Terpecah Nya Quotes & Sayings

When society was patriarchal, as it was in the New Testament context and as it has been everywhere in the world except in modern society in our day, the church avoided scandal by going along with it - fundamentally evil as patriarchy was and is. Now, however, that modern society is at least officially egalitarian, the scandal is that the church is NOT going along with society, not rejoicing in the unprecedented freedom to let women and men serve according to gift and call without an arbitrary gender line. This scandal impedes both the evangelism of others and the edification - the retention and development of faith - of those already converted. — John G. Stackhouse Jr.

Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush. — Charles Spurgeon

To repeat a prayer-demand over and over again, whether mentally or out loud, with ever-deeper attention and devotion, spiritualizes the prayer; it changes conscious, concentrated repetition into superconscious experience. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Hope is a pocket of possibility.
I'm holding it in my hand. — Tahereh Mafi

If it were up to the executives, they probably wouldn't have directors at all. — Gus Van Sant

I had a very famous trainer tell me once, 'You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever.' They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says. — Jack Hanna

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone. — Paul Tillich

I'd wait as long as you needed, as long as Nicole needed. But I know you feel something for me, and I love you, and I've never felt this way about anyone, ever. I want to be with you. I want you to pick me. I know Emma will always be your first love, and that's fine. But don't just ... don't just let me go. — Kristan Higgins

The soft song from the past threatened to awaken feelings and memories she avoided like black-eyed peas and family reunions. — Pepper D. Basham

Recommend to your children to be virtuous, only the virtue can bring us happiness, not the money. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

With the scolding half frown and lowered brows, she took his breath away. What would she do if he put his hands on either side of her face and kissed her lips? Probably slap him. — Melanie Dickerson