“Every institution places its ultimate weight on preserving its own life. That is why the Church emphasizes loving God over loving one's neighbor.... The push for justice on the other hand might be at the center of the Gospel but it also attacks the balance of power in the society. Since the rich always exploit the poor, to give the poor power, dignity and humanity makes them less pliable, less cooperative.” GivingHandsMightHumanityChurchJusticePoorChristianityRichBalanceDignityUltimateWeightInstitutionsNeighborExploitsLoving GodCooperativesBalance Of Power Author:John Shelby Spong
“All of our punishment institutions, including jails, laws, church confessionals, and so forth, are systems of illusion. The order of the universe, the infinite justice of yin and yang, naturally takes care of all motion and compensation. We don't need to invent arbitrary ways to make balance with punishments.” WayNeedsCareLawOrderUniverseChurchJusticeBalanceIllusionInfiniteInstitutionsIncludingTake CarePunishmentJailArbitraryCompensationInventingYangYin And Yang Author:Michio Kushi
“That is the job of the Catholic Church, to be a balance to the materialistic drives of our culture and of economy.” JobsCultureChurchEconomyBalanceCatholicCatholic ChurchMaterialistic Author:David Brooks
“You have no idea what hangs in the balance of your decision on what to do with the burden God put in your heart.” HeartIdeasChristianLeadershipChurchDecisionBalanceBurdenNo Idea Author:Andy Stanley
“Those who insist that a Church program exist for every contingency and need are as much in error as their counterparts who demand that government intervene in every aspect of our lives. In both instances the ideal balance is destroyed with a resultant detriment to human progress.” NeedsHumansGovernmentChurchOur LivesProgressBalanceDemandAspectIdealsProgramErrorsDestroyedInstanceCounterpartsHuman ProgressContingency Author:Dean L. Larsen
“When a human body is out of balance we call that disease, which indicates dis-ease of the body. Likewise, when the body of Christ becomes unbalanced, disease occurs... Health will occur only when everything is brought back into balance. The task of church leadership is to discover and remove growth-restricting diseases and barriers so that natural, normal growth can occur.” HumansBodyGrowthChristNaturalChurchBalanceDiseaseNormalTasksRemoveBarriersHuman BodyBody Of ChristUnbalanced Author:Rick Warren
“Compassion in evangelical churches is out of balance. When I talk about it, I get a lot of glazed expressions.” ChurchCompassionExpressionBalanceEvangelical Author:Max Lucado
“What he says, even on his knees, about his own sinfulness is all parrot talk. At bottom, he still believes he has run up a very favorable credit-balance in the Enemy's ledger by allowing himself to be converted, and thinks that he is showing great humility and condescension in going to church with these 'smug', commonplace neighbors at all.” ThinkingBelieveStillsRunningChurchEnemyHumilityBalanceBottomCreditNeighborKneesAllowingCommonplaceParrotsCondescensionSinfulnessGoing To ChurchScrewtape Letters Author:C. S. Lewis