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Muhammad adhered meticulously to the charter he forged for Medina, which - grounded as it was in the Quranic injunction, "Let there be no compulsion in religion" (2:256) - is arguably the first mandate for religious tolerance in human history. ↗

— Huston Smith

#christian #compassion #death #discipline #earth

When Jesus tells us about his Father, we distrust him. When he shows us his Home, we turn away, but when he confides to us that he is 'acquainted with Grief', we listen, for that also is an Acquaintance of our own. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#god #grief #jesus #religion #sorrow

I just heard a story from someone the other day where somebody was beaten up by Christians for wearing one of our shirts. Of course, that's a very Christian thing to do. ↗

— Davey Havok

#christian #christians #course #day #heard

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth,and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me. Psalm 45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. ↗

— Tamara Sanguinetti

#healing #inspirational #joy #peace #inspirational

Since it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying ‘renew yourselves’ from day to day. This is what we do with houses: we keep constantly repairing them as they wear old. You should do the same thing to yourself. Have you sinned today? Have you made your soul old? Do not despair, do not despond, but renew your soul by repentance, and tears, and Confession, and by doing good things. And never cease doing this. ↗

— John Chrysostom

#confession #sin #men

I believe in saints as I believe in sanctity. I believe in miracles as I believe in God, who can suspend the laws of His own making. But I believe, too, that the hand of God writes plainly and simply, for all men of good will to read. I am doubtful of His presence in confusion and conflicting voices. ↗

— Morris L. West

#christianity #doubt #god #miracles #men

Tolerance is not a Christian value. Charity, justice, mercy, prudence, honesty--these are Christian values. ↗

— Archbishop Charles J. Chaput

#christianity #inspirational #tolerance #values #inspirational

Religion and spirituality can easily be intertwined; however, there is a very distinct separation between the two. ↗

— Ricky Maye

#church #god #inspirational #religon #inspirational

To discover where God lives and how easily accessible He is to you is to be transformed from a life of daunting challenges and hopelessness to a life of boundless possibilities. ↗

— H. Dele Davies

#inspirational #spirituality #inspirational

I realized that I could never really function fully on this earth until I understood this: Until you know WHOSE you are, you will never know WHO you are. ↗

— Yvette R. Dempster

#christian-living #inspirational #inspirational