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Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven." Luke 6:37
— Sheila Walsh
Grace is love that cares and stoops and rescues." Grace is the opposite of karma. We get what we don't deserve: the love, mercy, forgiveness of God. Grace is unmerited favor. Grace is here for you right now, in the middle of what is hard or not working. The writer to the Hebrews described it this way: "Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need" (Heb. 4:16 ESV).
— Sheila Walsh
Grace isn't about "fair," but about the outrageous, radical love of God.
— Sheila Walsh
A softer call, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). A truer call, "What does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God" (Micah 6:8).
— Sheila Walsh
Jesus' commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The life of Jesus Christ is a message of hope, a message of mercy, a message of life in a dark world.
— Max Lucado
God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?
— Samuel Johnson
I think in the end, God's justice is redemptive, it's restorative, it's about giving life, not taking life.
— Shane Claiborne
Most of the prophecies explicitly or implicitly incorporate some hope for the nations—for instance, by escaping judgment or finding mercy after judgment.
— John Goldingay
Trouble me not, friar, I have confessed my sins to God, and obtained absolution through the merits of Jesus Christ.
— John Foxe
Parsons pulled the straw near to him, and then said to the spectators, "This is God's armor, and now I am a Christian soldier prepared for battle: I look for no mercy but through the merits of Christ;
— John Foxe
Till that it pleased God of his great mercy, in the year of God 1527, to raise up his servand, Maister Patrik Hammyltoun, at whome our Hystorie doith begyn.
— John Knox