“Christ, as the ultimate Imago Dei is alluded to in scripture as being without external beauty in the Classical sense, and should better be thought of as one who passed through all the slime and mire of a fallen and sinful creation in order to redeem it. His own body is to be remembered for the marks it bears-even in resurrection-of the scars of his sacrificial death. For the Christian, a theory of beauty might better begin at this point.” ShouldBodyMightChristianOrderChristBeautyCreationTheoryBearsUltimateMarkScriptureRememberedFallenScarResurrectionSlimeExternal Beauty Author:John Walford
“It is a good deal better to have life in Christ and God than any where else. I would rather have my life hid with Christ in God than be in Eden as Adam was. Adam might have remained in Paradise for 16,000 years, and then fallen, but if ours is hid in Christ, how safe!” IfsYearsMightChristianChristDealsSafeFallenParadiseAdamEden Author:Dwight L. Moody
“In Christ's resurrection, therefore, the Christian man sees the earnest and pledge of his own resurrection; and by it he is enheartened as he lays away the bodies of those dear to him, not sorrowing "as the rest that have no hope," but with hearts swelling with glad anticipations of the day when they shall rise to meet their Lord. "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will He bring with Him.” IfsMenBelieveHeartBodyChristianJesusChristLordDiedLaysRoseDearGladFallenResurrectionAnticipationEasterEarnestPledgeNo HopeSwelling Author:B. B. Warfield
“Everybody understands that the basis of being a Christian is that everyone has fallen short of God's ideal. Everyone understands that. We understand is that when there's a problem or failure is the family sticks together.” ProblemChristianTogetherIdealsBasesSticksFallen Author:Anna Holmes
“I do believe that those who compare the religious Right to the Nazis have fallen victim to polemical heat prostration.” BelieveChristianReligiousVictimCompareFallenHeatNaziProstration Book:Piety and politics: evangelicals and fundamentalists confront the world Source: Piety and politics: evangelicals and fundamentalists confront the world