"Jesus calls men, not to a new religion, but to life."
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"Love asks nothing in return, but seeks those who need it. And who needs our love more than those who are consumed with hatred and are utterly devoid of love."
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"One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons."
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"The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children."
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"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."
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"Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?"
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"Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him."
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"We have learnt, rather too late, that action comes, not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility."
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"The church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ himself who has taken form among people."
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"Music... will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you."
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"The messengers of Jesus will be hated to the end of time. They will be blamed for all the division which rend cities and homes. Jesus and his disciples will be condemned on all sides for undermining family life, and for leading the nation astray; they will be called crazy fanatics and disturbers of the peace. The disciples will be sorely tempted to desert their Lord. But the end is also near, and they must hold on and persevere until it comes. Only he will be blessed who remains loyal to Jesus and his word until the end."
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"We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.....We must not.....assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God."
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"It is from God that parents receive their children, and it is to God that they should lead them."
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"The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists of listening to them. Just as love of God begins with listening to his word, so the beginning of love for our brothers and sisters is learning to listen to them."
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"The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come."
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"May God in His mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may He lead us to Himself."
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"The followers of Christ have been called to peace. . . . And they must not only have peace but make it. And to that end they renounce all violence and tumult. In the cause of Christ nothing is to be gained by such methods . . . . His disciples keep the peace by choosing to endure suffering themselves rather than inflict it on others. They maintain fellowship where others would break it off. They renounce hatred and wrong. In so doing they overcome evil with good, and establish the peace of God in the midst of a world of war and hate."
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"Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued."
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"Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession.... Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate."
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"Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life"
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