We are taught in an especial manner to pray that God would give his Holy Spirit unto us, that through his aid… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Self-denial means knowing only Christ, and no longer oneself. It means seeing only Christ, who goes ahead of us, and no longer… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If you ask why we should obey God, in the last resort the answer is, 'I am.' To know God is to… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
There is nothing left worth preserving in the notions of unseen powers, controlling human destiny, to which obedience and worship are due. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
God grant, if we must have two eyes, that they may be both clear ones, one the eye of faith wholly fixed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
A whole lot of what we call 'struggling' is simply delayed obedience. — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Blind obedience in the name of patriotism or religion ultimately takes our lives. — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Those who keep the masses of men in subjection by exercising force and cruelty deprive them at once of two vital foods,… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
People sometimes ask: Is Putin a clever man? Yes, he's clever in his own way, when it comes to political intrigue, and… — Vladimir Voinovich Copy Share Image
Christianity loses its scriptural fidelity and internal power when it no longer affirms both sola fide and the necessity of obedience. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
I believe a visible church to be a congregation of those who make a credible profession of their faith in Christ, and… — Roger Sherman Copy Share Image
They have their belief, these poor Tibet people, that Providence sends down always an Incarnation of Himself into every generation. At bottom… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“When it is time to sow, sow and when it is time to harvest, you will harvest. Obey this rule.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Be very vigilant over thy child in the April of his understanding, lest the frost of May nip his blossoms. While he… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
This feeling of accountability, which is encompassed by the first great commandment to love God, has been described by some as 'obedience… — Quentin L. Cook Copy Share Image
The kind of "blind obedience" once theologized as the ultimate step to holiness, is itself blind. It blinds a person to the… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
The existing governments of the world are the consequence of disobedience to the commands of God. But Christ came to bring men… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
Morality has been conceived up to the present in a very narrow spirit, as obedience to a law, as inner struggle between… — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
No repentance, obedience, self-denial, prayers, tears, reformation or ordinances, without the new creation, avail any thing to the salvation of thy soul. — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
