God expects us to measure the church not against tradition but against the standards & promises of His Word.
We become what we do.
Give me fifty DC-3's and the Japanese can have the Burma Road.
It is not worth it to sacrifice the interest of the country for the sake of my son.
You must all be aware that modern war is not a mere matter of military operations. It involves the whole strength and all the resources of the nation. Not only soldiers, but also all citizens without exception, take part.
It was entirely due to my mother [a devout Buddhist] and her kindness and perseverance that the family was saved from utter ruin. For a period of 17 years--from the age of 9 until I was 25 years old--my mother never spent a day free from domestic difficulties.
We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.
In order to assure an adequate national defense, it is necessary - and sufficient - to be in a position in case of war to conquer the command of the air.
The ability of Americans to toss off oppressive characters is the most rewarding aspect, to me, of U. S. history.
I wasn't in a position that some other memoirists are, dealing with families who fed them meth, or kidnapped them, or did something that would make the writer not want to see that family again. I wanted to see my family. I wanted to celebrate them. I was proud of who we were, in the wilderness, floating down rapids or hiking over glaciers, and everywhere else.
John's baptism. . . was a radical act of individual commitment to belong to the true people of God, based on personal confession and repentance. . . This is one of the main reasons that I do not believe in baptizing infants, who cannot make this personal commitment or confession or repentance. John's baptism was an assault on the very assumptions that give rise to much infant baptism.