Menno Simons quotes
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“We who were formerly no people at all, and who knew of no peace, are now called to be...a church...of peace. True Christians do not know vengeance. They are the children of peace. Their hearts overflow with peace. Their mouths speak peace, and they walk in the way of peace.”
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“Lord of hosts! When I swim in the merciful waters of your grace I find that I can neither plumb nor measure the depths.”
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“True evangelical faith, cannot lie dormant, it clothes the naked, it feeds the hungry, it comforts the sorrowful, it shelters the destitute, it serves those that harm it, it binds up that which is wounded, it has become all things to all creatures.”
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“I can neither teach nor live by the faith of others. I must live by my own faith as the Spirit of the Lord has taught me through His Word.”
-- Menno SimonsSource : Menno Simons (1871). “The Complete Works of Menno Simons”, p.285
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“The regenerated do not go to war, nor engage in strife. They are children of peace who have beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning forks, and know no war.”
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“If you think too much about being original, you're gonna be stuck some day. The most stupid or easy movements can be dope; don't dig too deep!”
-- Menno Simons
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Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
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