“Brothers and sisters, love the earth. Be true to the earth, and do not believe those seducers who look longingly to the world beyond, casting suspicion on this world. Jesus is the greatest friend of the earth-Jesus who again and again, in the original spirit of Judaism, proclaimed love for the soil and love for the land. "Blessed are the peacemakers," he said, "for they shall possess the earth."” WorldBelieveLooksSaidEarthSpiritJesusLandThis WorldBrotherAnd LoveOriginalsBlessedEnvironmentalBeing TrueSoilSuspicionAgain And AgainBrothers And SistersJudaismCastingPeacemakerSister Love Author:Eberhard Arnold
“No one listens willingly to someone who speaks to them from a position of self-righteousness and judgment. Again and again in the Gospels, Jesus reserves his harshest words for those who ignore their own weakness in order to lord it over others.” SelfOrderJesusSpeakLordPositionListeningJudgmentWeaknessRighteousnessReservesAgain And AgainSelf Righteousness Author:Pope Francis
“I've always assumed that every time a child is born, the Divine reenters the world. Okay? That's the meaning of the Christmas story. And every time that child's purity is corrupted by society, that's the meaning of the Crucifixion story. Your man Jesus stands for that child, that pure spirit, and as its surrogate, he's being born and put to death again and again, over and over, every time we inhale and exhale, not just at the vernal equinox and on the twenty-fifth of December.” MenWorldChildrenStoriesSpiritReligionJesusBornDivineMoralityPureOkayPurityAgain And AgainDecemberCrucifixionInhaleSurrogatesEquinox Author:Tom Robbins
“In the New Testament outside the Gospels and the beginning of Acts, again and again, the fact of Jesus’ resurrection is closely linked to our own ultimate resurrection, which isn’t life after death – it’s life after life after death.” FactsJesusUltimateResurrectionAgain And AgainTestamentLinkedNew TestamentAfter DeathLife After DeathJesus Resurrection Author:N. T. Wright
“Again and again the Sermon on the Mount calls and challenges us to a life of radical discipleship. Note: when Jesus says 'Blessed are the . . . . merciful, peacmakers', and so on, he doesn't just mean that they themselves are blessed. He means that the blessing of God's kingdom works precisely through those people into the wider world. That is how God's kingdom comes. That's one thing to hear afresh.” PeopleWorldMeanJesusChallengesOne ThingBlessingBlessedNotesKingdomsRadicalAgain And AgainSermonsDiscipleshipMercifulSermon On The MountKingdom Come Author:N. T. Wright