And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of spreading a message with divine support and signs to validate it.
This quote from Mark the Evangelist highlights the active role of the disciples in sharing their teachings, showcasing how their efforts were accompanied by divine confirmation. It speaks to the partnership between human action and divine endorsement, suggesting that significant truths and messages often come with visible proof or impact that enhances their credibility.
In practice
This quote can be used in a sermon to encourage believers to share their faith actively.
Unless a man gives himself entirely to the Cross, in a spirit of humility and self-abasement; unless he casts himself down to be trampled underfoot by all and despised, accepting injustice, contempt and mockery; unless he undergoes all these things with joy for the sake of the Lord, not claiming any kind of human reward whatsoever - glory or honor or earthly pleasures - he cannot become a true Christian.
He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it.
I believe the reason we sleep is not just to allow our body to rest but that it is to allow this inner wisdom to speak to us through symbols. This includes the body or somatic problems as well as psychological ones. Dreams and drawings are useful in diagnosing physical conditions.
I rejoice when I meet gifted young people... I feel the future is in good hands.
It's surprisingly nice out here, peaceful and pretty-strange to be standing in the middle of a little garden while enclosed by the massive stone walls of the prison, like being at the exact center of a hurricane, and finding peace and silence in the middle of so much shrieking damage.
There is a great line of women stretching out behind you into the past, and you have to seek them out and find them in yourself and be conscious of them.
There is a strong tendency to get used to and accept very bad things that would be shocking if seen with fresh eyes.
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