But I was not obeying the first and greatest commandment - to love God first - nor is it clear that I was obeying the second - to love my neighbour. Hating the oppressors of my neighbour isn't perhaps quite what Christ had in mind.
...So Englishmen saw it. Lincoln's insincerity was regarded as proven by two things: his earlier denial of any lawful right or wish to free the slave… - Sheldon Vanauken
...So Englishmen saw it. Lincoln's insincerity was regarded as proven by two things: his earlier denial of any lawful right or wish to free the slave…
- Sheldon Vanauken
A man in the jungle at night, as someone said, may suppose a hyena's growl to be a lion's; but when he hears the lion's growl, he knows damn well it'… - Sheldon Vanauken
A man in the jungle at night, as someone said, may suppose a hyena's growl to be a lion's; but when he hears the lion's growl, he knows damn well it'…
Art is first a seeing and then a revealing - Sheldon Vanauken
Art is first a seeing and then a revealing
Signs must be read with caution. The history of Christendom is replete with instances of people who misread the signs. - Sheldon Vanauken
Signs must be read with caution. The history of Christendom is replete with instances of people who misread the signs.
If it's half as good as the half we've known, here's Hail! to the rest of the road. - Sheldon Vanauken
If it's half as good as the half we've known, here's Hail! to the rest of the road.
It is not possible to be incidentally a Christian. The fact of Christianity must be overwhelmingly first or nothing. - Sheldon Vanauken
It is not possible to be incidentally a Christian. The fact of Christianity must be overwhelmingly first or nothing.
It is, I think, that we are all so alone in what lies deepest in our souls, so unable to find the words, and perhaps the courage to speak with unlock… - Sheldon Vanauken
It is, I think, that we are all so alone in what lies deepest in our souls, so unable to find the words, and perhaps the courage to speak with unlock…
Whatever one of us asked the other to do - it was assumed the asker would weigh all the consequences - the other would do. Thus one might wake the ot… - Sheldon Vanauken
Whatever one of us asked the other to do - it was assumed the asker would weigh all the consequences - the other would do. Thus one might wake the ot…
Both Heaven and Hell are retroactive, all of one's life will eventually be known to have been one or the other. - Sheldon Vanauken
Both Heaven and Hell are retroactive, all of one's life will eventually be known to have been one or the other.
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