“Too much preaching nowadays pats the back and tickles the ear, but does not get under the skin. There is no conviction and therefore no conversion. I am thinking not only of the ministry of reproof and rebuke but also of the message of inspiration, of encouragement, of comfort. People go out of church at noon with the depths unstirred, the heart untouched, the conscience unpricked.” PeopleThinkingHeartDoeInspirationChristianChurchToo MuchComfortMessagesConscienceSkinsEarsEncouragementDepthConvictionChristian InspirationalConversionMinistryPreachingNoonRebukeReproof Author:Vance Havner
“I dislike the phrase ‘Internet friends,’ because it implies that people you know online aren’t really your friends, that somehow the friendship is less real or meaningful to you because it happens through Skype or text messages. The measure of a friendship is not its physicality but its significance.” PeopleKnowsGivingRealSelfHappensInternetComfortMessagesEmpathyPrisonMeaningfulPhrasesOnlineUrgesSignificanceDislikeGood FriendPhysicalityText MessageSkypeGood Friendship Author:John Green
“So if hunger provokes wailing and wailing brings the breast; if the breast permits sucking and milk suggests its swallow; if swallowing issues in sleep and stomachy comfort, then need, ache, message, object, act, and satisfaction are soon associated like charms on a chain; shortly our wants begin to envision the things which well reduce them, and the organism is finally said to wish.” IfsWantNeedsWellsSaidDesireWishSleepIssuesObjectsComfortMessagesHungerSatisfactionChainsCharmBreastsPermitMilkProvokingOrganismsAcheInfancySwallowingWailing Author:William H. Gass
“I think God isn't interested in intervening every time some little bad thing happens. God is interested in getting the message of good news and love and comfort and hope across through people like us, ordinary people, or extraordinary people like Bono.” PeopleThinkingLittlesHappensComfortMessagesNewsOrdinaryAnd LoveExtraordinaryThings HappenBad ThingsGood NewsOrdinary PeopleBad Things HappenInterveningComfort And Hope Author:Philip Yancey
“The Bible says that in the last days, there will be people in our churches who are not true believers, among other things. Because of watered-down messages and compromise, people will feel comfortable in certain churches because they are never confronted with their sin. I believe my job as a pastor is to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable.” PeopleFeelsBelieveJobsLastsCertainI BelieveChurchSinComfortComfortableMessagesBelieverCompromisePastorLast DayTrue Believer Author:Greg Laurie
“Households and businesses cut expenses every day. Passing a financial down payment alongside the debt limit sends the right message to the public, and gives members of Congress greater comfort, or cover, depending on your perspective.” GivingGreaterCuttingPerspectiveComfortLimitsMembersMessagesFinancialCongressDebtPassingPassingsExpensesHouseholdPayment Author:John Sununu
“Music isn't just a pleasure, a transient satisfaction. It's a need, a deep hunger; and when the music is right, it's joy. Love. A foretaste of heaven. A comfort in grief. Is it too much to think that perhaps God speaks to us sometimes through music? How, then, could I be so ungrateful as to refuse the message?” ThinkingNeedsSometimesJoySpeakHeavenPleasureGriefToo MuchComfortMessagesMusic IsHungerSatisfactionRefuseTransientUngratefulTaste In MusicMusic Speaks Author:Orson Scott Card
“Except a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book! A message from the dead - from human souls we never saw, who lived, perhaps, thousands of miles away. And yet these, in those little sheets of paper, speak to us, arouse us, terrify us, comfort us, open their hearts to us as brothers.” MenHumansHeartLittlesBookSoulMotivationalSpeakSawsWonderfulBrotherComfortPaperMessagesMilesSheetsHuman SoulMiles Away Author:Charles Kingsley