I am not posing these questions only to the world at large. I query us who own Christ as our life. Can God be pleased by the vast and increasing inequities among us? Is he...

For most of my life I have thought of grace as a hope of a bright tomorrow in spite of the darkness of today–and this is true. In this way we are all like Pamela,...

Mercy is just when it is rooted in hopefulness and freely given. Mercy is most empowering, liberating, and transformative when it is directed at the undeserving. The people who haven’t earned it, who haven’t even...

Why should he be spared?”Someone ought to be.’ And it will not be me. I have survived, but I have not been spared.

We tend to think that refusing to exalt Christ is staying true to our self-will and personal freedom when really we are condemning ourselves. Sure, we can pretend to stay true to ourselves, but if...

In the tabernacle of grace, all your obstacles will be tackled. Wake up to see it happen live. You are victorious in all things!

There’s more to being a warrior than killing. A true warrior — the best warrior — isn’t cruel or mean. He doesn’t claw an enemy who can’t fight back. Where’s the honor in that?

The Mercy of Allah is an Ocean, Our sins are a lump of clay clenched between the beak of a pigeon. The pigeon is perched on the branch of a tree at the edge of...

Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.

For crissakes, you’re the frickin’ poster boy for DarkRiver with your ‘Gee, shucks, I’m harmless’ act.”Dorian was used to being ribbed about his looks. With his blond hair and blue eyes, he looked more like...

One must always be prepared to switch sides with justice, that fugitive of the winning camp.

When Jesus was wrapping up his days on earth, he didn’t tell us to go to church. He didn’t tell us to engage in a spiritualized version of channel surfing, as we hop from place...

To deny the force of divine judgment, then, is to make God less than God, and to make us less than His children. For every father must discipline His children, and paternal discipline is itself...

Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one...

We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No. Jesus died because God is showing mercy.

High justice would in no way be debased if ardent love should cancel instantly the debts these penitents must satisfy.

This heart still believes that love and mercy still exist.

There are two ways of knowing how good God is: one is never to lose Him, and the other is to lose Him and then to find Him.

God’s power supersedes any power.

When man has love he is no longer at the mercy of forces greater than himself, for he, himself, becomes the powerful force

Mercy is stronger than your sword.

This makes up for all the other years (Mercy came close and lost). This team is very special. We’re not the biggest, not the fastest, but by gosh today we felt like we were the...

Trouble seems to follow me around, waiting to club me with a tire iron.

…I fear that some of us understand just enough about the gospel to feel guilty–guilty that we are not measuring up to some undefinable standard–but not enough about the Atonement to feel the peace and...

The glory of science is, that it is freeing the soul — breaking the mental manacles — getting the brain out of bondage — giving courage to thought — filling the world with mercy, justice,...

MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.

A’isha asked him: ‘Does one come to Paradise only by the mercy of Allah?’ He repeated three times over: ‘No one comes to Paradise except by the mercy of Allah!’ ‘Not even you. Messenger of...

Realizing the seriously ruthless, venomous habits and agendas of evil always instills a more fierce passion and longing for a closer God. Men, out of pride, may claim their own authorities over what constitutes good...

We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves.

I want God to be first in my life, so I’m putting Him first in my life today.

God of great miracles.God of great mercies.

Only those who will love longer than they expected to can truly love pecan pie, which doesn’t explain its status as death rows most requested last dessert, or why chopped pecans, corn syrup, directions from...

And you didn’t turn into a puff of smoke and disappear. The world is full of disappointments.

I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Knowing someone desires you is the greatest aphrodisiac

I am so grateful for the many times God has shown me the mercy of not giving me what I want.

Mercy is a contingency plan, devised by the guilty in the eventuality that they are caught. Justice is the domain of the just. – Richard Rahl

I’ve also represented people who have committed terrible crimes but nonetheless struggle to recover and to find redemption. I have discovered, deep in the hearts of many condemned and incarcerated people, the scattered traces of...

Only those who are aware of God’s wrath are amazed by God’s grace.

A mature heart for Christ would much rather spend its time praising him than condemning his fanatics.

Jesus, the Blessed Child of God, is merciful. Showing mercy is different from having pity. Pity connotes distance, even looking down upon. When a beggar asks for money and you give him something out of...

Anesthesia was discovered. Do you know what it means to relieve man of his pain and suffering? Anesthesia is the most humane of all of man’s accomplishments, and what a merciful accomplishment it was. For...

Remembering the treatment that had been accorded the Knights and soldiers of St. Elmo, the Maltese inhabitants of Senglea took no prisoners. Hence there arose the expression (used in Malta to this day) ‘St. Elmo’s...

Three months ago, if you asked me, I would have told you that if you really loved someone, you’d let them go. But now I look at you, and I dreamed about Maggie, and I...

Let me share a secret with you, Zach. Men have been telling women things for centuries. Then they’ve been breaking our hearts.”…”Only way,” Mercy continued, “for you to gain her trust might be to forget...

We all can have accidents in life. God knew this, and so He sent Jesus as our Healer. His healing touch is God’s mercy to us. If you are hurt, ask God to heal you...

Thankfully, God has shown us that hope, in its million different forms, always springs from three primary colors: justice, mercy, and love.

I used to think mercy meant showing kindness to someone who didn’t deserve it, as if only the recipient defined the act. The girl in between has learned that mercy is defined by its giver....

Pretty woman, I don’t believe you, you’re not the truth. No one could look as good as you, mercy.

We had given him up for dead but in this fasting month (of Ramadan), Allah showed us a little mercy by giving us at least his body,