“Spiritually, trees play a unique role in the Jewish and Christian scriptures, from the Garden of Eden to the Cross of Christ. Biologically, in great forest communities, they help sustain life on our planet, giving off oxygen, anchoring soil, keeping stream and rivers clear, and providing habitation for thousands of species. How can religious persons not care about the widespread destruction of these creatures of God? We need to love them as our very selves, as neighbors in earth's community of life.” NeedsGivingPersonsSelfPlayHelpingCareEarthChristianChristCommunityReligiousRolesClearTreePlanetsCreaturesUniqueGardenRiversCrossesDestructionSpeciesNeighborScriptureForestsStreamsSoilProvidingOxygenOur PlanetEdenGarden Of EdenReligious Person Author:Elizabeth A. Johnson
“Christ said "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" and when asked "who is thy neighbour? went on to the parable of the Good Samaritan. If you wish to understand this parable as it was understood by his hearers, you should substitute "Germans and Japanese" for Samaritan. I fear my modern day Christians would resent such a substitution, because it would compel them to realize how far they have departed from the teachings of the founder of their religion.” IfsShouldSaidChristianWishChristRealizingTeachingModernUnderstoodNeighborSubstitutesFoundersThyselfNeighbourResentParablesDepartedModern DayLove Thy NeighborSubstitutionSamaritans Author:Bertrand Russell
“Fear of sexuality is the new, disease-sponsored register of the universe of fear in which everyone now lives. Cancerphobia taught us the fear of a polluting environment; now we have the fear of polluting people that AIDS anxiety inevitably communicates. Fear of the Communion cup, fear of surgery: fear of contaminated blood, whether Christ's blood or your neighbor's.” PeopleUniverseChristEnvironmentBloodTaughtDiseaseAnxietyCommunicateSexualityAidsNeighborCupsCommunionSurgeryRegisterTaught Us Author:Susan Sontag
“The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world. "Love thy neighbor as thyself." Christ, some of the other great Jewish teachers, Buddha, all preached it. Their followers forgot it. What is the trouble between capital and labor, what is the trouble in many of our communities, but rather a universal forgetting that this teaching is one of our first obligations.” WorldFirstsRunningPeaceChristCommunityForgetTeacherTroubleTeachingLaborUniversalBasesNeighborObligationFollowersThyselfOur CommunityLove Thy NeighborWorld Love Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“But know that to serve God is nothing else than to serve your neighbor and do good to him in love, be it a child, wife, servant, enemy, friend....If you do not find yourself among the needy and the poor, where the Gospel shows us Christ, then you may know that your faith is not right, and that you have not yet tasted of Christ's benevolence and work for you.” IfsKnowsMayChildrenShowsChristLove IsPoorEnemyWifeNeighborServantFinding YourselfServing GodBenevolenceNeedy Author:Martin Luther
“You say you do not know what God's will is, but I'll tell you what it is. Above all it is that you know Christ and then that your neighbors hear about Christ. That is His will. So often we sit around twiddling our thumbs, dreaming about God's will in some distant future when we are not even willing to stand up on our own two feet, walk down the street, and do God's will right now.” KnowsTwoDreamChristWalksFeetStreetsWillingRight NowNeighborGods WillThumbs Author:John F. MacArthur
“The term revolution means: a sudden, radical, and complete change from the way things are normally done. I love that definition because I really feel that in order for us to start walking in the kind of love that Christ commanded us to - the "love your neighbor as yourself" kind - it's going to take a radical change in our current behavior. The church has become passive and selfish and it's going to take a revolution to get us back to the place where we are not just talking the talk, but walking in a love that shows the world Christ's love.” WorldWayFeelsKindMeanDoneShowsOrderTermChristChurchTalkingLove YouRevolutionWalkingBehaviorDefinitionsCurrentsNeighborSelfishRadicalPassiveKinds Of LoveRadical ChangeLove Your NeighborLove Your Neighbor As Yourself Author:Joyce Meyer
“Although the Christian is thus free from all works, he ought in this liberty to empty himself, take upon himself the form of a servant, be made in the likeness of men, be found in human form, and to serve, help and in every way deal with his neighbor as he sees that God through Christ has dealt and still deals with him.” MenWayHumansMadeStillsHelpingChristianFormFoundChristDealsLibertyOughtEmptyNeighborServantHuman Form Book:Martin Luther: Selections From His Writing Source: Martin Luther: Selections From His Writing
“The religion I have to love and fear God, believe in Jesus Christ, do all the good to my neighbor, and myself that I can, do as little harm as I can help, and trust on God's mercy for the rest.” BelieveLittlesI CanHelpingJesusChristCan DoJesus ChristMercyHarmNeighborLove And FearFear God Author:Daniel Boone
“Do not say that faith in Christ alone can save you, for this is not possible if you do not attain love for Him, which is demonstrated by deeds. As for mere faith: "The demons also believe and tremble" (James, 2:19). The action of love consists in heartfelt good deeds toward one's neighbor, magnanimity, patience, and sober use of things.” IfsInspirationalBelieveUseActionChristianChristReligiousMereDeedsNeighborDemonOrthodoxSoberGood DeedsHeartfeltMagnanimityChrist Alone Author:Maximus the Confessor
“80% of the people who come into a Christ-following relationship is because a friend, co-worker, family member or neighbor invited them to church.” PeopleChristianChristLeadershipChurchMembersWorkersFollowingNeighborInvitedFamily MembersCo Worker Author:Johnny Hunt
“The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner trying to help a sinner. Even a feeble, but kind and tender man, will effect more than a genius, who is rough and artificial.” MenTryingMindKindHelpingChristEffectsHe ManGeniusPleaseLaborNeighborSinnerRoughArtificialEdification Author:Richard Cecil
“At the end of the day, we need to stop thinking about what we can make of ourselves and start thinking more about who God is, what he has done and is doing in Christ for us and for our neighbors, and how he can use us and our fellow brothers and sisters to be instruments of his gift-giving.” ThinkingNeedsGivingEndsDoneUseChristBrotherFellowsInstrumentsNeighborThe End Of The DayBrothers And SistersWho God IsGift Giving Author:Michael Horton