#deem

The living Church of the redeemed is his book. He founded a religion of the living spirit, not of a written code, like the Mosaic law. Yet his words and deeds are recorded by as honest and reliable witnesses as ever put pen to paper. ↗

— Philip Schaff

#church #code #deeds #ever #founded

People have the power to redeem the work of fools. ↗

— Patti Smith

#people #power #redeem #work

I had a dozen years to act before starting a family then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value. ↗

— Sissy Spacek

#appeals #before #dozen #dwarfed #else

Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. ↗

— James Beattie

#deemed #him #mad #some #wise

Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in Paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy when redeemed through the sacrifice of Christ and made an heir of heaven. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#heaven #heir #holiness #holy #made

Many are called, few are chosen. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#cale #called #chosen #death #divine

We must not offer people a system of redemption, a set of insights and principles. We offer people a Redeemer. ↗

— Paul David Tripp

#paul-david-tripp #people #principles #redeemer #redemption

Those whom even love cannot shake from their habitual aversion to risk and inertia are those who are truly unredeemable. ↗

— Cristina Nehring

#love #risk-aversion #unredeemable #love

Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don't need to search any further for security. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#counselor #friend #god #guide #redeemer

Love doesn't last." She didn't know how much showed her pale face. Meribah's face softened. "Sometimes it does. If it's the right kind. ↗

— Francine Rivers

#faith #hosea #love #redeeming-love #romance