“Pay attention, my young friends: to go against the current; this is good for the heart, but we need courage to swim against the tide. ... We Christians were not chosen by the Lord for little things; push onwards toward the highest principles. Stake your lives on noble ideals, my dear young people!” PeopleNeedsHeartLittlesChristianYoungPayAttentionLordPrinciplesHighestIdealsDearCurrentsNobleChosenPay AttentionSwimLittle ThingsStakesTidesYoung Friends Book:The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation Source: The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation
“I feel as though I am trying to describe a three-dimensional experience while living in a two-dimension world. The appropriate words, descriptions, and concepts don't even exist in our current language. I have subsequently read the accounts of other people's near-death experiences and their portrayals of heaven and I am able to see the same limitations in their descriptions and vocabulary that I see in my own.” PeopleWorldFeelsTryingTwoGodAbleChristianThreeLanguageHeavenReligiousMy OwnConceptsAccountsCurrentsLimitationDimensionsAppropriateDescriptionVocabularyNear DeathPortrayalNear Death Experience Author:Mary C. Neal
“Faithiest resonated with me in many ways-not only because, like Chris, I am a gay former-Christian atheist who still thinks of my religious neighbors as fellow truth-seekers-but also because I deeply appreciated the book's nuanced approach to contentious issues. This is an important contribution to current debates, one which should be read not only for its valuable content but also for its exemplary tone: warm, engaging, optimistic, and humble.” ThinkingWayShouldStillsImportantBookChristianReligiousIssuesGayApproachFellowsAtheistCurrentsHumbleValuableWarmNeighborDebateOptimisticFormerToneContributionEngagingAppreciatedSeekersChristian AtheistExemplaryContentiousImportant ContributionsTruth Seekers Author:John Corvino
“The current version of... separation of church and state says you can be salt, and you can be light, but only inside the four walls of the church.” StatesLightChristianChurchReligiousFourWallCurrentsSeparationVersionsSaltChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateFour Walls Author:David Barton
“The term religious cleansing is an accurate and effective way of expressing the current hostility and bigotry toward all civic expressions of religion... these religious cleansers use political and legal means of containment. They are America's new anti-faith bigots.” WayMeanUseChristianAmericaPoliticalTermReligiousExpressionCurrentsBigotryAccurateHostilityCivicsCleansingBigotsContainment Author:Jay Sekulow
“Religion is rarely mentioned in current prime-time dramas or sitcoms that supposedly reflect the way we live now.” WayChristianReligiousDramaCurrentsPrimeSitcomPrime Time Author:Dan Wakefield
“It is my opinion that the Christian conception of God current in these middle years of the twentieth century is so decadent as to be utterly beneath the dignity of the Most High God and actually to constitute for professed believers something amounting to a moral calamity.” YearsChristianMoralOpinionMiddleCenturyDignityCurrentsBelieverConceptionTwentieth CenturyCalamity Book:The Knowledge of the Holy Source: The Knowledge of the Holy