You are challenged to avoid mediocrity, acquire knowledge from the sages of antiquity, the achievements of the scientific present, and the prophets… — John H. Vandenberg Copy Share Image
“From a biblical perspective, salvation is ultimately about union with God. The God of Israel is not a distant deity or an… — Brant Pitre Copy Share Image
“And it is the interest of believers to endeavour earnestly after this assurance of their election. For, 1st, It is not possible,… — Herman Witsius Copy Share Image
Remember that each of us has his own cross. The Golgotha of this cross is our heart: it is being lifted or… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
... for our sake loosing within Himself the bonds of bodily birth, He granted us through spiritual birth, according to our own… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
While He [the Lord Jesus] was sitting alone by the well, 'There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water' (John 4:7).… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Our method of proclaiming salvation is this: to point out to every heart the loving Lamb, who died for us, and although… — Nicolaus Zinzendorf Copy Share Image
Now, the first preachers of the Christ evangel preached Christ. They did not, in the first place, preach salvation or sanctification or… — Theodore Austin-Sparks Copy Share Image
I entreat masters to live a good life and faithfully to instruct their scholars, especially that they may love God and learn… — Jan Hus Copy Share Image
Salvation cannot be bought with the currency of obedience; it is purchased by the blood of the Son of God. Thinking that… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
We declare, assert, define and pronounce to be subject to the Roman Pontiff is to every creature altogether necessary for salvation… I… — Pope Boniface VIII Copy Share Image
He had a word, too. Love, he called it. But I had been used to words for a long time. I knew… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Sloth is the desire for ease, even at the expense of doing the known will of God. Whatever we do in life… — John Hardon Copy Share Image
“I am bundled in the warmth of the price and the purchase, and its solid completion, as in royal robes-- marvelous these… — Quinesia Johnson Copy Share Image
There's an ethic that says: 'You don't run off to the church for the sacraments of salvation, you establish a personal relationship… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
Perpetual Adoration, Eucharistic Adoration offers to our people the opportunity to join those in religious life to pray for the salvation of… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The Church's foundation is unshakable and firm against the assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but do not… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
From the standpoint of food production, storage, handling, and the Lord's counsel, wheat should have high priority. Water, of course, is essential.… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
“In the woods I find not escape, but entrance, into the holy order of things. My smallness is not my shame, but… — Dark Night Beacon Copy Share Image
As Our Predecessors have many times repeated, let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever join the Masonic sect,… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
It is not the poet's business to save man's soul but to make it worth saving . . . However, few poets… — James Elroy Flecker Copy Share Image
God is almighty to pardon, but He will not use His power for a shameless sinner. He is able to save and… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
This is how…life happens. One small thing at a time. A series of inconsequential junctions, any or none of which can lead… — Steven Galloway Copy Share Image
God gives His grace to whomever He wishes, and has predestined each individual, an eternity before birth, to be lost or saved… — John Wycliffe Copy Share Image
Life in this fallen world is to a great degree meaningless, our aspirations are constantly being frustrated, and sometimes the respectable people… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The Flood was a judgment on sin and the ark was a means of salvation from that catastrophe. All you had to… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
“For those who are gifted for the soteriological pathway of marriage, it, like every such pathway, naturally offers not only trouble, work,… — Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig Copy Share Image
Here is the tragedy of theology in its distilled essence: The employment of high-powered human intellect, of genius, of profoundly rigorous logical… — Andrew Bernstein Copy Share Image
“Many persons make the mistake of thinking they can measure the certainty of salvation by their feelings. It is the Word of… — Corrie ten Boom Copy Share Image
Any man having one drop of the seed of Cane in him Cannot hold the priesthood ... I will say it now… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Many are convinced, who are not truly enlightened; are afraid of the consequences of sin, though they never saw its evil; have… — John Newton Copy Share Image
“The nature of the enemy's warfare in your life is to cause you to become discouraged and to cast away your confidence.… — Bob Sorge Copy Share Image
“Poor Father, I see his final exploration. He arrives at the new place, his hair risen in astonishment, his mouth and eyes… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
The very act of faith by which we receive Christ is an act of the utter renunciation of self, and all its… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
[All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The church had to find a way to protect Jesus' perfection so that he could do the work of salvation which, in… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
“Jesus can you show me Just how far the east is from the west, Cause I can't bear to see the man… — Casting Crowns Copy Share Image
“Because salvation is by grace through faith, I believe that among the countless number of people standing in front of the throne… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Come, and see the victories of the cross. Christ's wounds are thy healings, His agonies thy repose, His conflicts thy conquests, His… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
![“While He [the Lord Jesus] was sitting alone by the well, 'There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water' (John 4:7). As man, the Lord was thirsty, and saw that someone who was naturally thirsty was coming to quench her thirst. As God, however, He also saw that her heart was athirst for the water…” quote by Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3e2/gregory-palamas-12213_cfs_while-he-the-lord-jesus-was-sitting-alon_1915028.jpg)
![“[All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that good work is our salvation and our joy; that shoddy or dishonest or self-serving work is our curse and our doom. We have tried to escape the sweat and sorrow promised in Genesis…” quote by Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7c1/wendell-berry-236_america_all-the-ancient-wisdom-tells-us-that-wor_1212112.jpg)
