“Paul was not ignorant of Satan's devices, but we are not so wise. Among his most successful devices today are these: exalting tolerance above truth; emphasizing the head more than the heart; making size more important than sort; stressing the positive to the neglect of the negative; putting happiness above holiness; majoring on this world instead of the next.” WorldHeartImportantTodayChristianNextSuccessfulWiseThis WorldNegativeStressSizeChristian InspirationalToleranceIgnorantSatanHolinessDevicesNeglect Author:Vance Havner
“We can think of Lent as a time to eradicate evil or cultivate virtue, a time to pull up weeds or to plant good seeds. Which is better is clear, for the Christian ideal is always positive rather than negative. A person is great not by the ferocity of his hatred of evil, but by the intensity of his love for God. Asceticism and mortification are not the ends of a Christian life; they are only the means. The end is charity. Penance merely makes an opening in our ego in which the Light of God can pour. As we deflate ourselves, God fills us. And it is God’s arrival that is the important event.” ThinkingMeanPersonsImportantEndsLightChristianEvilVirtueClearEventsEgoNegativeIdealsHatredPlantCharitySeedsOpeningChristian LifeGod LoveWeedIntensityHis LoveArrivalsAsceticismPenanceMortificationPull UpsFerocityImportant Events Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“Judeo-Christian revelation is not the negative influence secularists proclaim it to be. Rather, it is the taproot of our civilization.” ChristianInfluenceCivilizationNegativeRevelationsNegative Influence Author:Charles Colson
“Removing religious symbols from public places is not neutrality. On the contrary, it sends a highly negative message - that religion is something shameful, embarrassing, or at best strictly private.” ChristianReligiousMessagesNegativeContrarySymbolsEmbarrassingShamefulNeutrality Author:Charles Colson
“There is an attitude in the media that is dishonestly reinforcing negative stereotypes about Christians.” ChristianReligiousAttitudeMediaNegativeStereotypeNegative Stereotypes Author:David R. Mains