February 2010
14 posts
“Christians can never seek refuge in a ghetto where their faith is not proclaimed...”
– Lesslie Newbigin, Foolishness to the Greeks p115
“Both [capitalists and socialists] have exhausted their moral and intellectual...”
– Lesslie Newbigin, Foolishness to the Greeks p115
“And, so that those wheels may turn, the consumer – that is, you and I, including...”
– Dorothy Sayers, Why Work?
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“A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to...”
– Dorothy Sayers, Why Work?
“Unless we do change our whole way of thought about work, I do not think we shall...”
– Dorothy Sayers, Why Work?
“There is no way within the thought-world of either a Greek or a Jew in which the...”
– Lesslie Newbigin, Proper Confidence p5
“Only the obedient believe, and those who believe are obedient.”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship p69
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“Personal knowledge is impossible without risk; it cannot begin without an act of...”
– Lesslie Newbigin, Proper Confidence p14
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“Parents are their children’s most important teachers and mentors, and they...”
– Marian Wright Edelman, All Parents Can Use Support
“Oh! that I might repose on Thee! Oh! that Thou wouldest enter into my heart, and...”
– Augustine, Confessions 1.5.5, Pusey translation
“When Sara entered the room, Lottie was lying upon the floor, screaming and...”
– Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Little Princess pp46-47
“Consequently he who inordinately loves the good which any nature possesses, even...”
– Augustine City of God p388
“…[The Gospel] is despised as a weak and foolish thing by those who are...”
– Augustine, City of God p335
4 tags
“But in the family of the just man who lives by faith and is as yet a pilgrim...”
– Augustine, City of God p693 