“It's incredibly arrogant to pick and choose which incomprehensible truths we embrace. No one wants to ditch God's plan of redemption [the cross], even though it doesn't make sense to us. Neither should we erase God's revealed plan of punishment because it doesn't sit well with us. As soon as we do this, we are putting God's actions in submission to our own reasoning, which is a ridiculous thing for clay to do.” WantShouldWellsActionPlansPicksCrossesEmbraceRidiculousPunishmentRedemptionMake SenseReasoningArrogantSubmissionClayEraseGod's PlanRidiculous Things Book:Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We've Made Up Source: Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We've Made Up
“I was taught that justice is a right that every American should have. Also justice should be the goal of every American. I think that's what makes this country. To me, justice means the innocent should be found innocent. It means that those who do wrong should get their due punishment. Ultimately, it means fair treatment. So a call for justice shouldn't offend or disrespect anybody. A call for justice shouldn't warrant an apology.” ThinkingShouldMeanCountryFoundGoalJusticeSpecialTaughtFairsShould HaveDuesPunishmentInnocentTreatmentApologyDisrespectWarrantsSpecial To Me Author:Andrew Hawkins
“I was a devil of a scapegrace in my time.... Father racked his head for days together to find a punishment that I should remember; but it was all no good... bread and water was a welcome change to me from the everyday monotony of potatoes and bread-and-butter. After a sound drubbing followed by half a day’s fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a while, all was forgotten and my wickedness began afresh and worse than ever.” ShouldTogetherRememberFatherFeltSoundWaterHalfLaughingCryDevilEverydayForgottenPunishmentBreadWelcomeMy TimeWickednessPotatoesFastingMonotonyBread And Butter Book:The Path of Life Source: The Path of Life
“People interpret things through their owns lens, just the way they do the Bible. You can find justification for just about everything in the Bible. I think man has got a great ego when it comes to his God, whatever that is. It just seems to me that someone who wants to take on God's punishment, it just seems a huge egoism to think that he should appoint himself to take care of God's punishments.” PeopleThinkingMenWayWantShouldSeemsCareHugeEgoBibleTake CarePunishmentJustificationLensesEgoism Author:Bill Paxton