When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair.
I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing.
But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.
Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
I have been baptized twice, once in water, once in flame. I will carry the fire of the holy spirit inside until I stand before my Lord for judgement.
The best relationships are between two people who care more about each other's good than their own momentary pleasure.
In a world filled with misery and uncertainty, it is a great comfort to know that, in the end, there is light in the darkness.
Let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absent-minded. Someone sober will worry about events going badly. Let the lover be.
Take the blinders from your vision take the padding from your ears and confess you've heard me crying and admit you've seen my tears.
Kiev's attempts to exert economic pressure on Donbas (region of east Ukraine) and disrupt its daily life only aggravates the situation. This is a dead-end track, fraught with a big catastrophe.
I think God rarely gives to one man, or one set of men, more than one great moral victory to win.