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As, when the sun shines above the earth, the shadow is spread over its lower part, because its spherical shape makes it impossible for it to be clasped all round at one and the same time by the rays, and necessarily, on whatever side the sun's rays may fall on some particular point of the globe, if we follow a straight diameter, we shall find shadow upon the opposite point, and so, continuously, at the opposite end of the direct line of the rays shadow moves round that globe,
— Gregory of Nyssa
The superiority of spiritual power over sensuous is the central point of Christian Science.
— Mary Baker Eddy
So if you are writing a story where love is the meaning, where love is the highest and best of all, where love is the point, then you have to allow each person a choice.
— John Eldredge
that habituation is a slow, imperceptible sinking, whose point of no return is not clearly marked.
— Peter Kreeft
Death is the last weapon of the tyrant, and the point of the resurrection, despite much misunderstanding, is that death has been defeated. Resurrection is not the redescription of death; it is its overthrow and, with that, the overthrow of those whose power depends on it.
— NT Wright
And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
— Hebrews 7:15
The Bible isn't a book that reflects one point of view. It is a collection of books that records a conversation—even a debate—over time.
— Peter Enns
Most importantly, if we approach the passage with the assumption that the author was concerned with chronology, we miss the profound thematic point the author is making throughout this passage, namely, that God brings order out of chaos.
— Gregory Boyd
Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.
— St. Augustine
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
— Jeremiah 17:1
Living to glorify God means doing everything... for Him, His way, to point to His greatness and to reflect His goodness.
— Joshua Harris
No awesome thing in creation was meant to give you what only the Creator is able to give. Every awesome thing in creation is designed to point you to the One who alone is worthy of capturing and controlling the awe of your searching and hungry heart.
— Paul David Tripp