favourite quotes
i love quotes. below are some of my favourites (some are paraphrases):
1. the line between good and evil is not drawn by tanks and battle lines, but down the centre of every person's heart. ~Aleksander Solzhenytsin
2. how can you help somebody unless you know the right story to tell them? ~Jack Cash, fr. "Walk the Line"
3. pop had all the wrong dreams. ~Happy Loman, fr. "Death of a Salesman"
4. "Rather, [God] brings this or that neighbour to the head of the line, and demands our best attention for him. And at another moment, perhaps, he closes the wicket, sends the whole line away, and demands to inspect our books." ~Oliver O'Donovan, re: loving neighbours
5. God did not forgive God; he crucified him. ~C.S. Lewis
1. the line between good and evil is not drawn by tanks and battle lines, but down the centre of every person's heart. ~Aleksander Solzhenytsin
2. how can you help somebody unless you know the right story to tell them? ~Jack Cash, fr. "Walk the Line"
3. pop had all the wrong dreams. ~Happy Loman, fr. "Death of a Salesman"
4. "Rather, [God] brings this or that neighbour to the head of the line, and demands our best attention for him. And at another moment, perhaps, he closes the wicket, sends the whole line away, and demands to inspect our books." ~Oliver O'Donovan, re: loving neighbours
5. God did not forgive God; he crucified him. ~C.S. Lewis
posted by Aaron Perry at
7:43 PM
3 Comments:
AP,
I love quotes too! Help me understand this one by your man Oliver O'D...
"Rather, [God] brings this or that neighbour to the head of the line, and demands our best attention for him. And at another moment, perhaps, he closes the wicket, sends the whole line away, and demands to inspect our books." ~Oliver O'Donovan, re: loving neighbours
Can you "unpack" that for me? (nice seminary term eh?)
Here's a quote I really like:
"Evangelism is witness. It is one beggar telling another beggar where to get food. The Christian does not offer out of his bounty. He has no bounty. He is simply a guest at his Master's table and, as evangelist, he calls others too." Daniel T Miles
John
hey john. o'd is talking about the command we sometimes make at odds to love God and to love neighbour. o'd is saying that the command to love God is waht makes loving the neighbour intelligible. but loving neighbour can never be some abstract, "out-there" reality. it has to do with real people. in this reality, we have lots of neighbours (who is my neighbour, but that one that i treat as neighbour?), but limited resources. so, the command to love God makes intelligible and authorizes love to neighbour in a world of limited resources and unlimited needs. so, as God guides (bringing different neighbours to the head of the line), i must respond. sometimes he brings no neighbour and takes account of how well i have loved (he closes the line!). hope that helps.
Thanks AP, that helps alot.
John
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