“A scientist said, making a plea for exchange scholarships between nations, "The best way to send an idea is to wrap it up in a person." That was what happened at Christmas. The idea of divine love was wrapped up in a person.” WayPersonsSaidIdeasHappenedDivineScientistBest WayChristmasDivine LoveWrapsChristmas DayChristmas LoveChristmas MagicHoliday TraditionsReligious ChristmasMeaning Of Christmas Author:Halford Luccock
“...the Lord said as He drew near His passion, 'Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him. If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself; and He will glorify Him at once' (Jn. 13:31-32). From This it is clear that divine gifts follow sufferings endured for the sake of virtue.” IfsMenSaidChristianSufferingPassionLordVirtueClearDivineSonSakeGods WillOrthodoxGlorify Author:Maximus the Confessor
“We are born to inquire after truth; it belongs to a greater power to possess it. It is not, as Democritus said, hid in the bottom of the deeps, but rather elevated to an infinite height in the divine knowledge.” SaidBornGreaterDivineInfiniteBottomHeightGreater Power Book:Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays Source: Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays
“The Master was exceedingly gracious to university dons who visited him, but he would never reply to their questions or be drawn into their theological speculations. To his disciples, who marveled at this, he said, "Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?” PeopleWellsSaidDivineMastersOceanConceptsUniversityDiscipleSpeculationGraciousFrogsTheological Book:One Minute Wisdom Source: One Minute Wisdom
“Certainly we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical arrangement called Christmas: first, because we do not believe in the mass at all, but abhor it, whether it be said or sung in Latin or in English; and, secondly, because we find no Scriptural warrant whatever for observing any day as the birthday of the Savior; and, consequently, its observance is a superstition, because not of divine authority.” FirstsBelieveSaidDivineAuthorityMassLatinSaviorSuperstitionsArrangementsObservingWarrantsObservance Author:Charles Spurgeon