1. God is (by definition) a being than which no greater being can be thought. 2. Greatness includes greatness of virtue. 3. Therefore, God is a being than which no being could be more virtuous. 4. But virtue involves overcoming pains and dangers. 5. ...
Mary had been chosen, “favored” by God. But what a strange blessing. It brought with it none of the ideals or goals that so consume our daily striving. Today many assume that those whom God favors will enjoy the things we equate with a good life:...
Much of modern preaching is anaemic, with the life-blood of God's nature absent from the message. Evangelists centre their message upon the man. Man has sinned and missed a great blessing. If man wants to retrieve his immense loss he must act thus an...
He who does not know is forgiven by God.
Abuse is like a god that destroys his master.
God grant us no neighbor with two eyes.
God is not without sins: He created the world.
God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage.
If God were not forgiving, heaven would be empty.
Do not insult the river god while crossing the river.
Man concocts a million schemes; god knows but one.
God does not love those who have not suffered.
God does not pay weekly, but pays at the end.
Who doesn't keep faith with God won't keep it with men.
Who God does not teach, man cannot.
If women were really good, God would be married.
Liberty is God's gift, liberties the devil s.
When God says "today," the devil says "tomorrow."
If it's God's will the broom will lose its handle.
God laughs when you steal from a thief.
The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind finely.
