These are quotes which stood out to me, possibly for use in a sermon someday. Their presence here does not mean I agree with them, it merely shows that I might want to reference them later. The default view is five random selections. Use the tag list on the right to view all quotes relevant to that theme.
While it is right to stress the dangers of the permissive
society, the argument from danger is not in itself a good
argument, because it seems to imply that, if the danger could
be removed, if there was no risk of a child and no peril of
infection, then the objection would be removed, too. It tends
to imply that the objection is to the attendant dangers and not
to the thing itself. But if sexual intercourse before and
outside marriage is against the teaching of Jesus, then the
thing is not only dangerous, it is wrong in itself.
I didn’t bite off more than I could chew -- it just grew in my mouth. --
Death twitches my ear. “Live,” he says, “I am coming.”
Regarding tentmaking: Take for example the way in which Sozome speaks of Zeno, who was the bishop of Majuma (that is Gaza) at the end of the fourth century. Sozomen says that Zeno, ‘by pursuing his trade of weaving linen, continued to earn the means of supplying his own want and of providing for others. He never deviated from this conduct till the close of his life, although he exceeded all other priests of that province in age and although he presided over the people and property of the largest church.’
By: Paul Stevens
Source: Liberating the Laity, InterVarsity Press, 1985, quoting Roland Allen
The Law is like the stakes you put in the ground to make your plants grow up straight. Eventually the plant internalizes the structure and becomes straight because of its nature - it no longer needs to be bound to the stake. In fact, if it tries to conform itself to the stake too tightly it will become twisted and won't grow to its full potential. {paraphrased}
id: 3092 | source: Heather Blair, The Uprising, 12/31/2006 | tags: Discipleship, Legalism, Personal Growth