“The idea of being the Substitute in offering an atonement to satisfy the demands of God’s law for others was something Christ understood as His mission from the moment He entered this world and took upon Himself a human nature. He came from heaven as the gift of the Father for the express purpose of working out redemption as our Substitute, doing for us what we could not possibly do for ourselves.” WorldHumansIdeasMomentsLawPurposeFatherHeavenChristHuman NatureThis WorldDemandUnderstoodWork OutMissionsRedemptionSubstitutesOfferingAtonement Author:R. C. Sproul
“In Heaven all reviews will be favorable; here on earth, the publisher realizes, plausibility demands an occasional bad one, some convincing lump in all that leaven, and he accepts it somewhat as a theologian accepts Evil.” EarthEvilHeavenRealizingAcceptingDemandReviewsPublishersTheologianConvincingOccasionalLumps Author:Randall Jarrell
“It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation of children into the ways of life when they are scarcely more than infants. It checks their confidence and simplicity, two of the best qualities that heaven gives them, and demands that they share our sorrows before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments.” WayGivingChildrenTwoHeavenQualityShareSorrowDemandCapableSimplicityChecksGrievingEnjoymentContemplatingEnteringInfantInitiation Book:The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens Source: The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens
“The distractions, the exhaustions, the savage noises, the demands of town life, are, for me, mortal enemies to thought, to sleep,and to study; its extremes of squalor and of splendor do not stimulate, but sadden me; certain phases of its society I profoundly value, but would sacrifice them to the heaven of country quiet, if I had to choose between.” IfsCountryCertainValuesHeavenSleepEnemyStudySacrificeQuietDemandTownsExtremesNoiseMortalsDistractionPhasesSavagesExhaustionSplendorSqualorRural LifeMortal Enemies Author:Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
“The demand of the loveless and the self-imprisoned that they should be allowed to blackmail the universe: that till they consent to be happy (on their own terms) no one else shall taste joy: that theirs should be the final power; that Hell should be able to veto Heaven.” InspirationalShouldSelfAbleJoyUniverseHeavenTermReligiousHellTasteDemandFinalsConsentBlackmailLovelessVetoGreat Divorce Book:The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis Source: The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis