“A humble and contrite heart knows that it can merit nothing before God, and that all that is necessary is to be reconciled to one's helplessness and let our holy and almighty God care for us, just as an infant surrenders himself to his mother's care.” KnowsHeartCareMotherHolyHumbleSurrenderMeritAlmightyInfantHelplessnessAlmighty God Book:Prayer Source: Prayer
“Faith-healing is peculiar enough at the best of times, but applying it to football merits a special league of barking. Why would God bother to perform a miracle that enabled Sol Campbell to yell Oh holy Jesus, now I can win the ball in the air. It's been five years since I could defend from corners, brothers and sisters, it's a miracle.” YearsI CanEnoughJesusWinningHealingFiveAirSpecialFootballBrotherHolyBallsMiracleCornersManagersSoccerBotherLeagueMeritFive YearsPeculiarBrothers And SistersChairmanFaith Healing Author:Mark Steel
“The animals possess a soul and men must love and feel solidarity with our smaller brethren. All animals are fruit of the creative action of the Holy Spirit and merit respect and they are as near to God as men are.” MenFeelsSoulActionSpiritAnimalCreativeHolyFruitMeritHoly SpiritSolidarityBrethren Author:Pope John Paul II
“Familiarity with holy things can often engender blindness, and churches are, for all their merits, institutions that embody, perhaps more than most, the will to perpetuate themselves. In this process, they can easily lose sight of the purpose for which they came into being and, in so doing, frustrate the Spirit.” SpiritPurposeProcessLosesChurchHolySightInstitutionsMeritBlindnessFamiliarity Book:Why Animal Suffering Matters: Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics Source: Why Animal Suffering Matters: Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics
“Whom God legally saves, He experimentally saves; whom He justifies, them He also sanctifies. Where the righteousness of Christ is imputed to an individual, a principle of holiness is imparted to him; the former can only be ascertained by the latter. It is impossible to obtain a Scriptural knowledge that the merits of Christ's finished work are reckoned to my account, except by proving that the efficacy of the Holy Spirit's work is evident in my soul.” SoulSpiritIndividualChristReligiousPrinciplesImpossibleHolyProveAccountsFinishedMy SoulFormerMeritHoly SpiritHolinessLatterJustifyRighteousnessEvidentAssuranceEfficacySanctifyFinished Work Author:Arthur W. Pink