Epistle to Diognets
Ch 7, vs 3-4
"So then, did he, as one might suppose, send him [Christ] to rule in tyranny, fear, and terror? Not at all. But with gentleness and meekness, as a king sending his own son, he sent him as a king; he sent him as a god; he sent him as a human to humans. So that he might bring salvation and persuasion he sent him, not to coerce--for God does not work through coercion."
This is a burden lifted from my back.
"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become." -C. S. Lewis
I believe this to be true.
"So then, did he, as one might suppose, send him [Christ] to rule in tyranny, fear, and terror? Not at all. But with gentleness and meekness, as a king sending his own son, he sent him as a king; he sent him as a god; he sent him as a human to humans. So that he might bring salvation and persuasion he sent him, not to coerce--for God does not work through coercion."
This is a burden lifted from my back.
"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become." -C. S. Lewis
I believe this to be true.