“The Word says, ‘Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world’ (1 John 2:15). Jesus warned, ‘Beware of covetousness: for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses’ (Luke 12:15). Things—our possessions—can tie us down to this world. While heaven and hell prepare for war, we go shopping. Eternal values are at stake! The end of all we know is near—and we are busy playing with our toys!” KnowsMenWorldDoeWarEndsValuesJesusHeavenHellThis WorldEternalBusyPossessionTiesAbundanceStakesShoppingToysHeaven And HellLukeCovetousness Author:David Wilkerson
“Athirst for personal salvation, the West forgets that many religions had but a vague notion of the life beyond the grave; true, all great religions stake a claim on eternity, but not necessarily on man's eternal life.” MenForgetEternalEternityClaimsSalvationWestNotionGravesStakesVagueEternal Life Author:Andre Malraux
“If you start parsing the cause-and-effect chain backward through time, eventually you land in cosmology - does the story begin with the Big Bang or the out-of-nothing creation of the world by the word of a Southern Baptist god? And that question is even more fraught than any of the others. The stakes couldn't be any higher, because not it's not just a question of life and death, but also a question of life after death or eternal torture after death.” IfsWorldDoeStoriesBigsCausesLandEffectsCreationHigherEternalChainsTortureLife And DeathSouthernStakesBangsAfter DeathCause And EffectBaptistsCosmologyRough TimesLife After DeathSouthern BaptistCreation Of The World Author:Kyle Minor
“Our doctrinal obligation is to our own ancestors. This is because the celestial organization of heaven is based on families. The First Presidency has encouraged members, especially youth and young single adults, to emphasize family history work and ordinances for their own family names or the names of ancestors of their ward and stake members. We need to be connected to both our roots and branches. The thought of being associated in the eternal realm is indeed glorious.” NeedsFirstsYoungNamesHeavenYouthMembersEternalAdultsRootsOrganizationConnectedObligationRealmsGloriousBranchesStakesAncestorPresidencyCelestialFamily HistoryOrdinancesFamily NameRoots And Branches Author:Quentin L. Cook
“You've got that eternal idiotic idea that if anarchy came it would come from the poor. Why should it? The poor have been rebels, but they have never been anarchists; they have more interest than any one else in there being some decent government. The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes been objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. Aristocrats were always anarchists, as you can see from the barons' wars.” IfsMenShouldHas BeensIdeasWarCountrySometimesGovernmentInterestPoorRichEternalDecentGoing AwayAnarchyRebelStakesAnarchistRich ManPoor ManIdioticGuineaYacht Book:The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton
“God's plan for enlarging His kingdom is so simple - one person telling another about the Savior. Yet we're busy and full of excuses. Just remember, someone's eternal destiny is at stake. The joy you'll have when you meet that person in heaven will far exceed any discomfort you felt in sharing the gospel.” PersonsRememberJoyHeavenFeltSimpleDestinyPlansEternalBusyExcuseKingdomsSaviorStakesExceedDiscomfortGod's PlanSharing The Gospel Author:Charles Stanley
“We must not falter nor weary in well-doing. We must lengthen our stride. Not only is our own eternal welfare at stake, but also the eternal welfare of many of our brothers and sisters who are not now members of this, the true Church. I thrill to the words of the Prophet Joseph Smith in a letter that he sent to the Church from Nauvoo on September 6, 1842: 'Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward. … Courage … and on, on to the victory!” WellsCausesChurchBrotherGoes OnVictoryMembersEternalLettersWelfareProphetStakesSeptemberWearyThrillBrothers And SistersStrideLdsJoseph Smith Author:Spencer W. Kimball
“When the stakes are this high- when calling God by the right name can make the difference between eternal happiness and eternal suffering, it is impossible to respect the beliefs of others who don't believe as you do.” BelieveSufferingNamesBeliefDifferencesImpossibleAtheismCallingEternalDon't BelieveAtheistStakesEternal Happiness Author:Sam Harris
“Bridge-players tell me that there must be some money on the game 'or else people won't take it seriously'. Apparently it's like that. Your bid - for God or no God, for a good God or the Cosmic Sadist, for eternal life or nonentity - will not be serious if nothing much is staked on it. And you will never discover how serious it was until the stakes are raised horribly high, until you find that you are playing not for counters or for sixpences but for every penny you have in the world.” PeopleIfsWorldLifeGamesPlayerSeriousEternalRaisedBridgesStakesCosmicEternal LifePenniesGood GodNonentity Book:A Grief Observed Source: A Grief Observed