discipleship

Topanga: Do I need to know the middle of the story?Corey: Do you want to be proud of her?Topanga: Yes.Corey: Then, no.

The obedience which God's children yield to Him must be loving obedience. Do not go about the service of God as slaves to their taskmaster's toil, but run in the way of His commands because it is your Father's way.

We do not become less needy, less dependent when we pray; we become more needy, more dependent, which is to say, more human.

The advantage which disciplined soldiers have over undisciplined hordes follows cheaply from the confidence which each man feels in his comrades. Charles Darwin

When people turn other people into selfobjects, they are trying to turn a person into a kind of spare part.

It wasn't work. I played myself.

Being self-owned is a state of mind.

Children are angels in exile, so close to God. They haven't had time to separate from Him.Ali

An employee made a mistake that cost the company $10 million, he walked into the office of Tom Watson, the C.E.O., expecting to get fired. __ire you?_ Mr. Watson asked. __ just spent $10 million educating you.

Preaching reveals God in action here and now -- for ME.

In Martin Luther's life and behavior is very courteous and friendly, and there is nothing of the stern stoic or grumpy fellow about him. He can adjust to all occasions. In social gathering he is gay, witty, ever full of joy, always has a bright and happy face, no matter how seriously his adversaries threatening him. One can see that God's strength is within him. _ Petrus Mosellanus

The pastor owns the opportunity to issue of the flock that it is OK not to be OK.

John D Rockefeller read his Bible religiously, but kept his ledger in a different drawer.

The lightheaded and the fashionable are always willing to shed tears for distant underdogs.

Private worship excites us for public worship.

Winnie the Pooh finds comfort in counting his pots of honey, and Rabbit finds comfort in knowing where his relations are _ even if he doesn't need them at the moment.

Far from a source of suffering, their adopted faith had been a source of power.

Obedience appears to me more and more the whole business of life, the only road to love and peace.