“What is meant by this term, 'the heart'? According to the general scriptural usage of the term, the heart means the centre of the personality. It does not merely mean the seat of the affections and the emotions.”
― Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
― Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
“At the very time when we have been boasting of our enlightenment and knowledge and understanding, there is this tragic breakdown in personal relationships. ... For instance, we now have to have Marriage Guidance classes. Up to this century men and women were married without this expert advice which now seems to be so essential.”
― Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
― Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
“Why are there wars in the world? Why is there this constant international tension? What is the matter with the world? Why war and all the unhappiness and turmoil and discord amongst men? According to this Beatitude, there is only one answer to these questions-sin. Nothing else; just sin.”
― Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
― Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
“I am profoundly grateful to God that He did not grant me certain things for which I asked, and that He shut certain doors in my face.”
― Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
― Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
“If we believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the only begotten Son of God and that He came into this world and went to the cross of Calvary and died for our sins and rose again in order to justify us and to give us life anew and prepare us for heaven-if you really believe that, there is only one inevitable deduction, namely that He is entitled to the whole of our lives, without any limit whatsoever.”
― Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
― Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
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