Renewal Quotes - Page 6

• God is not a 'being' removed from creation, ruling it from outside in the manner of a patriarchal ruler; God is the source of being that underlies creation and grounds its nature and future potential for continual transformative renewal in biophilic mutuality.

  Rosemary Radford Ruether

  Inspirational, God, Christian

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• 'Now we are the sons of God'. This is the starting point of adoption. However, 'it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is' (I Jn. 3:2). This is the perfection of adoption of sons and renewal which God bestowed on us in Christ, and of which John says in his Gospel that, 'Christ gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God' (Jn. 1:12-13).

  Gregory Palamas

  Christian, Believe, Son

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• The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America - our country is in need of and ready for a spiritual renewal.

  Ronald Reagan

  Spiritual, Country, Healing

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• San Francisco's winter is a season unto itself. Fleeting, rain-soaked, verdant, a brief period of shadows and renewal

  Nathaniel Dorsky

  Rain, Winter, San Francisco

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• What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices—more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe. What I’m talking about is a national reckoning that would lead to spiritual renewal. Reparations would mean the end of scarfing hot dogs on the Fourth of July while denying the facts of our heritage. Reparations would mean the end of yelling “patriotism” while waving a Confederate flag. Reparations would mean a revolution of the American consciousness, a reconciling of our self-image as the great democratizer with the facts of our history.

  Ta-Nehisi Coates

  Spiritual, Dog, Mean

  "The Case for Reparations". www.theatlantic.com. June 2014.

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• It has been said by church historians that in those periods of Christian history where renewal, revival, and awakening took place and the church was at its strongest, that coincidental with those periods in church history, there was a strong focus on the psalms in the life of God's people-particularly in the worship of God's people.

  R. C. Sproul

  Christian, Strong, People

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• The healing of our relationship with place begins with the preservation of the natural environment. We cannot go to the wild for renewal if no wilderness is left.

  Starhawk

  Nature, Healing, Environment

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• Human life and humanity come into being in genuine encounters. The hope for this hour depends upon the renewal of the immediacy of dialogue among human beings.

  Martin Buber

  Humanity, Encounters, Hours

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• I believe in the five solas. One hundred percent believe in the five solas. And I am - to those of you who know about this - I'm a monergist [someone that believes in the doctrine that says spiritual renewal is exclusively the activity of the Holy Spirit].

  Rick Warren

  Spiritual, Believe, Doctrine

  Source: thrownscabbard.blogspot.com

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• For Paul 'righteousness' and 'justice' are the same word, as they were in Hebrew. Paul clearly believes that helping the poor is a central and ongoing part of Christian commitment, precisely because in Jesus Christ God has unveiled and launched his plan for the rescue, redemption and renewal of the whole creation. Justification and justice go very closely together.

  N. T. Wright

  Christian, Jesus, Believe

  Source: kenwytsma.com

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• By salvation I mean not barely according to the vulgar notion deliverance from hell or going to heaven but a present deliverance from sin a restoration of the soul to its primitive health its original purity a recovery of the divine nature the renewal of our souls after the image of God in righteousness and true holiness in justice mercy and truth.

  John Wesley

  Recovery, Mean, Justice

  John Wesley (1827). “The Works of the Rev. John Wesley”, p.219

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• most notable distinction between living and inanimate beings is that the former maintain themselves by renewal.

  John Dewey

  Notable, Distinction, Former

  John Dewey (1980). “The Middle Works, 1899-1924”, p.4, SIU Press

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• Certainty abolishes hope, and robs us of renewal.

  Neil Postman

  Certainty, Abolish

  Neil Postman (2011). “Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future”, p.124, Vintage

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• The future and the hope for the middle class church lies in the renewal of its lifeblood, which is only possible if the church succeeds in winning the working class.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Lying, Winning, Class

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• It is the place of renewal and of safety, where for a little while there will be no harm or attack and, while every sense is nourished, the soul rests.

  May Sarton

  Safety, Soul, Littles

  May Sarton (2014). “Journal of a Solitude”, p.120, Open Road Media

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• The future of the church is also about looking back and looking at where we see these wonderful renewals and what we can learn from the early church. I think it is a really exciting time where Phyllis Tickle said every few hundred years the church needs a rummage sale where we can get rid of some of the clutter.

  Shane Claiborne

  Thinking, Years, Church

  "Embracing the Margins". Interview with Matt Dabbs, wineskins.org. November 17, 2015.

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• I took a long view in order to not destroy the core Galvin-defined principles imbued in Motorola, such as constant respect for people, its instincts for breakthrough innovation, and continuous renewal in thinking and process rigor.

  Christopher Galvin

  Thinking, Views, Order

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• What can be done? Well, the governments of the world can undertake what amounts to a vast clean-up campaign and a vast campaign of organic renewal. The problem is the cost of an effective operation, which is enormous, and thus must be paid by someone via some form of taxes.

  Immanuel Wallerstein

  Government, Environmental, Campaigns

  Immanuel Wallerstein (2011). “The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World”, p.62, New Press, The

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• I am not sure that there has been a "lack of progress." On the contrary, the concept of feminism is not only well established but is now also attracting interest from young women, including teenagers and pre-teens. But a new interest is also symptomatic of the failure of the feminist project and the need for its renewal.

  Laura Mulvey

  Teenager, Feminist, Progress

  Source: en.aup.nl

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• The Holy Spirit acts mystically through the spiritual father, and then when you go out from your spiritual father, the soul feels her renewal. But if you leave your spiritual father in a state of confusion, this means that you did not confess purely and did not forgive your brother all of his sins from your heart.

  Silouan the Athonite

  Inspirational, Christian, Spiritual

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• While others still slept, He went away to pray and to renew His strength in communion with His Father. He had need of this, otherwise He would not have been ready for the new day. The holy work of delivering souls demands constant renewal through fellowship with God.

  Andy Murray

  Prayer, Father, New Day

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• The natural capital is not income, but we spend our natural capital as if it were revenue, as if it were going to come back next year without any problems, whereas these renewals in nature can take hundreds of years.

  Susan George

  Years, Income, Next Year

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• Art is the reordering of nature - the qualities of space and time - in new perceptual and material form.

  Daniel Bell

  Art, Space, Quality

  Daniel Bell (1991). “The Winding Passage: Sociological Essays and Journeys”, p.20, Transaction Publishers

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• The election of a man committed to the cause of freedom and the renewal of America's strength has given encouragement to all those who love liberty.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Encouragement, America, Liberty

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• I believe the people should have the opportunity to have a greater influence on politics with their ideas. We need a new impulse for renewal.

  Martin Schulz

  Believe, Opportunity, Should Have

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