"It's not biblical manhood that men should aspire to but Christlike manhood. If we speak of biblical manhood, who is our pattern? Abraham? Moses? David? Elijah? With their propensity for deceit, anger, adultery, and violence? No, Jesus alone is our model of redeemed manhood." Brian Zahnd, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: the … Continue reading Quote of Note #244: Christlike Manhood
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Quote of Note #243: The Dangerous Decision to Love
"In a day when we are taught to look for easy solutions, it is not always easy to hold on to that most difficult one of all, love." M. L'Engle (For full quote, click link below.)
Quote of Note #242: Praying for a Change
". . . all that is said in the New Testament about prayer is said not in the interest of being reconciled to things as they are but in the interest of getting things changed." (For full quote click the link below.)
Quote of Note #241: “No Ordinary People”
" It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship. . . ." C. S. Lewis (For full quote, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #240: The Highest Christian Virtue: Love
“If you ask twenty good men today what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, Unselfishness. But if you asked any of the great Christians of old, he would have replied, Love. You see what has happened?" C. S. Lewis (for full quote, click link below)
Quote of Note #239: “Not so with you!”: Servanthood as Discipleship
"Power is seductive, and it warps those who seek it. The only way to overcome power's allure is to be a servant." J. Hooten Wilson (For full quote, click link below.)
Quote of Note #238: Rejecting Heartlessness & Lack of Compassion
"We deny the power of godliness when we are passionate about politics or justice but heartless and unjust to those who don't see things the way we do." J. Dodson (for complete quote, click link below)
Quote of Note #237/Prayer Note #71: Right Use of our Surplus
"Grant that all who have a surplus of this bread may know by this very fact that they are appointed as servants, as dispensers of thy grace, that they are in thy service and in the service of others." K. Barth (click link below for full quote)
Quote of Note #236: Western Civilization & the Christian Moral Vision
"Most people in today's world recognize as noble the ideas that we should love our enemies, that the strong should protect the weak, and that it is better to suffer evil than to do evil." N.T. Wright & Michael Bird (for full quote, click the link below)
Quote of Note #235: On the Right Use of Wealth
"If one who takes the clothing off another is called a thief, why give any other name to the one who can clothe the naked and refuses to do so? " Basil the Great (for full quote click link below)
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