“Under the old social philosophy which had governed the Middle Ages, temporal, and therefore all economic, activities were referred to an eternal standard. The production of wealth, it distribution and exchange were regulated with a view to securing the Christian life of Christian men. In two points especially was this felt: First in securing the independence of the family, which can only be done by the wide distribution of property, in others words the prevention of the growth of a proletariat; secondly, in the close connection between wealth and public function.” MenFirstsTwoDonePhilosophyAgeChristianPoliticsSocialFeltGrowthWealthViewsEconomyEconomicMiddleActivityEternalStandardsConnectionsFunctionIndependencePropertyProductionsWideChristian LifeLiberalismDistributionMiddle AgesPreventionProletariat Author:Hilaire Belloc
“For Christians to be linked in association with ministries who do not preach the gospel of Christ is to incur moral guilt. A Union which can continue irrespective of whether its member churches belong to a common faith is not fulfilling any scriptural function. The preservation of a denominational association when it is powerless to discipline heretics cannot be justified on the grounds of the preservation of 'Christian unity'... It is error which breaks the unity of churches, and to remain in a denominational alignment which condones error is to support schism.” ChristianChristChurchCommonMoralBreakSupportDisciplineMembersFunctionGuiltUnionsErrorsUnityAssociationMinistryFulfillingPreservationLinkedPowerlessJustifiedAlignmentHereticSchismChristian Unity Author:Charles Haddon
“There's nothing in the actual Bible that limits a Christian in their appreciation of or interest in science. Anti-science is purely a function of ignorant fundamentalism.” ChristianInterestLimitsFunctionAppreciationIgnorantFundamentalism Author:Moby
“Just as important as knowing what gift God has given you is knowing which gifts He hasn't give you. Many Christians try for years to function with gifts they never had in the first place, and this doesn't do the Lord's work much good. It's like trying to hear something with your knee or throw a ball with your nose. Knees and noses are better off doing other things.” GivingTryingYearsFirstsImportantChristianGivenLordKnowingBallsFunctionNosesKneesBetter Off Book:On the crest of the wave: becoming a world Christian Source: On the crest of the wave: becoming a world Christian
“The Church is the Body of Christ begotten, unified, and indwelt by the Spirit, but forgetting the Spirit, men wrangle over limbs, functions, and orders. The Christian religion is hopeless without the Holy Ghost.” MenBodyChristianSpiritOrderChristChurchForgetHolyFunctionGhostHopelessLimbsHoly GhostUnifiedBody Of Christ Book:The Way to Pentecost Source: The Way to Pentecost
“By keeping the Commandments the soul is purified and the mind too is enlightened, and starts to function as nature intended it to. 'The command of the Lord gives light and enlightens the eyes' (Ps. 19:8).” GivingMindSoulLightEyeChristianLordFunctionCommandEnlightenedOrthodoxCommandmentsEnlighteningOrthodox Christian Author:Dorotheus of Gaza
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” GodChristianSpiritualFaithNatureChangePrayerInfluenceHuman NaturePrayingFunctionHave FaithTheologianPositive ChangeSpiritual TransformationTalking To GodI Pray To GodInspirational PrayerChange GodPowerful Prayer Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“If the meaning of life has become doubtful, if one's relations to others and to oneself do not offer security, then fame is one means to silence one's doubts. It has a function to be compared with that of the Egyptian pyramids or the Christian faith in immortality: it elevates one's individual life from its limitations and instability to the plane of indestructability; if one's name is known to one's contemporaries and if one can hope that it will last for centuries, then one's life has meaning and significance by this very reflection of it in the judgments of others.” IfsMeanChristianLastsNamesIndividualSilenceKnownDoubtCenturySecurityOffersFameJudgmentReflectionFunctionRelationOneselfLimitationPlanesImmortalityMeaning Of LifeSignificancePyramidsChristian FaithDoubtfulEgyptianInstabilityIndividual LifeJudgment Of OthersEgyptian Pyramids Book:Escape from Freedom Source: Escape from Freedom
“But Jesus has been depicted as a serious man. And Christians say he never laughed. Then what is the function of an Enlightened man? If Jesus cannot laugh, then who is going to laugh in this world?” IfsMenWorldHas BeensChristianJesusChristLaughingThis WorldSeriousJesus ChristFunctionEnlightenedLaughedSerious Man Author:Rajneesh