Bonhoeffer’s emphasis on the
Bonhoeffer’s emphasis on the deep this-worldliness of Christianity does not lead to de-escahtologizing the gospel. G. C. Berkouwer
Worldliness
For forty years did
For forty years did unbelief, murmuring, and rebellion shut out ancient Israel from the land of Canaan. The same sins have delayed the entrance of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan. In neither case were the promises of God at fault. It is the unbelief, the worldliness, unconsecration, and strife among the Lord’s professed people … Read more
They best pass over
They best pass over the world who trip over it quickly; for it is but a bog. If we stop, we sink. Elizabeth I
Even yet Christ Jesus
Even yet Christ Jesus has to lie out in waste places very often, because there is no room for him in the inn–no room for him in our hearts, because of our worldliness. There is no room for him even in our politics and religion. There is no room in the inn, and we put … Read more
Thoughts of heaven quicken
Thoughts of heaven quicken our faith. Our only sure and solid foundation is the hope of heaven. The only solution to earth’s mysteries, the only righter of earth’s wrongs, and the only cure for worldliness, is heaven. We need an infusion of heaven into our faith and hope that will create a homesickness for that … Read more
The superman is the
The superman is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the superman is to be the meaning of the earth! I beseech you, my brothers, be true to the earth, and do not believe those who speak to you of otherworldly hopes! They are poisoners, whether they know it or not. Friedrich Nietzsche
God\’s truth is too
God’s truth is too sacred to be expounded to superficial worldliness in its transient fit of earnestness. Frederick William Robertson
God will not accept
God will not accept a divided heart. He must be absolute monarch. There is not room in your heart for two thrones. You cannot mix the worship of the true God with the worship of any other god more than you can mix oil and water. It cannot be done. There is not room for … Read more
Christians should live in
Christians should live in the world, but not be filled with it. A ship lives in the water; but if the water gets into the ship, she goes to the bottom. So Christians may live in the world; but if the world gets into them, they sink. Dwight L. Moody
It is only by
It is only by living completely in this world that one learns to have faith. Dietrich Bonhoeffer