Grandpops Uke Quotes & Sayings

To paraphrase Augustine, if you want to know your God-given gifts, first know that the purpose of spiritual gifts is to bring unity to the church. Then "love God and do what you feel like doing." But there is more to the unleashing of gifts in the body. One of the bad fruits of an "I" church is that we don't tell people when they bless us. If someone has taught Sunday school and helped us understand a passage of Scripture, then we should tell the person and encourage his or her gift. If worship leaders left us rejoicing that we have been with God's people in his presence, then thank them for the specific ways they blessed you and the church. No one should have to ask what their gifts are; we should tell people their gifts as they minister to us. Can — Edward T. Welch

You say you're sure? Sure that you're in love? How can you know it? You think love is so simple? — Kazuo Ishiguro

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history. — James Lovelock

I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky, — Oscar Wilde

The monster London laugh at me. — Abraham Cowley

So it's clear that nothing good can come from our good works. God insists in Scripture that believing Him is what He credits to our account as righteousness. And He gets to make the rules. — Beth Moore

Inspiration before intercourse. — Lisa Kessler

100 years ago, buying something you could make was considered wasteful; now making something you could buy is considered wasteful. I am not convinced this is a step in the right direction. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

I taught what was clear in Acts 11:26: SAVED = CHRISTIAN = DISCIPLE, simply meaning that you cannot be saved and you cannot be a true Christian without being a disciple also. I taught that, to be baptized, you must first make the decision to be a disciple, and then be baptized ... I taught that their baptism was invalid because a retroactive understanding of repentance and baptism was not consistent with Scripture. — Kip McKean

Be yourself. That is where you should always be. — Debasish Mridha