / Must practise ever what they preach."
— Charles H. Spurgeon
Source: The Salt-Cellars, Vol. 1 (1889)
Raising children
Views: 434
"Christ’s righteousness is to be seen in our practices. So our annual reports and reviews are honest. We don’t take advantage of customers in pricing or in billing. Because we represent Christ, we don’t cheat the boss on our time cards or on expense reports, even if others do. We don’t lie to regulators. We don’t lie to the IRS. Why? Because our Lord has written his name on us so that others can see him."
— Bryan Chapell
Source: Bryan Chapell, "What Are You Actually Professing in Your Profession?" Common Good, August 19, 2022 (adapted from Grace at Work, Crossway, 2022)