The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.-----------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him or her to...
The only hope for any of us, regardless for our particular sins, lies in a ruthless trust in a God who inexplicably loves sinners, including those who sin differently than we do. from Soul Survivor: How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church
We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of...
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
It is important to distinguish between different versions of the “same” faith. All faiths are contested. We dare not make sweeping generalizations about other religions or even about our own religion. from Moral Leadership for a Divided Age 2525 1 comment Like Comment...
If we resolve to be considerate and to help our neighbours; to make friends with people of different races and religions; and, as our Lord said, to look to our own faults before we criticize others, we will be keeping faith with those who landed in Normandy and fought...
Sometimes for humans no one is more "other" than the person who claims to worship the same God we worship but differently, and the Samaritans were "those people."
Commentary writer and professor, Thomas Slater, says this about Ephesians. “Many people say that ‘competition’ brings advancement. Rarely do people who love others and wish the best for others say this. This statement gives some people the license to ignore the...
People who know God well—mystics, hermits, those who risk everything to find God—always meet a lover, not a dictator. God is never found as an abusive father or a tyrannical mother; God is always a lover greater than we dared hope for. How different from the “account...
Sometimes it bothers me, the number of people who can quote my songs, or they can quote the songs of several different people, but they can't quote the Scriptures, as if anything a musician might have to say would be worth listening to. Really, I mean, what musicians...