“We need to commit to serve the Lord and our communities with the same diligence and faith that the pioneers had. We must ever be on our guard that we do not become casual in keeping God's commandments, in abiding by His laws, and in being honest and trustworthy in all that we do.” NeedsLawCommunityLordHonestCommitBeing HonestCommandmentsCasualAbidingDiligencePioneersTrustworthyOur Community Author:M. Russell Ballard
“Later, a large band of Christians mounted an attack on this native lord, butchering him along with vast numbers of his people and taking all the survivors into slavery, where they duly perished, so that today not a trace remains of what was previously a community with dominion over an area of some thirty leagues.” PeopleTodayChristianCommunityNumbersLordAtheismBandAreasSlaveryRemainsLeagueThirtyNativeSurvivorDominion Author:Bartolome de las Casas
“What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin's] idea that the community's morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community's morality.” IdeasCommunityLordMoralityShocking Book:Taking Rights Seriously Source: Taking Rights Seriously
“Paul's vision, though, is starting small, with actual communities in which reconciliation and justice has to be practiced - like the rich/poor distinction in the Corinthian church, for instance, or the projected reconciliation between Philemon and Onesimus. But he clearly believes (Ephesians 3) that communities like this send a signal to the wider world that Jesus is Lord - which is aimed at then the whole world coming into line.” WorldBelieveWholeJesusCommunityChurchLinesJusticePoorVisionLordRichStartingWhole WorldInstanceDistinctionSignalsReconciliationRich PoorCorinthiansEphesians Author:N. T. Wright