H. Richard Niebuhr Quotes
A God without wrath brought human beings without sin into a kingdom without judgment through ministrations of a Christ without a cross.
Quotes to Explore
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Much to the chagrin of the staunchly secular among us, religion shows no sign of going away. Predictions of the demise of religion, faith, tradition - and even God - have consistently been proven wrong.
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Thank God there is a such thing as hiatus. We got the first 'Dr. Horrible' done in six days, we banged it out.
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God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.
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Honey, God loves everybody. It's human beings who mess things up.
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself.
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Actions yield result by the ordinance of God as He wills.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I believe we are created in the image of God for a particular purpose, and I believe that with all my heart.
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Every child is a thought in the mind of God, and our task is to recognize this thought and help it toward completion.
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Even if we don't believe in church or God, we still believe in things that are bigger than ourselves. We need to believe in those things because if we can't be open to what we don't know, there's no hope for any of us.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
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One of the greatest gifts God ever gave to humanity was that of liberty. We love freedom and bloom under it. We cannot and should not try to force people to live by a certain religious code. To do so negates our free will.
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God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.
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They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?
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I'm a singer and as long as I can sing - which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do - I'd like to carry on making records.
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If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing.
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Ministers should not pray so loud, and long, as to exhaust the strength. It is not necessary to weary the throat and lungs in prayer. God's ear is ever open to hear the heart-felt petitions of his humble servants, and he does not require them to wear out the organs of speech in addressing him.
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A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.
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Heaven is on this earth. There are no angels on the clouds with twanging harps... That's just another man's fantasy.
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One of the purposes of this hearing is, of course, to explore everything because we know there's a need. We're not sure the best way to get there.
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A God without wrath brought human beings without sin into a kingdom without judgment through ministrations of a Christ without a cross.
