“I am convinced that we Christ-followers need an understanding of playfulness if we are going to take sanctification by the Holy Spirit seriously.” IfsNeedsSpiritUnderstandingChristBeautyHolyConvincedHoly SpiritFollowersSanctificationPlayfulness Author:Calvin Seerveld
“If we repeatedly read the Bible without the help of the Holy Spirit, it tends to reinforce our own prejudices and rock-hard doctrinal positions. We end up merely finding ammunition for what we already believe. We become so spiritually proud, so convinced of our own positions, that the Spirit is hindered in helping us to grow in the things of God.” IfsBelieveEndsHardGodHelpingChristianSpiritualSpiritFaithReadingBeliefGrowsReligiousLordRocksPositionProudBecomingHolyFindingsBiblePrejudiceConvincedChristian InspirationalDoctrineHoly SpiritPastorAmmunition Author:Jim Cymbala
“I am convinced that everything that is worth while in the world has been accomplished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and that the preservation of this spirit is more important than any social system whatsoever. But the men of ritual and the men of barbarism are capable of shutting up the men of science and silencing them forever.” MenWorldHas BeensImportantSpiritSocialForeverHe ManCapableCriticalConvincedAccomplishedRitualPreservationBarbarismSocial SystemsInquiringSilencingCritical Spirit Book:It Can't Happen Here Source: It Can't Happen Here
“I'm more convinced each day of the complete unreality of the material world and the supreme vitality of the invisible world of spirit.” WorldSpiritSpiritualityMaterialsConvincedSupremeInvisibleEach DayVitalityMaterial WorldUnreality Author:Paul Russo
“Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless for which they must do everything, as something lacking an inner guide and in constant need of inner direction. . . . An adult who acts in this way, even though he may be convinced that he is filled with zeal, love, and a spirit of sacrifice on behalf of his child, unconsciously suppresses the development of the child's own personality.” WayNeedsLooksMayChildrenSpiritEffortSacrificePersonalityDevelopmentAdultsEmptyFilledConstantGuidesConvincedLook UpHelplessLackingBehalfZeal Author:Maria Montessori