“Even the worst neighborhood of Heaven will be better than the best neighborhood of the fanciest town on Earth!” EarthHeavenWorstTownsHeavenlyNeighborhood Author:David Berg
“I think while zealots fast and frown, And fight for two or seven, That there are fifty roads to town, And rather more to Heaven.” ThinkingTwoReligionFightingHeavenTownsSevenFiftyZealot Book:The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed Source: The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed
“Prayer is essentially the practice of the presence of God, and that is the road to Heaven. There is no alternative. God is the only game in town. All other roads are dead ends. Since we must give our all to the one true God, we must not give any part to idols, to the many false gods that now bite away at our lives.” GivingEndsGamesHeavenPrayerPracticeOur LivesTownsAlternativesBitesIdolsPresence Of GodDead EndsFalse GodsTrue God Book:Prayer for Beginners Source: Prayer for Beginners
“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
“Like the Roman town grid, the New York plan was laid down on largely empty land, a city designed in advance of being inhabited; if the Romans consulted the heavens for guidance in this effort, the city fathers of New York consulted the banks.” IfsFatherHeavenEffortCitiesPlansLandNew YorkEmptyTownsGuidanceGrids Author:Richard Sennett
“Whenever the early Christians entered a town the power structure got disturbed and immediately sought to convict them for being "disturbers of the peace" and "outside agitators." But they went on with the conviction that they were "a colony of heaven," and had to obey God rather than man. They were small in number but big in commitment. They were too God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest.” MenEndsBigsChristianEvilHeavenPeaceNumbersCommitmentTownsStructureAncientConvictionContestsDisturbedIntimidatedColonyConvictsIntoxicatedInfanticide Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“For He hath prepared for them a City! Hallelujah? He's got a City for you & me where you're not going to have any passport nor visa problems, they're not going to have to make sure you've got enough money to stay there awhile, it's YOUR town, your Hometown in Heaven, praise God? And they're all going to be your people! We're just going to be one nationality of one nation, ...we just haven't found the place yet, we haven't gotten there yet!” PeopleEnoughProblemFoundHeavenNationsCitiesHavensTownsPraisePreparedHeavenlyNationalityHometownPassportsVisaPraise GodHallelujahOur Town Author:David Berg