“When we ponder that vast throng who have died honorably defending home and hearth, we contemplate those immortal words, 'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.' The feelings of heartfelt gratitude for the supreme sacrifice made by so many cannot be confined to a Memorial Day, a military parade, or a decorated grave.” MenMadeFeelingsHomeGreaterSacrificeMilitaryGratitudeDiedLaysSupremeGravesImmortalContemplatingMemorialConfinedPonderingHeartfeltParadesMemorial DayGreater LoveHeartfelt Gratitude Author:Thomas S. Monson
“Men and women have served and died to protect American democracy, but their sacrifice will be for naught if that democracy dies from the poison the Supreme Court has injected into our political organs.” IfsMenPoliticalDiesDemocracySacrificeProtectMen And WomenDiedCourtSupremePoisonOrgansSupreme CourtAmerican Democracy Author:Jennifer Granholm
“There is no other way the world is going to see the supreme glory of Christ today, except that we break free from the Disneyland of America and begin to live lifestyles of missionary sacrifice that looks to the world like our treasure is in heaven and not on the earth.” WorldWayLooksTodayEarthAmericaHeavenChristBreakSacrificeGloryLifestyleSupremeTreasureLive LifeMissionaryDisneyland Author:John Piper
“During my three years in Vietnam, I certainly heard plenty of last words by dying American footsoldiers. Not one of them, however, had illusions that he had somehow accomplished something worthwhile in the process of making the Supreme Sacrifice.” YearsLastsThreeProcessHeardSacrificeDyingIllusionSupremePlentyAccomplishedVietnamThree YearsWorthwhileLast Words Book:Hocus Pocus Source: Hocus Pocus
“When God wanted to defeat sin, His ultimate weapon was the sacrifice of His own Son. On Christmas Day two thousand years ago, the birth of a tiny baby in an obscure village in the Middle East was God's supreme triumph of good over evil.” YearsTwoWantedEvilSinSacrificeMiddleSonBabyBirthThousandWeaponsYears AgoUltimateDefeatEastTinySupremeTriumphVillageMiddle EastThousand YearsObscureChristmas DayGood Over Evil Author:Charles Colson
“Why does anyone do anything? Belief. A belief that they are right and just in their actions. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son, Isaac, because he believed that God had commanded it. To kill your son is unthinkable. A crime. But if you are acting in the belief that your God, your supreme deity whom you must obey, has demanded it of you, is it still a crime?” IfsDoeStillsActionBeliefActingSacrificeCrimeWillingSonSupremeDeitiesAbrahamUnthinkableYour SonIsaac Author:Libba Bray