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To many, "The Bible is a form of verbal wallpaper, pleasant enough in the background, but he stop th...

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N.T. WrightSimply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense

The reasonableness of the command to obey parents is clear to children, even when quite young.

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable op...

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Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope ...

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No man by mere high human wisdom would dare undertake a step for Jesus’ sake unless he knows that th...

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Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. ...

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Oswald ChambersBringing Sons Into Glory and Making All Things New

Satan takes occasion of the frailty of the bodily temple and says, 'Now you know you cannot do that;...

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There is something in human pride that can stand big troubles, but we need the supernatural grace an...

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Spray a bug with a toxin and it dies; spray a man, spray his brain, and he becomes an insect that cl...

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Obedience alone gives the right to command.

You don't want captains in the army who know too much or think too much.

Larine had a bright future ahead of her, but she had to learn to obey the rules before she could beg...

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...I do not believe that the law of God permits a better man to be harmed by a worse. No doubt my ac...

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Each individual possesses a conscience which to a greater or lesser degree serves to restrain the un...

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The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to...

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But the culture has failed, almost entirely, in inculcating internal controls on actions that have t...

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Stanley MilgramObedience to Authority

Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can be...

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Control the manner in which a man interprets his world, and you have gone a long way toward controll...

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There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must be not attacked, towns which must not ...

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Middle-aged people can balance between believing in God and breaking all the commandments without di...

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Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.

Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding e...

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The sweet spot is where duty and delight converge.

There are rules and laws to help ensure our physical safety. Likewise, the Lord has provided guideli...

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Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

There! Now we're friends!" declared the minx. "Say you're sorry about my sister -""I am desolated!""...

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He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a l...

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Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Let they child's first lesson be obedience and the second will be what thou wilt.

In the mystifying world that was Victorian parenthood, obedience took precedence over all considerat...

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Bill BrysonAt Home: A Short History of Private Life

The apostle Paul urges Christians everywhere in all ages to be nonconformists as far as the world sy...

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The apostle Paul urges Christians everywhere in all ages to be nonconformists as far as the world sy...

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The apostle Paul urges Christians everywhere in all ages to be nonconformists as far as the world sy...

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The apostle Paul urges Christians everywhere in all ages to be nonconformists as far as the world sy...

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The apostle Paul urges Christians everywhere in all ages to be nonconformists as far as the world sy...

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The apostle Paul urges Christians everywhere in all ages to be nonconformists as far as the world sy...

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The apostle Paul urges Christians everywhere in all ages to be nonconformists as far as the world sy...

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The apostle Paul urges Christians everywhere in all ages to be nonconformists as far as the world sy...

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[To have Faith in Christ] means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense i...

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I think He made one law of that kind in order that there might be obedience. In all these other matt...

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The Order of the Divine mind, embodied in the Divine Law, is beautiful. What should a man do but try...

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C. S. LewisReflections on the Psalms

[But] we inherit a whole system of desires which do not necessarily contribute God's will but which,...

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If pain sometimes shatters the creature's false self sufficiency, yet in supreme Trial or Sacrifice'...

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God's will is determined by His wisdom which always perceives, and His goodness which always embrace...

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I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.

to love is to destroy and that to be loved is the one to be destroyed

for meobedience to another is the decayof self

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Charles BukowskiPlay the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit

Obedience is the fruit of faith.

Men are free when they are obeying some deep, inward voice of religious belief. Obeying from within....

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D. H. LawrenceStudies in Classic American Literature

The union Christ had with the Father was the greatest that we can conceive of in this life—if indeed...

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Dallas WillardHearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.

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Dietrich BonhoefferThe Cost of Discipleship

No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is...

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Consciously or unconsciously, most theists see in gods and devils, heaven and hell, reward and punis...

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Yes, brothers and sisters, the mission of the Church is glorious-to invite all of us to come unto Ch...

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Never pupil was more humble, never pupil more obedient; thinking nothing of himself or of anything h...

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Show me the person ready to step from any, let it be the narrowest, sect of Christian Pharisees into...

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Our Lord speaks of many coming up to His door confident of admission, whom He yet sends away. Faith ...

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It is just the old way--that of obedience. If you have ever seen the Lord, if only from afar--if you...

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How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?”Winston thought. “By making him suffer,” he...

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A sworn sworn owes his liege our service and obedience, but this is madness.

The most erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young...

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Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told. Obedience is doing what is told reg...

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The Nazi period could have happened only in Germany because the German education of obedience to any...

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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.

Now it is easy to perceive that the moral part of love is a factitious sentiment, engendered by soci...

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Jean-Jacques RousseauDiscourse on the Origin of Inequality

Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because ...

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John Piper (artist)The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God

Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because ...

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John Piper (artist)The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God

Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because ...

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John Piper (theologian)The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God

Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because ...

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John Piper (theologian)The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God

In precisely the same way the specialty of government is not to obey, but to enforce obedience. And ...

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Leo TolstoyThe Kingdom of God Is Within You

Oh, sometimes it's just easier to please people," Maria said finally.

The artist is a servant who is willing to be a birthgiver. In a very real sense the artist (male or ...

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Madeleine L'EngleWalking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art