“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
“He who is a beginner on the way must not be brought to practise the commandments by kindness alone, but must more often be induced to continue the struggle by being rigorously reminded of God's judgment. In this way he will not only be moved by love to desire what is divine, but will be moved by fear to avoid what is evil. For 'I will sing to Thee, O Lord, of mercy and judgment' (Ps. 101:1 LXX). He will sing to God charmed by love, and steeled by fear he will have strength for the song.” WayChristianDesireSongEvilLordKindnessStruggleDivineJudgmentMercyMovedTheeOrthodoxCommandmentsOrthodox ChristianOften IsBeginnersPractiseCharmedHaving Strength Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Before His visible advent in the flesh the Logos of God dwelt among the patriarchs and prophets in a spiritual manner, prefiguring the mysteries of His advent. After His incarnation He is present in a similar way not only to those who are still beginners, nourishing them spiritually and leading them toward the maturity of divine perfection, but also to the perfect, secretly pre-delineating in them the features of His future advent as if in an ikon.” IfsWayStillsChristianSpiritualPerfectMysteryDivinePerfectionFleshFeaturesMaturityProphetVisibleOrthodoxIncarnationOrthodox ChristianBeginnersAdventLogos Author:Maximus the Confessor
“In Scripture the election of God ... does not come out of works but out of grace. God's electing plan prepares the way of salvation in which man learns that salvation is obtained only as a divine gift an never as an acquisiton because of good works.” MenWayDoeGracePlansDivineElectionSalvationScriptureGood Work Author:G. C. Berkouwer
“The answer to our cry which God gave in Jesus infinitely transcends our expectations, achieving a solidarity which cannot be human alone, but divine. Only the God who is love, and the love which is God, could choose to save us in this way, which is certainly the lengthiest way, yet the way which respects the truth about him and about us: the way of reconciliation, dialogue and cooperation.” WayHumansJesusAnswersAchieveCryDivineExpectationsDialogueCooperationSolidarityReconciliation Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“The fact is, Scripture is filled with divine actions that don't fit our human standards of logic or morality. But they don't need to, because we are the clay and He is the Potter. We need to stop trying to domesticate God or confine Him to tidy categories and compartments that reflect our human sentiments rather than His inexplicable ways.” WayNeedsTryingHumansFactsActionDivineFitMoralityStandardsLogicFilledScriptureSentimentsCategoriesClayPottersInexplicableStop TryingTidy 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
“Religious teachings and teachers have conditioned us to think of faith as a magic catalyst that makes God work for us. In no way does faith make God work nor does it release some kind of miracle power. Faith simply tunes into and turns on the divine flow that has always been present” ThinkingWayKindDoeTurnsReligiousTeacherMagicTeachingDivineFlowMiracleReleaseTunesCatalystTeachers And Teaching Author:Eric Butterworth
“No matter what difficulty you are facing, it is coming from Divine Light to bring you to a higher place within. Write down every conceivable reason that this situation can contribute towards your growth. Write down every way this experience can possibly set the stage for serving to uplift others. When you are complete, and have come to the other side of this experience, you will then know 'why' it happened.” KnowsWayWritingMatterReasonLightSidesGrowthSituationHappenedStageDivineHigherDifficultyNo Matter WhatUpliftingServingDivine Light Author:Barbara Rose
“There are many ways in which people are made aware of their power to believe in the supremacy of Divine guidance and power: through music or visual art, some event or experience decisively influencing their life, looking through a microscope or telescope, or just by looking at the miraculous manifestations or purposefulness of Nature.” PeopleWayBelieveArtMadeAtheismInfluenceEventsDivineGuidanceManifestationVisualsMiraculousSupremacyTelescopesMicroscopesVisual ArtDivine GuidancePurposefulness Author:Ernst Boris Chain