In grades 1 through 4 these books introduce the child to U. S. society - to family life, community activities, ordinary economic transactions, and some history. None of the books covering grades 1 through 4 contain one word referring to any religious activity in contemporary American life.
The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those who are not yet purified. But when they amend their lives, his delight is indescribable and knows no bounds. A soul filled with thoughts of sensual desire and hatred is unpurified. If we detect any trace of hatred in our hearts against any man whatsoever for committing any fault, we are utterly estranged from love for God, since love for God absolutely precludes us from hating any man.
Dancing is not a form of expression for the Christian liturgy.
A pure heart is perhaps one which has no natural propulsion towards anything in any manner whatsoever. When in its extreme simplicity such a heart has become like a writing-tablet beautifully smoothed and polished, God comes to dwell in it and writes there His own laws.
In the US, we consider our foreign policy as something rooted in the protection of American ideals of democracy and human development. However, we often fail to see the damaging consequences, many of which may be unintended, on others - including Christians - living in other parts of the world.
If we're not careful we spiritualize laziness.
From the point of view of the Christian faith, man comes in the profoundest sense to himself not through what he does but through what he accepts. He must wait for the gift of love, and love can only be received as a gift. . . One must wait for it, let it be given to one. And one cannot become wholly man in any other way than by being loved, by letting oneself be loved. . . If he declines to let himself be presented with the gift, then he destroys himself.
His wife's a brand of Christian that forbids a gathering that involves young women dancing in the streets but not races where men die
Unbroken companionship helps us hear His instruction so then we can see His direction. We must not seek direction before obeying His instruction.
I am a politician, but I am also a Christian.
I've come to view Jesus much the way I view Elvis. I love the guy but the fan clubs really freak me out.
No one who lies is linked to God. God is the truth. He says, 'I am the Way, the Truth and the Life' (Jn. 14:6). See how we sort ourselves out and what position we take up through lying ? clearly on the side of the evil one. If, therefore, we want to be saved, we must with all our hearts love the Truth and guard ourselves from every kind of falsehood so that we may not be separated from truth and from life.
