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“Christ ought to be preached with this goal in mind--that we might be moved to faith in him so that he is not just a distant historical figure but actually Christ for you and me.”

Mind Might Goal Christ Figures Ought Moved Historical Historical Figure

Book:Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings

Source: Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings

“Our dreams of bringing the whole of human history under the control of the human will are ironically refuted by the fact that no group of idealists can easily move the pattern of history toward the desired goal of peace and justice. The recalcitrant forces in the historical drama have a power and persistence beyond our reckoning.”

Source: Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics: (Library of America #263)

“I hope that Americans will give careful and well-informed thought to root causes and historical realities, in which case I think they will question why a supposedly 'legitimate' state such as Israel has had to conduct decades of war against a subject refugee population without ever achieving its goals.”

Thinking Giving Wells War States Reality Causes Goal Cases Achieve Subjects Roots Historical Population Careful Israel Decades Refugee Root Cause

Author:Ismail Haniyeh

“Religion means goal and way, politics implies end and means. The political end is recognizable by the fact that it may be attained--in success--and its attainment is historically recorded. The religious goal remains, even in man's highest experiences, that which simply provides direction on the mortal way; it never enters into historical consummation.”

Men Way May Mean Ends Facts Political Religion Politics Goal Religious Highest Remains Historical Mortals Attainment Ends And Means

Book:Pointing the way: collected essays. Edited and translated with an introd. by Maurice S. Friedman

Source: Pointing the way: collected essays. Edited and translated with an introd. by Maurice S. Friedman