“Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, implicity believe, and abide by their belief.” BelieveWellsMeanPersonsMadeChristianBeliefUnderstandingChristianityObedienceReverenceGood ChristianInquisitive Author:Michel de Montaigne
“Humanly speaking, it is possible to understand the Sermon on the Mount in a thousand different ways. But Jesus knows only one possibility: simple surrender and obedience - not interpreting or applying it, but doing and obeying it. That is the only way to hear his words. He does not mean for us to discuss it as an ideal. He really means for us to get on with it.” KnowsWayMeanDoeDifferentJesusSimpleChristianityPossibilityThousandIdealsSurrenderObedienceDifferent WaysSermonsReally MeanObeyingInterpretingSermon On The Mount Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“My personal life may be crowded with small petty incidents, altogether unnoticeable and mean; but if I obey Jesus Christ in the haphazard circumstances, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God, and when I stand face to face with God I will discover that through my obedience thousands were blessed. When once God's Redemption comes to the point of obedience in a human soul, it always creates. If I obey Jesus Christ, the Redemption of God will rush through me to other lives, because behind the deed of obedience is the Reality of Almighty God.” IfsHumansMayMeanSoulRealityFacesJesusChristBehindsCircumstancesJesus ChristBlessedDeedsGods WillRedemptionObedienceAlmightyPersonal LifePettyIncidentsHuman SoulCrowdedFace To FaceAlmighty GodHaphazard Book:Run Today's Race: A Word from Oswald Chambers for Every Day of the Year Source: Run Today's Race: A Word from Oswald Chambers for Every Day of the Year
“The heroes in paganism correspond exactly to the saints in popery, and holy dervises in MAHOMETANISM. The place of, HERCULES, THESEUS, HECTOR, ROMULUS, is now supplied by DOMINIC, FRANCIS, ANTHONY, and BENEDICT. Instead of the destruction of monsters, the subduing of tyrants, the defence of our native country; whippings and fastings, cowardice and humility, abject submission and slavish obedience, are become the means of obtaining celestial honours among mankind.” MeanCountryMankindHumilityHeroHolyDestructionSaintMonstersObedienceNativeHonourTyrantsCowardiceSubmissionDefencePaganismCelestialFastingObtainingHectorTheseusNative CountryRomulus Book:Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated)