CHRIST-LIKE EMPATHY

'Trying to understand someone else's predicament lies at the very heart of what it means to be a Christian.' 

Fleming Rutledge, The Crucifixion, p.107. 

CHRISTIAN JUSTICE

'There is something unique, however, about the Christain approach to injustice and oppression. Any relief organisation will be eloquent in their explanantion of the damage that the powerful can inflict on the weak. But the Bible is just as concerned with the damage done to the oppressor in their acts of oppression.'  

David Gibson, Destiny, p.39. 

HATING GOD'S ENEMIES

'...to hate God's enemies with a perfect hatred is to love what they were made to be but to reprove what they do; in other words, to reprove the actions of the wicked but to remain of assistance to them.' 

Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule, p.152. 

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

'All religion is in effect love. Faith is thankful acceptance, and thankfulness is an expression of love. Repentance is love mourning, Yearning for holiness is love seeking. Obedience is love pleasing. Self-denial is the mortification of self-love. Sobriety is the curtailing of carnal love....The affections of man cannot be idle; if they do not go out to God, they leak out to worldly things. When our love for God decreases, the love of the world grows in our soul.' 

AW Pink in Mark Dever, The Message of the Old Testament, p.689.