#chris

So the question becomes, If you are ever faced with this choice are you willing to die for what you believe in? For that is the only way you will deny him. [...] It's a difficult question and not one you can answer until you're faced with it. Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#brom #christopher-paolini #eragon #inspirational #martyr

What is to be gained if we are so intent in reaching out to the unchurched that we then unchurch the reached? ↗

— David F. Wells

#church #post-modernism #courage

The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God. ↗

— Rob Bell

#faith #god #jesus #spirituality #faith

when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus ↗

— Corrie Ten Boom

#faith #joy #faith

If Thy dear home be fuller, Lord, For that a little emptier My house on earth, what rich rewards That guerdon were. ↗

— Amy Carmichael

#death #death

Fifty million people die every year, six thousand die every hour, and over one hundred people die every minute. But when thousands of people die in the same place and at the same time, we are more likely to wonder why God would allow such a thing to happen. ↗

— Steve Farrar

#death #tragedy #death

Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. - John 16:2 ↗

— Anonymous

#christianity #death #john- #death

Las mujeres, claro está, deben pensar en ellas mismas. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#mystery #suspense #death

¡El dinero es ridículo! ¡El crédito es ridículo! ¡Convenga usted en que la vida tiene mucho de ridículo! ↗

— Agatha Christie

#mystery #suspense #death

[...] Y'know, the Duchess Regan is living here at the tower now? I took your advice about not talking about her boffnacity [footnote], even with the duke dead and all, can't be too careful. Although, I caught sight of her in a dressing gown one day she was up on the parapet outside her solar. Fine flanks on that princess, despite the danger of death and all for sayin' so, sir." -Yeomen Aye, the lady is fair, and her gadonk as fine as frog fur [...]" -Pocket footnote: Boffnacity: an expression of shagnatiousness, fit. from the Latin boffusnatious ↗

— Christopher Moore

#fool #death