Blessed are they who have no
locks on their door.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Reflect, Resonate, Reevaluate, Respond
Being salt and light demands two things: we practice purity in the midst of a fallen world and yet we live in proximity to this fallen world. If you don’t hold up both truths in tension, you invariably becomes useless and separated from the world God loves.
~ David Kinnaman, 1973- , president of Barna group, author, from unchristian
We should not ask, “What is wrong with the world?” for that diagnosis has already been given. Rather, we should ask, “What has happened to the salt and light?”
~ John Stott, 1921-2011, Anglican priest & theologian
The men and women who are truly filled with the light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.
~ Brennan Manning, from The Ragamuffin Gospel
I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.
~ Jonathan Edwards, 1703-1758, theologian, philosopher
Yet even of [the souls as have the catholic faith and seem to have good works in the church of God], it is said, ‘Five are wise, and five are foolish.’
~ Augustine of Hippo, from The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
If you were accused of being a Christian would there be enough evidence to convict you?
~ Anonymous
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
~ Bruce Lee, 1940-1973, martial artist, actor, filmmaker