This much is certain, that we have no theological right to set any sort of limits to the loving-kindness of God which has appeared in Jesus Christ. Our theological duty is to see and understand it as being still greater than we had seen before.
The language of intrinsic human rights represented a significant advance beyond the previous language of world religions in terms of its universal applicability and its thiswordliness.
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Immanuel Wallerstein
That the majority of people do not embrace salvation in this life does not mean that their experiences now do not lay a foundation for a later acceptance of it.
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Gregory MacDonald
God loves each person, I believe; although, just like we do in our private homes, He reserves His kingdom only for those whom He enjoys.
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Criss Jami
There is a way to flow and cooperate with universal laws which can be beautiful and kind.
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Bryant McGill
The vulgar modern argument used against religion, and lately against common decency, would be absolutely fatal to any idea of liberty. It is perpetually said that because there are a hundred religions claiming to be true, it is therefore impossible that one of them should...
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G.k. Chesterton
More Quotes By Karl Barth
The nativity mystery “conceived from the Holy Spirit and born from the Virgin Mary”, means, that God became human, truly human out of his own grace. The miracle of the existence of Jesus , his “climbing down of God” is: Holy Spirit and Virgin Mary!...
I haven't even read everything I wrote.
...'joy' in Phillippians is a defiant 'Nevertheless! ' that Paul sets like a full stop against the Philippians' anxiety...
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.
