“Does the Gospel I preach and teach have a natural tendency to cause people who hear it to become full-time students of Jesus? Would those who believe it become his apprentices as a natural 'next step'? What can we reasonably expect would result from people actually believing the substance of my message?” PeopleBelieveDoeNextJesusCausesNaturalResultsStepsTeachStudentsMessagesTendenciesSubstanceNext StepsApprentice Author:Dallas Willard
“At last, Mythic feeling and conscious perception no longer confront each other as antagonists but as allies. Passionate nationalism is no longer directed toward tribal, dynastic or theological loyalties, but toward that primal substance, the racially based nationhood itself. Here is the message which will one day melt away all dross, eliminate all that is base, and bring into being all that is noble.” FeelingsLastsOne DayPerceptionMessagesConsciousPassionateNobleLoyaltySubstanceNationalismAlliesTheologicalPrimalAntagonistDross Author:Alfred Rosenberg
“For the social ecologist language is not "communication." It is not just "message." It is substance. It is the cement that holds humanity together. It creates community and communication. ...Social ecologists need not be "great" writers; but they have to be respectful writers, caring writers.” NeedsTogetherHumanityLanguageSocialCommunityCommunicationMessagesCaringSubstanceRespectfulGreat WritersCementBe Respectful Author:Peter Drucker
“Christian music was music that I grew up listening to that I can't say has had much of an impact on anything I have done in my adult life. Maybe Christianity has, but certainly not the bullshit Christian music I was listening to when I was 12. To me there's not much substance in that music. I don't have a message or anything.” I CanDoneChristianChristianityListeningGrewMessagesGrew UpAdultsImpactSubstanceBullshitChristian Music Author:J Tillman
“In marriage you got to go through the same struggles as a relationship, that's if the relationship is real, because there's a lot of non-real relationships going on in the world right now. And I think that's just because of the day and age we're in, a lot of these relationships are taking place over text messages, it's not real substance. But when you got a real one, it's already like a marriage.” IfsThinkingWorldRealAgeStruggleRight NowMessagesSubstanceReal OnesText MessageReal Relationship Author:J. Cole