“I know several couples who experienced adultery in their marriages, but because in each case there was a wife who was willing to pray and a husband open to allowing God to change and restore him, the marriages are still intact and successful today. Only prayer, a submitted heart, and the transforming power of the Holy Spirit can work those kinds of miracles.” KnowsHeartKindStillsTodaySpiritPrayerCasesSuccessfulWifeWillingPrayingCoupleHolyHusbandMiracleHoly SpiritAllowingAdulteryTransforming Book:The Power of a Praying® Wife Source: The Power of a Praying® Wife
“Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within. So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.” MenMayBeautifulBlackCasesDivineHolyRedThirdsBlueUglyColourWickedFourthPillowCotton Author:Ramakrishna
“My mom is very religious and she said, 'Whatever you think about all the time, that's what you worship.' If that's the case I'd like everyone to pop open their Diet Coke cans and turn to page 37 of their People Magazines. In this holy scripture, we read the parable of Ms. Valerie Bertinelli.” PeopleIfsThinkingSaidTurnsReligiousCasesMomHolyWorshipPagesMy MomPopsScriptureMagazinesDietsCokeParablesHoly ScripturesDiet Coke Author:Maria Bamford
“If we cannot claim to live sinless lives, then the only thing that can keep us from despairing before a holy God is that we have an Advocate in heaven and He pleads our case not on the basis of our perfection but of His propitiation.” IfsHeavenCasesHolyPerfectionBasesClaimsHoly GodPropitiation Author:John Piper
“Valentine's Day is much more of a holy day of obligation for a guy in a relationship with a woman, because a woman has certain emotional expectations. Even if she doesn't value Valentine's Day, or views it as a corporate exercise, she still often wants her boyfriend or husband to go through the motions, just in case she values it.” IfsWantStillsGuyCertainValuesViewsCasesEmotionalExerciseHolyHusbandExpectationsObligationCorporateValentineValentine's DayHoly Days Author:Dan Savage
“The gods we make in our own image are tribal gods. They tell you how very, very little you should tolerate outsiders, who are less favoured of the Lord. Amazingly, there are no recorded cases of the holy man going up the mountain and finding that it's the others who are right. It always turns out that God wants unbelievers to suffer, and what could be more noble than to help him a little? When religion rules, toleration disappears, for you cannot cherish the verdict of death to the infidels, yet also tolerate those who disagree - for those are the very same infidels.” MenWantShouldLittlesHelpingSufferingTurnsLordCasesHolyMountainFindingsDisappearNobleCherishDisagreeTolerateOutsidersWant UVerdictUnbelieversInfidelTolerationHoly Man Author:Simon Blackburn
“I've already written a section in the annual report for next year explaining why I think in one case that the figures on our balance sheet as calculated are wrong. But it's the standard way of doing it. It's holy writ. The SEC wants us to do it that way, and we'll do it that way, and I'll explain why I think it's wrong and shareholders can read it and see whether they agree with my logic or don't.” ThinkingWayWantYearsNextCasesWrittenFiguresBalanceHolyStandardsLogicAgreeReportsSheetsSectionsWant UExplainingNext YearAnnualsShareholdersBalance SheetsAnnual Reports Author:Warren Buffett
“In this case [the Charlemagne Prize], I don't say (I was) forced, but convinced by the holy and theological headstrongness of Cardinal [Walter] Kasper, because he was chosen, elected by Aachen to convince me. And I said yes, but in the Vatican. And I said I offer it for Europe, as a co-decoration for Europe, a prize so that Europe may do what I desired at Strasburg; that it may no longer be "grandmother Europe" but "mother Europe."” MaySaidMotherCasesHolyOffersEuropeConvincedChosenConvinceGrandmotherPrizeTheologicalCardinalsDecoration Author:Pope Francis
“"Both Christianity and Islam are logocentric," he told his students, "meaning they are focused on the Word. In Christian tradition, the Word became flesh in the book of John: 'And the Word was made flesh, and He dwelt among us. 'Therefore, it was acceptable to depict the Word as having a human form. In Islamic tradition, however, the Word did not become flesh, and therefore the Word needs to remain in the form of a word … in most cases, calligraphic renderings of the names of the holy figures of Islam."” NeedsHumansMadeBookChristianFormNamesChristianityCasesFiguresStudentsHolyTraditionIslamFocusedFleshIslamicAcceptableRenderingHuman FormChristianity And Islam Author:Dan Brown
“What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little, and those who are eminently holy pray much.” BelieveLittlesDifferentReasonI BelieveDifferencesPrayerCasesPrayingHabitHolyTwentiesBelieverAriseBrighterNineteen Book:PRACTICAL RELIGION Source: PRACTICAL RELIGION