J. B. Phillips quotes and words of wisdom |  | "In his enthusiasm, the evangelist often finds it difficult seriously
to imagine that anyone could be called not to be an evangelist. The man of
vision and imagination finds it difficult to see the value of those who do
no more than plod on faithfully along a well-tried road. The man whose
concern is in personal dealing with people and leading them to understand
God better finds it difficult to be patient with the theologian or the
Christian philosopher whose work is in the quiet of a book-lined study.
Yet the truth is that the wholeness which God is working to achieve is
never complete in an individual, but through individuals living together
as one body, each supplying the deficiencies of the others." | |  | Found in the topic Unsorted.
| | | "From the crude cry which we have so often heard during the war
years: "If there is a God, why doesn"t He stop Hitler?," to the unspoken
questioning in many a Christian heart when a devoted servant of Christ
dies from accident or disease at what seems to us a most inopportune
moment, there is this universal longing for God to intervene, to show His
hand, to vindicate His purpose. I do not pretend to understand the ways of
God any more than the next man; but it is surely more fitting as well as
more sensible for us to study what God does do and what He does not do as
He works in and through the complex fabric of this disintegrated world,
than to postulate what we think God ought to do and then feel demoralized
and bitterly disappointed because He fails to fulfill what we expect of
Him." | | | Found in the topic God.
| | | "Following the way of Jesus Christ and doing all we can for His cause
and for our fellow men expresses something of our worship in action. But
how to give Him a present to express our love is a bit of a problem. How
can you give God anything when He owns everything? But does He? How about
that power to choose, that precious free will that He has given to every
living personality and which He so greatly respects? That is the only
present we can give ? our selves, with all our powers of spirit, mind, and
body, willingly, freely given because we love Him. That is the best and
highest worship that you and I can offer, and I am sure that it is this
above all that God most highly appreciates." | | | Found in the topic Christianity.
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Interesting Quotes
As you journey through life take a minute every now and then to give a thought for the other fellow. He could be plotting something.Hagar the Horrible
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now -- always.Albert Schweitzer - French philosopher & physician (1875 - 1965)
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