The problem was not, and has never been a failure of mainstream Muslims to condemn terrorism, or to denounce the Islamic State. The problem is their reluctance to seriously acknowledge or engage with the Islamic State intellectualy. Instead their defence of Islam is typified by the refrain, "Islam is a religion of peace'' combined with happy talk about mercy and love. They do not address the Scriptures Islamic State cites about war or hate. - Graeme Wood, The Way of Strangers, p215
"Always stand to it that your creed must bend to the Bible, and not the Bible to your creed, and dare to be a little inconsistent with yourselves, if need be, sooner than be inconsistent with God’s revealed truth." — C. H. Spurgeon
Abuse gets the headlines but passivity is the silent killer of manhood.- Gavin Peacock@GPeacock8
I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages. I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me. --Little Richard (1932- )(In Raymond Obstfeld's _Jabberrock_ [1997],"You Gotta Serve Somebody")
The only way to get our values right is to see, not the beginning, but the end of the way, to see things, not in the light of time, but in the light of eternity.--William Barclay (1907-1978) (In Martin H. Manser's _The Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations_ [2001], "Eternity")
The only way to get our values right is to see, not the beginning, but the end of the way, to see things, not in the light of time, but in the light of eternity.--William Barclay (1907-1978) (In Martin H. Manser's _The Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations_ [2001], "Eternity")
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