“And your Allah is One Allah: There is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.”
― Holy Quaran Arabic-English
― Holy Quaran Arabic-English
“One of the central challenges of forging peace, justice and freedom in our time is to experiment with political models that promote the dispersal, rather than the increasing concentration, of power. This is also an ancient, if forgotten, vocation of the church. ”
― That Holy Anarchist
― That Holy Anarchist
“Vejur was everything that Spock had ever dreamed of becoming. And yet Vejur was barren! It would never feel pain. Or joy. Or challenge. It was so completely and magnificently logical that its accumulation of knowledge was totally useless.”
― Star Trek: The Motion Picture
― Star Trek: The Motion Picture
“Today, I no longer try to be good; instead, I am only concerned with doing God’s bidding. What He commands, I do. Now my personal life is more conformed to His righteousness and character than it used to be. Following His commands does not leave much time for sin.”
― Power Evangelism
― Power Evangelism
“Biblically, God is repeatedly depicted as facing a partially open future. Theologically, several unsolvable problems inherent in the classical view can be avoided when one accepts that God is the God of the possible and not simply a God of eternally static certainties. Practically, a God of eternally static certainties is incapable of interacting with humans in a relevant way. The God of the possible, by contrast, is a God who can work with us to truly change what might have been into what should be.”
― God of the Possible: A Biblical Introduction to the Open View of God
― God of the Possible: A Biblical Introduction to the Open View of God
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