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In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone.
Geoffrey Fisher
God
Alone
Man
Responsibility
Society
Ought
Crimes
Civilized
Civilized Society
Most
Likely
Ultimate
Sins
Treated
The seasons come up undisturbed by crime and war.
George A. Smith
War
Crime
Come
Undisturbed
Up
Seasons
Into every soul, however purged and fenced, evil appears to have as much freedom of entrance as God Himself.
George A. Smith
God
Freedom
Soul
Evil
Every
Purged
Entrance
Himself
However
Much
Appears
Lives are changed by a moment's listening to conscience, by a single and quiet inclination of the mind.
George A. Smith
Listening
Mind
Single
Changed
Quiet
Moment
Inclination
Lives
Conscience
The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites.
George A. Smith
Life
Heart
Wealth
Sullen
Finds
Seek
More
Material
Material Wealth
Go
Which
Certain
Farther
Base
Satisfaction
Appetites
I mean, I can look back with great pleasure on what has happened in Sudan, and our commitment to people who are persecuted in that kind of way.
George Carey
Great
Commitment
People
Back
Our
Way
Pleasure
Kind
Great Pleasure
Look
Persecuted
Happened
Mean
Who
Sudan
What I think is that we in the church - and especially I as an Archbishop - I'm responsible for maintaining our rules, and making sure we hold to unity in the Body of Christ.
George Carey
Christ
Church
Think
Unity
Our
Rules
Responsible
Archbishop
Maintaining
Sure
Making
Hold
Body
We've got to trust the politicians with these decisions.
George Carey
Trust
Politicians
Got
Decisions
We must get back to a very strong Christianity... Christianity shaped America and England, and we need to get back to those moral foundations that made us great.
George Carey
Great
Strong
Made
Christianity
Back
Those
Moral
Must
Shaped
Very
America
Get
Us
England
Foundations
Need
One I've been passionately committed to, of course, is women's ministry; I believe solidly in it as a Gospel issue and we've found our way through that.
George Carey
Women
Believe
Our
Way
Ministry
Through
Course
Gospel
Issue
Passionately
Been
Committed
Found
In my time as Archbishop of Canterbury I've seen a growing sense of unity and mission.
George Carey
Time
Seen
Sense
Unity
Archbishop
My Time
Mission
Canterbury
Growing
If there are Muslims who believe that they've got to kill Christians to make a way for the Islamic faith in the West, not only would they be disappointed, but it will lead to conflict, there's no doubt about that.
George Carey
Faith
Conflict
Will
Doubt
Believe
Way
Muslims
Would
No Doubt
About
Only
Lead
Disappointed
Make
Islamic
Got
West
Who
Christians
I see no room in holy Scripture for any sexual activity outside of matrimony.
George Carey
Sexual
See
Outside
Matrimony
Any
Scripture
Room
Holy
Activity
God loves us all, wants us all to share his kingdom, has a role for us all.
George Carey
God
Kingdom
Share
His
Role
Wants
Loves
Us
From a Christian point of view of course we do want a peaceful world, and I think September 11 did actually make people aware not only of vulnerability and how transitory life is, but there are forces of good and honor and justice which speak to us of God and his love for us.
George Carey
Life
Love
God
Good
Justice
People
Speak
World
Honor
September
Christian
Think
Only
Point
Point Of View
Make
Forces
Course
Vulnerability
How
His
Did
Want
Which
Transitory
Us
View
Peaceful
Peaceful World
Aware
Actually
And so in my warnings, I was pointing to a number of incidents around the communion that could undermine our growing sense of communion - of becoming a global communion. So that's why I pointed to New Westminster in Canada, to incidents in the United States, and Sydney itself.
George Carey
Sense
Our
States
Could
Pointed
Pointing
New
Global
Undermine
Around
Becoming
Itself
Westminster
Canada
Communion
Warnings
Incidents
Growing
United
Why
United States
Sydney
Number
And I hope America will realise, as the only superpower now, it really must use its power in a way that's going to build up the world, and to support the United Nations.
George Carey
Hope
World
Will
Power
Build
United Nations
Way
Must
Only
Superpower
Support
Up
America
Going
Nations
Realise
Really
Use
Now
United
An office boy in London was the lowest of the low. The office boy was the tea boy. He would be the dog's body: It means someone who would do anything at all. I was quite prepared for that and enjoyed it.
George Carey
Dog
Tea
Would
Would-Be
London
Someone
He
Boy
Office
Quite
Anything
Low
Body
Means
Lowest
Who
Prepared
Enjoyed
They that trust in the Lord shall never be confounded!
George Muller
Trust
Shall
Never
Lord
Confounded
Often the work of the Lord itself may be a temptation to keep us from that communion with Him which is so essential to the benefit of our own souls.
George Muller
Work
Own
Benefit
Our
Temptation
Him
Souls
Lord
Itself
Essential
May
Often
Which
Us
Communion
Keep
Wherever God has given faith, it is given, among other reasons, for the very purpose of being tried.
George Muller
God
Faith
Other
Tried
Given
Purpose
Very
Being
Wherever
Reasons
Among
I hope in God, I pray on, and look yet for the answer. They are not converted yet, but they will be.
George Muller
Hope
God
Will
Look
Answer
Pray
Converted
There were few people, perhaps, more passionately fond of travelling, and seeing fresh places, and new scenes, than myself; but now, since, by the grace of God, I have seen beauty in the Lord Jesus, I have lost my taste for these things.
George Muller
God
Myself
People
Grace
Seen
Beauty
Lost
Few
Seeing
Fond
More
Scenes
Since
New
Perhaps
Fresh
Lord
Lord Jesus
Passionately
Were
Than
Taste
Few People
Places
Now
Travelling
Things
Jesus
As a warning to parents, I mention that my father preferred me to my brother, which was very injurious to both of us. To me, as tending to produce in my mind a feeling of self-elevation; and to my brother, by creating in him a dislike both towards my father and me.
George Muller
Me
Father
Mind
Parents
Feeling
Brother
Both
Mention
Tending
Towards
Him
Very
Which
Dislike
Preferred
Produce
Us
Creating
Warning
Although believers by nature, are far from God, and children of wrath, even as others, yet it is amazing to think how nigh they are brought to him again by the blood of Jesus Christ.
George Whitefield
God
Nature
Amazing
Christ
Think
Others
Wrath
Brought
Him
Although
How
Blood
Children
Again
Far
Even
Believers
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Nigh
At the day of judgment we shall all meet again.
George Whitefield
Day
Judgment
Meet
Shall
Again
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