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If there is no absolute by which to judge society, society is absolute.


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Our relationship with each other is the criterion the world uses to judge whether our message is truthful - Christian community is the final apologetic.

Our relationship with each other is the criterion the world uses to judge whether our message is truthful - Christian community is the final apologetic.



If we do not show love to one another, the world has a right to question whether Christianity is true.

If we do not show love to one another, the world has a right to question whether Christianity is true.



One of the greatest injustices we do to our young people is to ask them to be conservative. Christianity is not conservative, but revolutionary.

One of the greatest injustices we do to our young people is to ask them to be conservative. Christianity is not conservative, but revolutionary.



Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.



The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.

The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.



No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had that absolute in God's revelation.

No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had that absolute in God's revelation.



If Christians win a battle by using worldly means, they have really lost.

If Christians win a battle by using worldly means, they have really lost.



Man, made in the image of God, has a purpose - to be in relationship to God, who is there. Man forgets his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means.

Man, made in the image of God, has a purpose - to be in relationship to God, who is there. Man forgets his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means.



Art is a reflection of God's creativity, an evidence that we are made in the image of God.

Art is a reflection of God's creativity, an evidence that we are made in the image of God.



We must not only be True. We must be Beautiful.

We must not only be True. We must be Beautiful.





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A man's contentment is in his mind, not in the extent of his possessions. Alexander the Great, with all the world at his feet, cries for another world to conquer.

A man's contentment is in his mind, not in the extent of his possessions. Alexander the Great, with all the world at his feet, cries for another world to conquer.



I have looked into most philosophical systems and I have seen that none will work without God.

I have looked into most philosophical systems and I have seen that none will work without God.



Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.

Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.



As you sow in your subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your body and environment.

As you sow in your subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your body and environment.



...Local prohibitions cannot block advances in military and commercial technology... Democratic movements for local restraint can only restrain the world's democracies, not the world as a whole.

...Local prohibitions cannot block advances in military and commercial technology... Democratic movements for local restraint can only restrain the world's democracies, not the world as a whole.



Good! Hang in there! It's normal! [Low self-esteem] Often it's a sign of intelligence (but don't let that go to your head haha)

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Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.



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