“We must learn to cast off our anxieties because we have so many of them. The world destroys spiritual life by generating constant anxiety. Jesus said that the life of the gospel is choked out by the cares of this world. We know this to be true yet we are more chained and tethered to the world than ever before in the human race.” KnowsWorldHumansSaidCareSpiritualJesusRaceThis WorldAnxietyConstantCastsBeing TrueHuman RaceSpiritual LifeChained Author:John Ortberg
“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
“Even if I accepted that Jesus - like almost every other prophet on record - was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected.” IfsThinkingWould BeFatherJesusBornRecordsTeachingProveAcceptedBeing TrueProphetDivinityVirgins Author:Christopher Hitchens