Redeeming – Quotes

War is brutish, inglorious,

War is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste… The only redeeming factors were my comrades’ incredible bravery and their devotion to each other. Marine Corps training taught us to kill efficiently and to try to survive. But it also taught us loyalty to each other – and love. That espirit de corps sustained us. Eugene … Read more

I regard this novel

I regard this novel as a work without redeeming social value, unless it can be recycled as a cardboard box. Ellen Goodman

Jesus, I wondered, what

Jesus, I wondered, what do you do with pain so bad it has no redeeming value? It cannot even be alchemized into art, into words, into something you can chalk up to an interesting experience because the pain itself, its intensity, is so great that it has woven itself into your system so deeply that … Read more

Upon that cross of

Upon that cross of Jesus Mine eye at times can see The very dying form of One Who suffered there for me; And from my smitten heart with tears Two wonders I confess The wonders of redeeming love and my unworthiness. Elizabeth C. Clephane

Jesus did not die

Jesus did not die to increase our self-esteem. Rather, Jesus died to bring glory to the Father by redeeming people from the curse of sin. Edward T Welch

Both my best and

Both my best and worst memories are of my time in Nicaragua. The experience as a whole was totally redeeming and amazing. It sounds so cliche, but I don’t care because I’m saying that from the heart. I stayed with a host family and went back to the same kind of rural farming village outside … Read more

War is brutish, inglorious,

Jesus, I wondered, what

Upon that cross of

Jesus did not die

Both my best and

I\’m going to give

Life is essentially a

Religion is confining and