"The fundamental problem in the evangelical world today is that God rests too inconsequentially upon the church. His truth is too distant, His grace is too ordinary, His judgment is too benign, His gospel is too easy, and His Christ is too common."

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Source : David Lack (1947). “Darwin's Finches”, p.129, CUP Archive

David F. Wells

#Grace Quotes #Church Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“It is especially important for managers to know about, neuroplasticity, the greatest discovery in neuroscience in the past 20 years. It refers to the fact that the brain is remarkably plastic. It can grow and change for the better throughout life. In fact, "plastic" denotes the brain's ability to grow and change throughout life.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“A man says to me, 'Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?' No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.”
“And on this issue of the Shia in Iraq, I think there's been a certain amount of, frankly, Terry, a kind of pop sociology in America that, you know, somehow the Shia can't get along with the Sunni and the Shia in Iraq just want to establish some kind of Islamic fundamentalist regime. There's almost no evidence of that at all. Iraq's always been very secular.”

Source : "Bill Kristol's guide to falling upward" by Eric Alterman, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2009.
“The Author is a play about responsibility, how active we are as spectators and how responsible we are for what we choose to look at.”
“What kind of city are we living in, if we encourage the development or ownership of large, expensive properties for investment and land banking... while people are sleeping on the streets?”
“Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody's fine feelings may be offended.”
“You never see the stock called Happiness quoted on the exchange.”
“Please. She sighed. 'Can't a girl have high standards? I don't want an ordinary boy.”

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